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...Whether or not it was his first choice, the merger plan rings eerily similar to the reunification of media conglomerates CBS and Viacom, worth $13bn today — less than half of the value of the separate groups...
...Pacific Scientific Aerospace is smaller than the K&F acquisition and, at 8.7 times ebitda, Meggitt does not appear to have overpaid....
...At a Goldman Sachs conference in September, Leslie Moonves, then co-chief operating officer of Viacom, now chief executive of CBS, the broadcast operations that split from Viacom, said: “I wish the F.C.C...
...NBC is a latecomer to international markets. Like groups such as Time Warner and Viacom, it recognises the strategic imperative of a media world without borders....
...Dealmaking in the US private equity industry erupted again on Monday as Select Medical agreed to be taken private for $2.3bn in cash and debt and K&F Industries agreed to be bought for $1.06bn by Aurora...
...He also believes the merger offers a more compelling structure than the alternative of moving from content to distribution - as News Corp has done with its acquisition of a controlling stake in DirecTV,...
...Gallogly, Partner, The Blackstone Group Ralph Gerson, President and CEO, Guardian International Corp. Charles M. Geschke, Founder and Chairman, Adobe Systems, Inc. Charles K....
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