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Companies move to end consultant conflicts

Compensation issues aren't strictly in-scope from a Sarbanes-Oxley perspective, except perhaps when it comes to backdating of options. Of course, if the auditor were retained to give compensation

Private equity deals of the year

TheDeal.com offers its annual private equity  Deals of the Year. This year's list has a different flavor to it. Until recently, of course, the industry was booming on easy credit. But even in this environment, there are some notable deals going down. Alltel's $27.5 billion LBO "defied all o

Sometimes a deal can really work out

TheDeal.com offers an interesting look at a deal that's working out; it may end up a rare example of success. Recall that Verizon Wireless agreed to buy Alltel from TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs  Capital Partners on June 5. The original sponsor-led buyout was inked back in May 2007, when th

Private equity firms win with Alltel deal

It's tempting to look at the $28 billion Verizon-Alltel agreement and declare that it represents a coming wave of strategic deals. It may indeed hearken such a trend, but don't think the private equity guys are missing out. The Financial Times reports that TPG and the private equity arm of G