With the flood of mergers and acquisitions taking place this year, it is unrealistic to believe that all of them will be successful. Indeed, companies don’t plan to acquire assets (or competitors) without a strategic plan that must be reviewed and approved by...
If you are a fan of fantasy sports and daily fantasy leagues, you probably became one this year as advertising for these leagues became unprecedented after the beginning of the National Football League season. Advertising for mobile games has garnered just as much...
In a prior post, we highlighted the Chapter 11 bankruptcy initiated by Quiksilver, the iconic clothing maker that catered to the surfing community. Quiksilver is in the process of developing a plan so that the company can restructure and repay its debts.According to...
A number of our posts this year have focused on large mergers; particularly those involving pharmaceutical companies. There's a reason for this...they keep coming. In a prior post, we noted that the financial conditions for mergers has not changed given that interest...
We previously highlighted the announcement that healthcare provider Aetna would be acquiring Humana in a $37 billion deal that would make the new company among the largest healthcare insurers in the country. Recently, shareholders for both companies approved the...
In prior posts this summer, we noted how the number of mergers and acquisitions marked a record pace to which many people wondered whether it would continue at such a torrid pace. Essentially, the number of big market acquisitions that were being made, combined with...
As much as the tech industry drives innovation, and therefore, successful products and companies, there is a downside to the industry. Essentially not every company that successfully raises money can survive competition and an ever-changing marketplace. Because of...
There is no other way to describe the September jobs report…it was disappointing at best. The economy only added 142,000 jobs last month, which was well below expectations. According to a number of media reports, the stock market responded negatively to the...
After a "challenging" eight months, RadioShack has been awarded approval of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan. The case shows how complicated dissolving a once-major retailer can be.As our readers surely know, RadioShack struggled for years before filing for bankruptcy...
With the start of October, the standard in the use of credit cards will be those with an EMV chip imbedded in the card. Credit and debit cards will still have a magnetic strip with them, but they will be used differently. Instead of swiping the cards, they will place...