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Crabtree & Evelyn Files For Bankruptcy

Personal care products retailer Crabtree & Evelyn Ltd. has filed for bankruptcy, citing debt pressures and the decline in consumer spending.

Commercial Property Could Become Albatross

Growing weakness in commercial real estate is poised to transform banking companies into accidental landlords — with a new set of headaches.

Latest Retail Casualty: Eddie Bauer

Clothing retailer Eddie Bauer filed for Chapter 11 protection, and private equity firm CCMP Capital Advisors plans to take control of the company.

Ratings Actions & Outlooks

Select ratings downgrades and negative outlooks from Moody's and S&P.

PE Execs See Economic Recovery Next Year

Energy and infrastructure are expected to be two of the hottest private equity investment areas once the economy rebounds, a KPMG survey says.

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Eyes On The Prize

To many, the deal market may seem a modern take on Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot.' Buyers and sellers continually wait for a sign that business has stabilized. For the deal community, the identity of Godot may as well be 'visibility,' and in its absence, few have any solutions other than to merely wait.

The First Wealth Is Health

Wall Street, and everyone else who is paying attention, for that matter, is all aflutter about whether we have really entered a recovery. There is one constituency, however, that just may not care: middle-market health-care executives.

Distressed Interest From Afar

It never received much in the way of press coverage, but when Delphi Corp. was shopping its wheel bearings business out of bankruptcy last April, one of the interested parties included a company called Wanxin Machinery. Not a familiar face domestically, its presence in the process did not raise suspicions, especially since the company failed to proffer a winning bid. Those that took part, however, confirm that Wanxin had more than a passing interest. Fast forward 12 months, and a joint venture called BeijingWest Industries Co. is poised to do what Wanxin could not.

A More Perfect Union?

In a stretched economy, it's easy to see the tightrope many unions walk. In its most basic form, a 'successful' union negotiation yields few concessions and seizes as many benefits and as much remuneration for workers as possible. The problem this poses for potential acquirers is that it does not always leave a viable business, and few buyers want to take on the headache of trying to negotiate concurrently with a management team and its employees.

Imperial 'Leverages' Opportunities

Executives at Imperial Capital LLC agree with Michael Milken that capital structure matters.

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