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Share Buyback Usually Pays Off Over Time: Ikenberry in Bloomberg

Time Warner Inc., Dell Inc., and CBS Corp. made combined purchases of more than $13 billion in their own shares last year, and all have losses to show for it. This story explores buyback effects for a few large companies.
(June 13,2008):   [Details]

Weisbach: Credit Crunch Opportunity for Corporate M&A

Acquisition by private equity firms has become increasingly common in recent years in both the U.S. and Europe, with deals growing rapidly in both number and size, notes Michael S. Weisbach in a paper presented at a recent Wharton conference. In that paper, Weisbach and coauthors document, among other things, the greater the leverage applied to a deal, the greater the price it has tended to command.
(June 10,2008):   [Details]

Commuters, Employers Rework Practices to Deal with Gas Prices

In the Chicago Tribune finance professor Don Fullerton comments on how higher gas prices are affecting the workplace.
(June 10,2008):   [Details]