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  • Let it Rain

    M&A Market Storming Opportunities for Buyers and Sellers
    An alternative strategy, the equity recap, offers privately held company owners a unique prospect for recognizing value. Equity recapitalizations enable the owner to take a significant amount of money out of the business and simultaneously realize several other benefits - Article by G. Thomas Doyal

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  • Building a Strong Management Team

    The list of what makes a successful company could go on and on. But when you think about these factors, they are not necessarily the primary cause of the success. They are as much effect as they are cause. The real driving force behind a successful business enterprise is a strong management team. No matter how good the product, strategy, finances, customers, suppliers or employees, none of this will matter over the long haul if the company is not run by a top-notch management team.
    - Article by Tom Kowieski

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  • Commercial Real Estate Finance The Deal Book

    As bankers, we meet with commercial real estate developers and investors who have a wealth of information; however, it tends to be all "upstairs." One of the keys to getting the deal done is providing your banker with a comprehensive package of information commonly known as the Deal Book.

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  • Analyst Preaches Globalization, Flexibilty and (Of Course) Lower Costs

    North American auto suppliers may want to brush up on their Chinese, Arabic and youthspeak if they want to compete in the future. And, of course, they'll need to keep lowering costs - even as they'll be asked to invest in overseas production, R&D and rapid-fire new model development. 

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