If you are a deal-watcher in a particular industry, and you know what a blog is, you should definitely sign up to get the (free) Dealscape or "Deal Watch" blog postings from The Deal Blog Network. They have added a new feature to many of these reports - an "Executive Summary," a chronological summary of recent significant events within that particular industry. So, for instance, a recent Deal Watch: Banking report concluded with this summary, going backward in time:
06.19.07 ING goes to Turkey.
06.12.07 With the legal legwork done, Barclays says its takeover is movign along.
06.11.07 Atticus urges Barclays to drop ABN bid.
06.08.07 SocGen is reportedly interested in Societe Generale.
06.07.07 PNC picks up Yardville.
05.31.07 Wachovia nets A.G. Edwards.
05.30.07 RBC proceeds with takeover attempt. ABN looks to "transaction committee" for advice.
05.21.07 UniCredit in $29.5 billion deal for Capitalia.
05.10.07 UniCredit eyes possible targets.
05.10.07 ABN CFO heads for the exit.
05.07.07 ABN rejects RBC-led bid for LaSalle.
05.04.07 BofA sues ABN.
05.03.07 A Netherlands court blocks ABN's LaSalle sale to BofA.
04.25.07 An RBS consortium goes after ABN.
04.23.07 Barclays, ABN agree to tie-up, sale of LaSalle to BofA, but will the largest-ever banking deal
overcome regulatory hurdles and rival aggression?
04.11.07 Citigroup begins layoff campaign.
04.09.07 Citigroup goes to Asia, again, buying Taiwan's Bank of Overseas Chinese.
03.22.07 Does a European banking merger wave cometh? Meanwhile, Citi's latest, $13.4 billion bid for
Nikko is still too low, one shareholder says.
03.20.07 Barclays and ABN Amro lay out their plans for a would-be baking giant.
03.20.07 Barclays, ABN Amro in exclusive talks. The WSJ says an $80 billion deal
could come together in two weeks. Might their sights turn to the U.S. next?
02.16.07 BBVA makes $9.6 billion play for Compass.
02.02.07 Will foreign buyers make a harder play for U.S. banks in 2007?
12.13.06 Citigroup makes a $1.51 billion buy in El Salvador, the month after leading the investment
group that took control of China's Guangdong Development Bank with $3.1 billion.
12.04.06 Will Barclays be the next bank to take a buyout?
12.04.06 BoNY and Mellon team up with a $16.5 billion deal, and The Deal asks Who bought whom?
11.20.06 BofA says it will pay $3.3 billion for U.S. Trust Corp. and Toronto-Dominion says it will pay
$3.2 billion for the 43% of TD Banknorth it didn't already own.
11.20.06 USA Capital Mortgage goes on the block.
11.02.06 New York Community Bank plans $260 million deal for PennFed.
10.20.06 Commercial banks keep trying their hand at investment banking.
10.10.06 PNC Financial Services unveils $6 billion deal for Mercantile Bankshares Corp.
09.27.06 Bank of Montreal pays $290 for First National Bank & Trust.
09.19.06 Lehman Bros. will pay $210 million for Capital Crossing Bank.
09.18.06 Sterling Financial Corp. buys Northern Empire Bancshares.
09.05.06 Merrill says it will pay $1.3 billion to boost mortgage biz.
08.09.06 Morgan Stanley pays $706 million for Saxon Capital and RBC heads south.
07.20.06 National City goes to Florida, twice.
06.01.06 Sovereign and Independence finally seal their merger agreement.
05.25.06 Regions Financial acquires AmSouth.
05.08.06 Wachovia says it will pay $25.2 billion for Golden West, it's largest ever acquisition.
04.17.06 TD Banknorth picks up Interchange Financial Services.
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Posted by: Andy James | July 12, 2007 at 06:21 AM