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DealBook (Free subscription) | yesterday
In addition to making investors highly queasy, the roller-coaster stock market is taking its toll on deal-making. The effects of the credit crunch on cash-based mergers is clear: Would-be acquirers can’t borrow on reasonable terms, and they are loath to use cash on hand, which they might need if conditions get even worse. That leaves stock-based [...]
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Gristmill (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
By Tom Philpott Way back in March, Brazilian beef-packing behemoth JBS finished an extraordinary lunge into the U.S. market, having snapped up Swift, National Beef Packing, and the beef assets of Smithfield -- the nation's third-, fourth- and fifth-biggest beef packers. If the deals were approved by U.S. antitrust authorities -- and nothing in recent history suggested they wouldn't be -- JBS would...
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splitbrain.org blog (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
This weekend was DokuWiki bug squashing weekend. After the big success of the wiki reorganization we wanted to use a joint effort again to clean up the DokuWiki bug tracker . When we started on Saturday morning there where 271 open tasks. Some dating back to 2005. Our goal was to collaboratively go through all open tasks and decide how to proceed. Many bugs could be fixed right away other tasks where...
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touchmyiphone.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
Squashing any rumors to the contrary, Apple confirmed for Macworld on Monday that the company will not release any new products before the holidays.
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www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008
Robin Rowe of Sweet Cottage Pies will have copies of her pumpkin pie recipe at the Saturday Farmers Market. Look for it in the Snail Pouch at her pie booth. Also, Deborah Madison’s recipe for Cinderella Pumpkin Soup Baked in the Pumpkin will be at Source: www.chicoer.com Dundee-Crown’s Swick wins honors - Courier NewsCARPENTERSVILLE [...]
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SOHH.com (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
The Lox's Styles P is preparing to hit the streets again with the release of his upcoming CD/DVD combo mixtape, Phantom Gangster Chronicles, Volume 1. [Visit SOHH.com for more information]