The Daily Deal articles from September 2001, page 6

The Daily Deal archives from September 2001

LG Electronics.(investment plans)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 18, 2001... South Korean electronics company LG Electronics Co. announced plans Monday to invest 200 billion won ($154 million) in funding for venture startups by 2005. LG will fund and form alliances with companies specializing in digital TVs, plasma...

Magnum Hunter closes Mallon asset purchase.(Magnum Hunter Resources Inc., Mallon Resources Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 18, 2001... Irving, Texas, petroleum explorer Magnum Hunter Resources Inc. said Monday it closed its purchase of oil and gas properties in southeast New Mexico from Denver's Mallon Resources Corp. for $31.3 million. The deal was originally announced Aug....

McDermott building war chest.(McDermott International Inc. submits request to Securities and Exchange Commission)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 18, 2001... McDermott International Inc., a New Orleans energy services and engineering company, submitted a filing Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to periodically sell up to $300 million in debt securities, common and preferred...

Nabors takes Command Drilling.(Nabors Industries Inc. makes offer for Command Drilling Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 18, 2001... Houston well drilling giant Nabors Industries Inc. said Monday an affiliated company, 19552 Yukon Inc., will make a C$100 million ($63.9 million) cash offer for all the common shares of Calgary, Alberta-based Command Drilling Corp. Nabors...

Plum Creek, Timber Co. close delayed by disaster.(Plum Creek Timber Co.'s merger with Timber Co.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 18, 2001... The four-day closure of the New York Stock Exchange has pushed back to Oct. 5 the merger closing date set by forest products companies Plum Creek Timber Co. and The Timber Co. In July 2000, Atlanta's Georgia-Pacific Corp. announced the sale...

Roving Software.(Series C round financing)(Brief Article)
September 18, 2001... Needham, Mass., self-service e-mail marketing tools provider Roving Software Inc., has closed a $5 million Series C round of financing from new investor and strategic partner VeriSign Inc. and existing investors Morgan Stanley Venture...

Texas Regional gets Riverway.(Texas Regional Bancshares Inc., Riverway Holdings Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 18, 2001... Looking to expand further beyond its Rio Grande Valley region, Texas Regional Bancshares Inc., the McAllen, Texas, parent of Texas State Bank, said Monday it's acquiring Riverway Holdings Inc. for $47.29 million in stock. Riverway Holdings is...

The Missing Link.(receives new financing)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 18, 2001... Web design firm The Missing Link Co. of Amsterdam has secured 5 million guilders ($2 million) in new financing earmarked for expansion. NOM and Newion Investments provided the capital. The Missing Link specializes in building Web sites and...

Williams Communications sells new HQ for $276M.(Williams Communications Group sells headquarters)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 18, 2001... Tulsa, Okla., telecommunications company Williams Communications Group Inc. said it closed the sale of its new headquarters to its former parent, the Williams Cos., also of Tulsa, for $276 million in cash. The company has entered into a...

eHealthContracts.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 18, 2001... Health plan contractual relationship management technology provider eHealthContracts of Hayward, Calif., has closed on $3.6 million in financing from current investors Three Arch Partners, Versant Ventures and Science Applications...

edgeflow.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 18, 2001... Kanata, Ontario's edgeflow Inc., a developer of advanced technology to improve the cost and efficiency of metro optical networking, has completed a $24 million Series A round led by Sierra Ventures and Newbury Ventures. Other new investors...

neoscorp.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 18, 2001... Langley, U.K.-based broadband service provider neoscorp Ltd. said Monday it has closed a [pound]20 million ($30 million) third round of financing from previous investors London-based 3i Group plc, London-based Young Associates and New...

Grove reorganization plan approved.(Grove Worldwide L.L.C.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Shanon D. Murray A Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge approved Grove Worldwide's controversial reorganization plan over the objections of bondholders who complained about their 8% recovery, according to a company spokeswoman. ...

Many delayed in bankruptcy court.(terrorist attacks)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Terry Brennan Bankruptcy courts -- both large and small, from New England to Delaware -- are angling to pull themselves out of the devastation by rescheduling hearings that were disrupted by last week's terrorist attacks. ...

Genesis Worldwide seeks revitalization.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Terry Brennan Financially ailing Genesis Worldwide Inc., a machine tool maker who's revenues plunged 24% to $50.3 million in the first six months, signed an agreement to sell its operations for $20.5 million to private equity...

European companies to postpone IPOs.(initial public offerings)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Nicola Hobday, with reporting by Heather O'Brian in Milan and Alan Tillier in Paris LONDON -- European companies are rethinking their plans for initial public offerings in the wake of last week's attacks on the United States,...

UBS Warburg mulls upcoming debuts.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Heidi Moore While the rest of Wall Street returns to business after the attack on the downtown financial district, the market for initial public offerings should continue to lie fallow. UBS Warburg, the lead bookrunner for...

Signs of life.(health companies)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Renee Deger Good, old-fashioned healthcare work is looking pretty fine now that the hot, young Internet boom is on a respirator. Pushed out of the limelight in recent years by their Internet-savvy colleagues, corporate...

Subtle distinctions.(corporate reorganization)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Robert Willens The term "reorganization" includes seven different forms of corporate adjustments, each with its own unique requirements. It is difficult from a policy perspective to justify the sometimes subtle variations. ...

Vodafone Group confirms talks with Japan Telecom.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Charles Smith TOKYO -- Vodafone Group plc confirmed Sept. 17 it is holding discussions which "may or may not" lead to a public tender offer aimed at increasing the British mobile phone company's stake in Japan Telecom Co. from...

New NYSE site could help displaced firms.(New York Stock Exchange)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Jonathan Berke It now seems like a century ago that the New York Stock Exchange looked to cement Wall Street's pre-eminence as the world's financial capital by boldly announcing that it would build a $400 million facility across...

Goldfields, Delta Gold merge.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Giles Parkinson SYDNEY -- Australian mining groups Delta Gold Ltd. and Goldfields Ltd. said Sept. 17 they have agreed to a stock merger worth A$825 million ($414.3 million) after two years of discussions Shareholders in the...

Rabble Babble.(Statistical Data Included)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Stacy Mosher The news never rests, and nowhere is it busier than on the Internet bulletin boards. This column excerpts the choicest messages on the latest deals. Postings are selected from several sources, including Yahoo!,...

Two Japanese drug makers to merge.(Taisho Pharmaceutical, Tanabe Seiyaku)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Charles Smith TOKYO -- Japanese drugmakers Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. and Tanabe Seiyaku Co. said Sept. 17 they had agreed to merge, creating a major new force in Japan's pharmaceuticals sector. The combined group will be...

Pirelli seen winning OK for Telecom Italia.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Heather O'Brien Analysts are betting that tire and cable maker Pirelli SpA will win approval for its takeover of Telecom Italia SpA in a European Commission ruling, which could come by Sept. 27. "I don't see any real reason...

Analysts: Buys must continue at Cisco.(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Sarah Cohen Networking equipment giant Cisco Systems Inc. can't afford to stand still. After 73 acquisitions over eight years, buying technology expertise and market share has become not just its modus operandi but a...

U.S. warns of crackdown on small deals.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Jaret Seiberg WASHINGTON -- Joe Simons, director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, said Sept. 17 the agency is prepared to fight anti-competitive mergers in court. He also suggested that several challenges...

Terror attacks could stifle tech M&A.(mergers and acquisitions)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Olaf de Senerpont Domis in San Francisco As financial markets reeled Sept. 17 in the first day of trading following last week's terror attacks, investment bankers and corporate dealmakers said market volatility and other...

Tech dealmakers in Europe fear the worst.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Joshua Jaffe European high-tech dealmakers fear that already anemic deal flow in venture capital, initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions is likely to dry up across the board -- especially if military action proves...

Movers and Shakers -- Sept. 17, 2001.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Omar Sacirbey Bear, Stearns & Co. said Monday it would donate at least $10 million to charities benefiting the victims of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The firm plans to establish a charitable foundation to...

Kirtland to keep stake in merged asset firm.(Kirtland Capital Partners)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Kelly Holman Roulston & Company Inc. and The Hickory Group Ltd. announced a merger Sept. 17, creating a Cleveland-based money management firm with $800 million in combined assets. Kirtland Capital Partners, a Willoughby...

DLJ Merchant flips Thiemann for $45.2M.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Kevin DeGeeter In a sharp strategic reversal, DLJ Merchant Banking Partners last week sold its European pharmaceutical roll-up vehicle, Thiemann SA, to British biotechnology bellwether Celltech Group plc for DM97.1 million ($45.2...

Texas Pacific buys Telenor for $666M.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Siobhan Almond Texas Pacific Group has agreed to buy the telephone directories unit of Norway's Telenor ASA for NKr5.8 billion ($666 million) in cash -- the first European deal for the Fort Worth private equity fund since January...

Silver linings; Monday.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Robert Teitelman To terrorists from far-off lands, the World Trade Center loomed as the symbol of America's might. To New Yorkers, that symbol has long been the wedding-cake facade of the New York Stock Exchange. Thus, its...

Dealflow -- September 17, 2001.
September 17, 2001... COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ClearCommerce Software provider ClearCommerce Corp. of Austin, Texas, has raised $9.5 million in Series D funding. Participating investors included round leader Austin Ventures, New Enterprise...

BioNetrix lures $16M.(BioNetrix Systems Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Clifford Carlsen Heightened concern for security may be a new driver for information technology spending. Vienna, Va.-based BioNetrix Systems Corp. will be ready for that trend, thanks to a $16 million third round of funding...

Triad's new spin: Debt for equity trades.(Triad Media Ventures L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Lou Whiteman Startups aren't the only ones finding capital hard to come by. Unable to secure the money it needed for a second venture fund, New York's Triad Media Ventures llc has turned its attention instead to an unusual...

Neoscorp scores $29M round.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Vyvyan Tenorio With much of Europe's broadband market mired in uncertainty, a [pound]20 million ($29.4 million) third round of funding for British service provider Neoscorp might be considered extraordinary. In the deal...

Biotech balancing act.(investing in biotechnology)(Interview)(Statistical Data Included)
September 17, 2001... Byline: Joshua Jaffe The movers and shakers of Europe's biotechnology industry gathered on the French Riviera last week for Atlas Venture's annual Life Sciences Conference amid a swelling of interest in biotech investing. The...

Athenix.(Athenix Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based Athenix Corp., a gene discovery company specializing in plant biotechnology, has secured an $8 million first round of venture capital financing. The round was led by Intersouth Partners of Durham, N.C., and...

BHP Billiton sets new date for Dia Met tender.(BHP Billiton Ltd.)(Dia Met Minerals Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Australia mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. said Friday it has set Oct. 31 as the new date to acquire all the necessary voting shares to take over Vancouver, British Columbia-based mineral exploration and development company Dia Met Minerals...

Citadel Smart Fund.(from Citadel CPRT Management Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Calgary-based Citadel CPRT Management Ltd., which administers the Citadel Smart Fund, said Friday the fund has completed its initial public offering of 7.6 million trust units at C$25 each for gross proceeds of C$190 million ($121.5 million)....

Dean Foods shareholders OK acquisition by Suiza.(Dean Foods Co.)(Suiza Foods Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Shareholders of Dallas-based Dean Foods Co., the second largest dairy company in the U.S., approved the $1.5 billion buyout offer from Franklin Park, Ill.-based Suiza Foods Corp. on Friday. About 63% of Dean shareholders voted their shares in...

EC approves $146M purchase of Attiki Gas.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... The European Commission said Friday it approved plans by Shell Gas BV of the Netherlands and Cinergy Global Power Inc., a unit of Cincinnati utility Cinergy Corp., to form a joint venture to acquire 49% of state-owned Attiki Gas Supply Co. of...

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Auckland, New Zealand-based Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd. filed for an $83.6 million American Depositary Share issuance. The share sale will contain 17.6 million shares. The price of shares are $4.25-$4.75 each. The company designs,...

Global Sports buying Ashford.com.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 17, 2001... Global Sports Inc., a King of Prussia, Pa., online seller of sports goods, said Friday it would acquire Ashford.com Inc., the Houston-based online retailer of luxury goods, for about $14.2 million. Ashford.com shareholders will receive 0.0076...

HelloAsia.com.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Asian-based e-marketing technology provider HelloAsia.com has raised $9.2 million in second round capital from lead investor, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, the city-state's telecom watchdog and venture capital firms Greylock,...

Journal Register buys Pennsylvania paper.(Journal Register Co. )(Reporter)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Trenton, N.J.-based newspaper publisher Journal Register Co. said Friday it acquired The Reporter, a 19,000 circulation daily in Lansdale, Pa., from Gannett Co. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Journal Register said it will be...

MRV is reabsorbing Luminent.(MRV Communications Inc.)
September 17, 2001... Less than a year after spinning out its optical component subsidiary, networking systems designer MRV Communications Inc. has announced it will reabsorb the unit. The Chatsworth, Calif.-based company said last week it will merge Luminent...

Peakhour.
September 17, 2001... Australian Internet services company Peakhour has raised an additional $A6 million ($3 million) in venture capital from Technology Venture Partners, the Australasian Media & Communications Fund, and Hong Kong-based Telecom Ventures Group....

Pinnacle gets Fast video assets.(Pinnacle Systems Inc.)(Fast Multimedia)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Pinnacle Systems Inc., a Mountain View, Calif., supplier of video services, announced it has agreed to acquire the video software division of Fast Multimedia, a Munich, Germany, developer of video editing services, for $15 million. Pinnacle...

Proprietary eyes eDispatch buyout.(Proprietary Industries Inc.)(eDispatch.com)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Proprietary Industries Inc., a Calgary, Alberta, mining and real estate company, said Friday it plans to offer C$1.10 a share for the stock of Vancouver, British Columbia, wireless telecom eDispatch.com Wireless Data Inc. that it does not...

Sopheon, Orbital Software talking.(Sopheon PLC)(Orbital Software Holdings PLC)(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... In a move that could create a [pound]22 million ($32.4 million) knowledge management software company, London-based Sopheon plc and crosstown rival Orbital Software Holdings plc said Friday they are conducting preliminary merger discussions....

TRC Capital extends bidding for Precision Drilling.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Toronto private investment firm TRC Capital Corp. said Friday it extended its pending tender offer for up to 1.75 million shares, or 3.3%, of Precision Drilling Corp., a Calgary, Alberta, oilfield drilling and energy service company, to Sept....

Urban Entertainment.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Los Angeles and New York-based Urban Entertainment Inc., a bricks-and-clicks film production and distribution company specializing in black and urban content themes, has switched on $5.5 million in a second round led by The AOL Time Warner...

Weight Watchers International Inc.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2001... Woodbury, N.Y.-based Weight Watchers International Inc. filed Friday for a $100 million initial public offering. The company's filing didn't specify the number or price of shares. Weight Watchers said it will not receive proceeds from a sale...

Japan's Mycal seeks bankruptcy protection.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 16, 2001... Byline: Charles Smith TOKYO -- One of Japan's largest retailers, Mycal Corp., struggling under debts of [yen]1.38 trillion ($11.7 billion), sought court protection from creditors Friday. Mycal, the country's fourth-largest general...

California fails to pass SoCal rescue bill.(Southern California Edison)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 16, 2001... Byline: Danny Fortson The California state Senate failed to pass a rescue bill for near-bankrupt utility Southern California Edison on Sept. 14, the last day of the legislative session before it recesses for the year. The failure...

Hynix creditors agree on bailout plan.(Hynix Semiconductor)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 16, 2001... Byline: Louis Hau and Gina Chon SEOUL -- Creditor banks agreed Sept. 15 to yet another bailout of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. but stopped short of extending much-needed new loans to the ailing South Korean semiconductor giant. Under the...

Continental makes cuts, warns of bankruptcy.(Continental Airlines)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 16, 2001... Byline: Matt Miller Continental Airlines over the weekend slashed 12,000 jobs and warned that it could face bankruptcy by late October if the U.S. government didn't extend immediate emergency aid. Gordon Bethune, Continental's chairman...

Despite chaos, Weight Watchers files for IPO.(Weight Watchers International Inc.'s initial public offering)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 16, 2001... Byline: Heidi Moore Despite the attacks that leveled the World Trade Center, advisers to Weight Watchers International Inc. decided to fight the odds and file its registration for a $100 million initial public offering Friday. The...

Vodafone may raise stake in Japan Telecom.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 16, 2001... Byline: Charles Smith TOKYO -- British mobile phone giant Vodafone Group plc plans to raise its stake in Japan Telecom Co., Japan's third-largest telecom operator, from 45% to 66.7% through a tender offer, according to a local report on...

Fleet Street.(Brief Article)
September 16, 2001... Byline: Peter Moreira LONDON -- There still is only one story. Five days after terrorists attacked the U.S., Britain's newspapers were still covering little else. Among the few deals reported here over the weekend: Anita and...

Rotch gets conditional nod in refinery buy.(Rotch Property Group, Rafineria Gdanska)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 16, 2001... Byline: Patricia Koza WARSAW -- The Polish government is expected to consider Sept. 18 a last-minute request to amend its guidelines for privatizing the oil sector to allow the nation's second-largest refinery to be sold to investors...

After several setbacks, Lauder wins.(Czech government's lawsuit against cosmetics heir Ronald Lauder)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 16, 2001... Byline: James Drake PRAGUE -- The Czech government vowed Sept. 16 to continue its long-running battle against cosmetics heir Ronald Lauder after a Stockholm court effectively reversed two earlier decisions handed down in the Czechs'...

France's Eiffage looks to Poland for buy.(Brief Article)
September 16, 2001... Byline: Alan Tillier PARIS -- French construction group Eiffage SA said Sept. 14 it has drawn up a short list that includes as many as six Polish construction firms in which it would like to make a major investment. A company...

Japan's Mycal Corp. seeks court protection.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Byline: Charles Smith TOKYO -- One of Japan's largest retailers, Mycal Corp.,struggling under debts of [yen]1.38 trillion ($11.7 billion), sought court protection from creditors Friday. Mycal, the country's fourth-largest supermarket...

Grove must wait for recovery plan confirmation.
September 14, 2001... Byline: Terry Brennan The terrorist attacks Tuesday, which included the crash of a hijacked plane in western Pennsylvania, have caused the U.S. Bankruptcy Court due east in Harrisburg to delay bankrupt Grove Worldwide llc's attempt to...

Steelworkers to get 20% of Wheeling-Pitt.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Byline: Greg Johnson The management of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. will have the industry's biggest steelworker's union peering over its shoulder when making business decisions after the bankrupt company agreed to modify and extend a...

NextWave hearing delayed.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Byline: Terry Brennan The bid by NextWave Telecom Inc. of Hawthorne, N.Y. to win approval for its disclosure statement outlining its $5.5 million reorganization plan was postponed due to last week's terrorist bombings, the company said...

Airport security firm declares bankruptcy.
September 14, 2001... Byline: Ivan Castano As airport security comes under fire after Tuesday's terrorist attacks, debt-laden International Total Services Inc., a provider of airport checkpoint and security services, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection...

Hynix creditors agree on bailout plan.
September 14, 2001... Byline: Louis Hau SEOUL -- Creditor banks agreed Friday to yet another bailout of Hynix Semiconductor Inc. but stopped short of extending much-needed new loans to the ailing South Korean semiconductor giant. Under the rescue package,...

IPO Outlook -- September 14, 2001.
September 14, 2001... Byline: Soma Biswas in New York and Laura King in Toronto and Nicola Hobday in London Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Auckland, New Zealand-based Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp.filed for an $83.6 million American Depositary Share...

Portman Building Society buys Sun Bank.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Byline: Laura Board LONDON -- Portman Building Society, the U.K.'s fourth-largest mutually owned mortgage lender, added almost one-fifth to the value of its mortgage book Friday with the acquisition of Sun Bank plc, the British mortgage...

Telefonica Moviles cancels Brazilian buyout.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Byline: Mike Elkin MADRID -- Telefonica Moviles SA, the cellular unit of Telefonica SA, canceled its planned buyout of Brazil's Celular CRT Participacoes SA due to market conditions after Tuesday's attacks on New York and Washington,...

HP-Compaq merger could spark more consolidation.
September 14, 2001... Byline: Jaret Seiberg WASHINGTON -- Antitrust advocates are arguing that regulators should block Hewlett-Packard Co.'s acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. because the deal could trigger a wave of copycat transactions that would...

Purchase of Spain's Cantabrico near EU approval.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Byline: Victorya Hong BRUSSELS -- European Union regulators are in the final stages of approving a joint bid by Germany's Energie Baden-Wurttemberg AG, or EnBW, and Spain's Gruppo Villar Mir for 59.7% of Spanish power generator...

Cendant purchase of Galileo still under EU review.
September 14, 2001... Byline: Victorya Hong BRUSSELS -- European regulators have not market-tested concessions offered two weeks ago by U.S. tourism company Cendant Corp. on its purchase of reservation system Galileo International Inc., and that has observers...

Latest At Home deal buys time, not hope.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Byline: Danny Fortson in San Francisco At Home Corp. may have gained a little breathing room with its $35 million sale Thursday of BlueMountain.com to American Greetings Corp., but prospects remain grim for the cash-starved Internet...

From around the Americas.
September 14, 2001... Byline: compiled by Greg Johnson MRV is reabsorbing Luminent Less than a year after spinning out its optical component subsidiary, networking systems designer MRV Communications Inc. has announced it will reabsorb the unit. The...

Reactions to WTC tragedy could benefit HP, Compaq.(World Trade Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Compaq Computer Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Byline: Olaf de Senerpont Domis The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington have granted Hewlett-Packard Co.'s $19.1 billion bid to acquire Compaq Computer Corp. a small respite from the pounding it had so recently received from...

Buyout firms prepare for third round in Britvic auction.(Cinven Ltd, CVC Capital Partners and Doughty Hanson and Co)
September 14, 2001... Byline: Josh Kosman and Siobhan Almond In its caution about selling its exclusive U.K. manufacturer and distributor, Britvic, to a private equity firm, soft drink giant PepsiCo Inc. has moved slowly to complete a sale, sources close to...

Dealflow -- September 14, 2001.
September 14, 2001... Byline: Ivan Castano COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE Enition France's Enition, a maker of software which enables the billing of content use and supply on mobiles, raised $15 million in second-round funding led by Softbank Europe...

Office-less, one NY venture capitalist forges on.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Byline: Katherine Goncharoff He's appreciative to be alive. Nonetheless, New York venture capitalist Paul Lisiak now has no office, and has been leaning heavily on a Long Island bed and breakfast, coffee shops, intermittent cellular...