Last December we showcased 2004’s largest domestic transaction: Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE: JNJ) purchase of medical device maker Guidant Corporation (NYSE: GDT) in a deal worth $25.4 billion. During the 11 months since its announcement, this deal has unfolded—and...
During much of 2005, investors, lenders and operators, as well as market commentators, have been watching as portfolio after portfolio of assisted and independent living properties have come onto the market with higher and higher expected prices, and lower and lower...
When UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) announced that it was buying PacifiCare Health Systems (NYSE: PHS) for $9.2 billion in July, we speculated that to shore up its dominant position, WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) would counter by acquiring New York’s WellChoice (NYSE: WC),...
Although it takes a few days to catch up on the lack of sleep, at least for those of us who like to wander the hallways and hang out in the lobby until the wee hours, trying to get a whiff of the latest rumored deal or transaction detail, the annual NIC Conference is...
Influenza pandemics have been traveling the world long before globalization spread business and industry over the face of the earth. Western Europe is currently worried by the possibility of avian flu reaching it from Southeast Asia. And, as autumn approaches, we are...
As the market now knows, a newly created entity called North American Senior Care (NASC) ended months of speculation with a “final” $13.00 per share offer for Beverly Enterprises (NYSE: BEV) which, combined with the debt outstanding and the...