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Deals: Nowhere to Go but Up
In our M&A Roundup for the week ended Jan. 4, a mere 16 North American transactions are arranged, with only Chesapeake Corp.'s billion-dollar bankruptcy buyout topping $150 million.
January 5, 2009
Dealmaking nearly disappeared in the transition week between 2008 and 2009, although a single $1.02-billion private-equity buyout involving Chesapeake Corp. — a bankruptcy-related transaction — did salvage some respectability for merger-and-acquisition totals. Read more...
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