Recent profit warnings from tech companies, specifically Intel and Dell, have acted as a drag on the broader market, reversing an earlier market rally. The rally followed Fed Chairman Bernanke's comments to Congress on slowing economic growth helping to limit...

Over the last decade, the litigation support, compliance and information management markets have converged at an accelerating pace, creating a growing, $3 billion annual opportunity for companies in the “convergence zones” of these segments. Mirus believes these overlapping areas present a unique opportunity for companies to reap the benefits of synergies derived from combining....

Despite an improving economy and broad-based growth, opportunities abound to acquire distressed companies in out-of-favor sectors such as automotive components and textiles, as well as industries that have suffered from the high cost of oil. As prices for well-performing companies spiral skyward due to stiff competition for the most attractive deals, hundreds of private equity firms and hedge funds are putting capital into distressed companies and distressed securities in search of better returns.

The recently announced joint venture between Nokia Corp and Siemens AG, which will result in the combination of their telephone equipment units in a deal valued at roughly $31.6 billion, has increased M&A speculation in the telecom market. In an industry plagued by...

The first question most business owners ask when we meet with them is: “So what’s my business worth?” This Viewpoint helps answer this question by explaining some of the core valuation tools and vocabulary, and by describing the approaches used to estimate a valuation range for a specific business. This valuation primer dovetails with our recent two-part Viewpoint series on “Creating Value”, which discussed the factors that ultimately determine the specific premium buyers are willing to pay for a company.