M&A Weekly Digest – May 17, 2013

This M&A Weekly Digest brings discussions about how active private equity firms are in the middle market, the pros and cons of an employee stock ownership program vs. phantom stock, and tips for selling a business in today’s market. Click on the article headline to read the complete piece.

M&A Weekly Digest – May 10, 2013

This week’s digest features a checklist to help you get through the due diligence process, formula for valuation, and mistakes to avoid when selling your business.

M&A Weekly Digest – May 3, 2013

This week’s digest covers expert advice on exit timing from a business and 2013 M&A activity projects, as well as data that is further proof of the private equity industry’s concentration on smaller, more strategic deals.

How Business Owners Can Leverage Hot, Growing Industries

When you own a privately held business, it helps the bottom line to be in a growing industry. Not only does make it easier to improve profits, but it also helps your company become more attractive to potential buyers of your business.

Ibis World issued a report back in February that identified the best industries in which to start a business in the U.S. Today we’ll reveal the eight growing industries and how current private business owners can take advantage of their anticipated growth.

M&A Weekly Digest – April 26, 2013

This week’s M&A digest delves into one factor that drives mergers and acquisitions activity, as well as how to get buyer attention and respect. Click on the headlines for the full article.

M&A Weekly Digest – April 19, 2013

This week we cover two pieces of evidence that are positive economic news, how flexibility is key to reaching an optimal deal when selling a business, and how deal structure and debt are affecting M&A activity. As usual, click on the article headline to read the entire piece.

M&A Weekly Digest – April 12, 2013

This week’s M&A Weekly Digest contains articles discussing the economic impact of private equity firms and the effect that widespread baby boomer retirement will have on mergers and acquisitions activity. As usual, click on the headline to read the full piece.

M&A Weekly Digest – April 4, 2013

As we catch up on last week’s M&A articles, this week’s digest covers pieces about the stock market’s relationship with M&A, economic news, how interest rates affect exit planning, the amount of cash on corporate balance sheets, and where private equity firms prefer to focus.

M&A Weekly Digest – March 15, 2013

We’re covering quite a bit of ground in this edition of the M&A Weekly Digest. We start with a conversation about factors driving both buyers and sellers in the M&A market before moving to how sequestration will affect M&A activity, things to avoid when selling a business to family members, and a review of a recent acquisition that many private business owners will be interested in hearing about.

As usual, click on the headline to read the full article.

M&A Weekly Digest – March 8, 2013

Today’s M&A Weekly Digest features news about how private equity firms offer a growth strategy for private business owners, the latest M&A news, and a summary of the most recent Thomson Reuters deal-making rankings. As usual, click on the headlines to read the entire articles.