- FirePond Sets Sights On Brightware.
FirePond Inc., a provider of integrated e-business selling solutions, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Brightware, Inc., a supplier of e-customer assistance software. The acquisition leverages the strengths of both companies to create an intelligent sales and service interaction suite to acquire and retain customers. FirePond expects ......
- BLACK HILLS BUYS MALLON RESOURCES IN A $52 MILLION EXCHANGE OF STOCK
Black Hills Corp. (NYSE: BKH) agreed to acquire Denver independent producer Mallon Resources Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: MLRC) for $52 million in stock last week. The transaction's total cost includes the assumption by the Rapid City, S.D., utility holding company of Mallon's $30.5 million of obligations, comprised of debt owed ......
- Black Hills Corp. to purchase Mallon resources for 1.09 times revenue
The Deal: Black Hills Corporation has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Mallon Resources Corporation. The total cost of the transaction is approximately $52 million, including the assumption of Mallon's debt to Aquila Energy Capital Corporation and the settlement of outstanding hedges, amounting to $30.5 million. Mallon shareholders ......
- InTech feedforward
NATIONAL GRID, LATTICE IN $21.5 BILLION MERGER National Grid Group PLC, the world's largest independent electric company, and Lattice Group PLC, Britain's national distributor of natural gas, plan to merge in a $21.5 billion deal. The combined company, called National Grid Transco, wants to move across the Atlantic and buy ......
- The Thomson Corp. acquires ELLIS Publications
The Thomson Corp. has announced that it has acquired privately held ELLIS Publications (EPMS BV), a publisher of European Union (EU) legal and regulatory information that is based in Maastricht, Netherlands. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ELLIS will become part of Thomson's $2.2 billion Legal & Regulatory Group ......
- Zell Sells Off
Chicago—Sam Zell made headlines this quarter with the largest debt offering in REIT history. His Equity Office Properties Trust originally planned a $750 million issuance of senior unsecured notes—already a record, considering the largest debt offering by a REIT was several hundred million less than that—but demand was so strong, ......
- Francais keeps Maverick ways with Kochis Fitz deal:combined entity sets sights on 10 national markets.
In 2002, Rob Francais and a group of partners from a financial advisory business sold to Harris Bank were so adamant about staying independent that they refused to join the bank and instead started their own finn. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Five years later, Francais, 42, has retained that streak of fierce ......