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As the American money pours in, the deals are larger, more frequent and more highly leveraged. Five years ago, the largest European buyout transactions had a value of about $1 billion. Today's biggest deals are three times as large, and several private-equity groups are poring over at least...
Foreign investment firms have incentives to improve, not destroy, the businesses they buy. Wincor Nixdorf is a case in point. The German firm, which makes ATMs for banks, was singled out by the SPD's Müntefering in his "locust" critique because of the profits that its investors, KKR and...
The hope is that dumping such stocks en masse will persuade companies to cease working in Sudan, and the resulting economic pressure, like that applied to South Africa during apartheid, will push the government to rein in the Arab Janjaweed militias--which international monitors blame for the deaths of more...
BenQ is getting noticed. So far this year, its branded products generated 44% of its revenues (the company still produces projectors, LCD monitors and mobile phones on a contract basis). But Lee's bold strategy has serious risks. According to consulting firm Gartner, Motorola last year discontinued buying phones from...
Shih had plenty of reasons for pessimism. The brutally competitive computer industry last year claimed even mighty IBM, which sold its PC division to China's Lenovo. But Acer has not only survived; it is thriving. After an embarrassing retreat from the vital U.S. retail market in 1999, Acer has...