Leveraged Buyouts

Exelon boss wants merger badly, and he's paying for it

2011-12-14 20:01:00

John Rowe made no secret of the fact that he badly wanted a signature merger to top off his career as the chief executive of Exelon Corp. How badly can be seen in the settlement he just agreed to in Exelon's bid to purchase Baltimore's Constellation...

Looking at payrolls, O's spend money — just not wisely

2011-12-28 03:00:00

We’re back. Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday and is getting ready for another one at week’s end. While I was taking a few days off, the Associated Press released its final payrolls for each Major League Baseball team’s 40-man roster....

GOP's non-Romney's deplore Bain capitalism -- but would do nothing to stop it

2012-01-18 03:00:00

It's one thing to criticize Mitt Romney for being a businessman with the wrong values. It's quite another to accuse him and his former company, Bain Capital, of doing bad things. If what Bain Capital did under Mr. Romney was bad for America, the burden...

Gingrich attack on Romney an attack on Republicans

2012-01-08 18:49:00

So Newt Gingrich is borrowing from the Democrats' oppo-reserach book with his attacks on Mitt Romney's legacy as a leveraged buyout artist. Suddenly leveraged buyouts are "predatory" and "paper shuffling," Gingrich says, according to the NYT. Financed...

Constellation, Exelon shareholder meeting on merger set for Nov. 17

2011-10-12 07:14:00

Constellation Energy Group and Exelon Corp. shareholders will have their say on the companies' proposed merger at separate meetings on Nov. 17, according to regulatory documents filed Wednesday. Along with state and federal regulatory approval, investors...

Energy analysts: Constellation-Exelon merger likely to go through

2011-10-12 17:36:00

Despite continuing challenges to Constellation Energy Group's plans to sell itself to Exelon Corp., analysts say the $7.9 billion deal is likely to overcome major regulatory obstacles, including those in Maryland, where critics are seeking concessions...

Constellation reportedly takeover target of Chicago power company

2011-04-27 19:54:00

Constellation Energy Group is reportedly in the final stages of takeover negotiations that could see it absorbed by the Chicago-based power company Exelon Corp., a deal that would usher Baltimore's last Fortune 500 company headquarters out of town. For...

French firm won't bid again

2008-10-16 00:00:00

Constellation Energy Group's largest shareholder, whose higher offer to acquire the Baltimore company was rebuffed for a proposed $4.7 billion deal with Warren Buffett, said yesterday that it will not submit another bid for the firm. The announcement...

Constellation offer: pot of gold or elusive rainbow?

2008-12-04 00:00:00

Like the Wizard of Oz, Electricite de France looked into the souls of everybody connected with Constellation Energy Group and offered to grant their greatest desires. To shareholders, it promised a higher stock price. To Constellation boss Mayo...

Stock futures flat as Greek crisis pressures equities

2012-05-16 05:05:06

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors continued to worry about Greece's political and financial crisis as the country prepares for its second election in just over a month. Global shares and other risk...

Univision makes its pitch to TV advertisers at media event

2012-05-16 00:00:00

NEW YORK — Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications touted something that its English-language broadcast rivals cannot: Prime-time ratings at its flagship TV network, Univision, have grown 7% during the current season. Ratings gains in...

Upfronts 2012: Univision's prime-time ratings grow 7%

2012-05-15 16:10:00

NEW YORK -- Spanish language media giant Univision Communications touted something that its English-language broadcast rivals can not: prime-time ratings at its flagship TV network, Univision, grew 7% during the current season. Ratings gains in an era of...

office of Greenberg Traurig. He concentrates on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law, representing multinational corporations, leveraged-buyout funds and private entrepreneurs in purchases and sales transactions. He has a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law and an A.B.

2011-03-29 00:00:00