M&A's: "everything's cooking. I wish we could bottle this".Baran Rosen, president of Whitestone Communications Inc., which provides merger-and-acquisition services in the publishing industry, told NL/NL that today is "a great M&A market. Everything's cooking. I wish we could bottle this." His observation echoes that of other M&A experts we've talked with. It's a seller's market. At least two prominent newsletter publishers are reportedly looking to sell, although NL/NL was unable to confirm these reports by press time. HCPro, Marblehead, Mass., purchased through an employee buy-out buy·out also buy-out n. 1. The purchase of the entire holdings or interests of an owner or investor. 2. The purchase of a company or business: in late 2002, is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a buyer. Similarly, the Concord Concord, cities, United States Concord (kŏng`kərd, kŏn`kôrd'). 1 city (1990 pop. 111,348), Contra Costa co., W central Calif.; settled c.1852, inc. 1906. , Mass.-based World Trade Executive Inc. is said to have been "entertaining bids" in recent years. We were also told that Dan Oswald, who purchased M. Lee Smith Publishers in Tennessee less than two years ago, now has the company up for sale. "Not true," Dan told us. He is, however, looking for investors to recapitalize re·cap·i·tal·ize tr.v. re·cap·i·tal·ized, re·cap·i·tal·iz·ing, re·cap·i·tal·iz·es To change the capital structure of (a corporation). re·cap the 30-year-old company. |
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