When two companies operate in the same market space, what makes one company more valuable than another? Why does one company sell for a multiple on revenues while another fetches a multiple on earnings? Most importantly, how can you be sure you are focusing your efforts and resources on the factors that will result in your business being courted by multiple buyers and receiving top dollar?

Fresh off of a five day rally, the market has been treading water in anticipation of Ben Bernanke’s speaking engagement at the Economic Club of New York Monday night. Although Bernanke is not expected to reveal much ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve policy meeting, his comments regarding the yield curve and monetary policy will be eagerly....

In 2005, there were 466 announced transactions where management participated in the buyout of a private company or a corporate spin-off, in addition to 75 “going private” transactions in which the management team of a public company completed a recapitalization of the business that resulted in a buyout of the company’s stock. Nearly three thousand of these types of transactions have been announced in...

Regulatory issues that have prevented the mergers and acquisitions of many utility companies have recently disappeared, thanks to the repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Without the regulatory hurdles that used to exist in the industry, activity in the space...

If you lead a private company, what you don’t know about a new section of the Internal Revenue Code–Section 409A–may hurt you. Equally important, if you fail to meet the standards set up under these new regulations, you could cause major financial pain for the very employees you are trying hard to retain and reward.