Tag Archives: economic slump


Asian finance firms are more optimistic on acquisitions

March 24, 2009 : Permalink

The China Post – Asia-Pacific banks, brokerages, insurers and private equity firms are more optimistic about mergers and acquisitions as they seek to expand following a decline in asset prices, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. About 42 percent of financial institutions […]

Smart money sees Brink’s Home Security as a “rock”

March 17, 2009 : Permalink

Reuters – It would be hard for many to imagine hedge funds buying stock in a U.S. company with the word "home" in its name in the worst housing downturn since the Great Depression — let alone speak admiringly of […]