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...wake of the Harvard-Radcliffe merger, students say they are concerned that the inclusive spirit of the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS), which used to control funding for women's groups on campus, will be lost in the closed-door process...
...Shemmer heads back to the same Web research he did this morning. I wander around the office to see what the other analysts do. I spend time with one employee who specializes in writing fairness opinions--reports outlining for shareholders whether they're getting a fair deal in a merger. The number crunching and boilerplate legal writing seem dull, but it's still a high-wire act--shareholders who feel cheated can sue Broadview. "It's a pretty amazing responsibility for someone my age," the analyst says...
Mocha's comments point to another difference between little mergers and the monster variety (besides the obvious one of size). Although the conglomerate craze is waning, most big-time mergers still aim at a degree of diversification. But small firms almost always combine with others in the same industry. That, of course, frequently means mergers of direct competitors or potential competitors, like Personify and Anubis. But while trustbusters may try to stop such a merger between two giant competitors or at least attach onerous conditions, they are almost sure to ignore combinations of little competitors. It is difficult to imagine...
...There are almost no short-term cost savings [in a merger] if you do it right," says Fred Zimmerman. He has been on 16 company boards as a small businessman turned professor (of engineering and international management) at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. He counsels would-be acquirers to be prepared for an increase in expenditures beyond the price of the acquisition. Says Zimmerman: "You'll want to improve the [acquired] company because it's now your property. So you'll probably want to buy more equipment or expand distribution or develop a new product. These...
...insures deposits up to $100,000, but when banks merge, the insurance does not add up with it. Do you have separate accounts totaling more than $100,000 at two merging financial institutions? First, congratulations. Second, remember the combined amount will be covered only until six months after the merger is completed. Beyond that, deposits held under the same name or type of account are insured only up to the $100,000 limit. "It's up to you to restructure your accounts during the six months," says FDIC counsel Christopher Hencke. If you have single-ownership accounts, you can convert...