When is a hedge also a lever? When it’s the compelling force behind what could ultimately be the largest bank merger in European history.
Christopher Hohn and The Children’s Investment Fund (better …
Archive for March, 2007
Activist fund hedges its bets and forces a bank’s hand
by Vanita Trippe, March 30, 2007, 7:00 amPut down your spears and let the windmills be!
by Anne Law, March 29, 2007, 7:13 amThe race is on to determine who will be first to build an offshore wind plant in the US. Several companies are working toward this goal, with initial development underway at locations in Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, and Texas.
The Galveston, Texas, …
The last disc standing
by Larry Bills, March 28, 2007, 7:00 amThere’s a war raging in the home electronics industry: the battle between Sony and Toshiba to …
The British are coming!
by Alexandra Biesada, March 27, 2007, 7:00 amTesco PLC, the UK’s #1 retailer, is invading the US starting with Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. The British chain, which operates 2,800 stores in a dozen countries in Europe and Asia, claims to have carefully tailored …
For Chrysler’s sake, just sell it already!
by James Bryant, March 26, 2007, 7:00 amI have blogged in this space more than once about DaimlerChrysler possibly selling off its troubled Chrysler Group unit — and to be perfectly honest, I hope this will be the last …
Happy 50th, Electronic News
by Jeff Dorsch, March 23, 2007, 7:00 amThere won’t be any 50th-anniversary commemorative edition of Electronic News. The paper stopped publishing a print edition at the end of 2002, but Electronic News survives as a news Web site for the semiconductor industry, under the ownership of Reed Business Information US.
(Full disclosure: Electronic …
A 21st-century version of the Opium Wars?
by Patrice Sarath, March 22, 2007, 7:00 amFor the second time in 200 years, China has something the British want, and they will stop at nothing to get it.
Okay, maybe the Royal Bank of Scotland is not as ruthless as the British …
Rockin’ the label-less world
by Lee Simmons, March 21, 2007, 7:00 amHearing David Byrne rant against major record labels is a little like listening to Tom DeLay rant against corporate interests at a $10,000-a-plate Republican fundraiser. But at last week’s South by Southwest music conference in Austin the former head …
SXSW 2007 kick starts discussion of the future of interactive, film, and music
by Daysha Taylor, March 20, 2007, 7:00 amEach spring, more than 20,000 attendees, 80,000 fans, and 1,500 bands storm Austin, Texas, for SXSW’s annual interactive, film, and music conference. Developers, application engineers, and high-tech CEOs co-mingle with independent film creators, band members, and media enthusiasts at the festival, which is a catalyst for discussions surrounding the future of the …
Fading to black?
by Larry Bills, March 19, 2007, 7:00 amWhat does $15 million buy a network newscast these days? Apparently, a weak, third place in the ratings and a major identity crisis. Such is the plight of the CBS Evening News six months into …
