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Avoiding The M&A Failure Trap: Q&A With NYU's Baruch Lev And SUNY Buffalo's Feng Gu

Jan 2, 2025 | gfmag.com | Eric Laursen

Global Finance: Why did you write this book now? What is it about the current M&A environment that prompted you? Lev: Three years ago, Feng and I, as keen observers of M&A, saw several troubling things. There was a large, continuous increase in write-offs of goodwill in investment in acquisitions. Write-offs are basically a recognition by management of a partial or total failure of the acquisition, which is a very bad sign, particularly if it’s increasing over time.
ASI Survey Of Thotlakonda Buddhist Archaeological Site Without Adequate Technical Imputs May Lack Authenticity| Countercurrents

Oct 31, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Gary M. Feinman |Jan Ritch-Frel |Eric Laursen |Ramzy Baroud

ToShri Arunish ChawlaSecretary Union Ministry of CultureDear Shri Chawla,ASI should undertake a quick comprehensive exploration of ancient archaeological sites, based on cost-efficient ground-penetrating technologies like LIDAR, Satellite Imagery Analysis etc.
Nippon Steel’s Global Strategy Dented By Rebuff

Oct 16, 2024 | gfmag.com | Eric Laursen

When Nippon Steel Corp. announced its $14.9 billion agreement to purchase venerable United States Steel in December, the most eye-catching aspect of the deal was not—as it soon would be—the negative reaction from American politicians and labor activists. It was the price tag.
Anglo-American’s Big Restructuring Aims To Refocus Mining Giant

Aug 16, 2024 | gfmag.com | Eric Laursen

Century-old global mining-and-metals conglomerate Anglo American plc has been on a roller coaster since the end of May, when it dramatically cut off merger talks with rival BHP and instead announced a sweeping restructure of its portfolio. Many analysts greeted the plan with skepticism.
Letter Addressed To Prime Minister Narendra Modi On The Steps To Be Taken To Protect Heritage, Both Archaeological And Geological| Countercurrents

Jul 24, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Gary M. Feinman |Jan Ritch-Frel |Eric Laursen |Shamsul Islam

While the Prime Minister was highlighting India’s commitment to the conservation of ancient heritage, JCBs were flattening an archaeological mound outside Pithori Darwaja containing precious archaeological evidence in his hometown, Vadnagar in Gujarat Letter addressed to Prime Minister Modiji on the steps to be taken to protect heritage, both archaeological and geological To Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister Dear Shri Narendra Modiji,At the recently held meeting of the 46th Session of the...
Japan Megabanks’ Strategic Share Sale Marks Big Priority Shift

Jul 23, 2024 | gfmag.com | Eric Laursen

The announcements in June by Japan’s three megabanks that they will sell $5.4 billion of their strategic cross-shareholdings over three years mark a milestone in the decades-long effort to remodel Japanese corporate governance along more investor-friendly lines.
EU Companies Bet Big On Egypt’s Future

Jul 9, 2024 | gfmag.com | Eric Laursen

At a bilateral investment conference in Cairo on July 1, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that European companies were signing deals for more than $43 billion with Egyptian companies “ranging from hydrogen to water management, from construction to chemicals, from shipping to aviation and to automotive.” “Egypt really is enjoying a moment,” observes David Lubin, a senior research fellow at Chatham House in London and a seasoned global economic observer.
Corporations Offshoring Office Hubs From US To Southeast Asia

Jun 6, 2024 | gfmag.com | Eric Laursen

General Electric announced in April that it was selling, the New York property where Jack Welch once held forth to his acolytes at the company’s fabled management academy, for $22 million. The same month, Apple went public with plans for a $250 million expansion of its Singapore regional hub, adding that it was considering increasing its manufacturing presence in other parts of Southeast Asia.
ByteDance: Between a Rock and a Digital Hard Place

Apr 10, 2024 | gfmag.com | Eric Laursen

Who wouldn’t want to own a piece of the most valuable start-up in the world? Valued, by some reckonings, at $220 billion last year, ByteDance arguably can claim that title. It boasts a majority ownership that includes financial powerhouses KKR, Sequoia Capital, Susquehanna International, General Atlantic, Tiger Global Management, and SoftBank.
Tiktok Sale No Easy Feat

Apr 2, 2024 | gfmag.com | Eric Laursen |Anthony Noto

Since the US House of Representatives passed a bill in March ordering ByteDance to sell TikTok within six months or see the wildly successful video-hosting service banned in America, discussion has turned to who could acquire it. Or even whether it can be sold at all. Rep.