The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But following four-plus decades of acquisitions, mergers, bankruptcies, innovation, and economic shifts, only two public companies still hold this pristine credit rating. In April, S&P reaffirmed its AAA credit rating on J&J, albeit with a negative outlook.

Mergers and Acquisitions 130

Mergers and Acquisitions Leveraging Conglomerates Debt 130

The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school. KKR took a stock exchange company called who Houdaille, private, and it was the first time there’ve been — RITHOLTZ: ’79 or something like that? The head of mergers and everyone watched over me there.

Leveraged Buyouts 104

Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Debt 104

The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, by the time I got there, it was well beyond just, you know, financing customer acquisitions of appliances. I mean, you know, I probably shouldn’t have been doing it because I had been a journalist covering public schools and knew nothing about leveraged buyouts. They had no balance sheet. What was the workflow like there?

Banks 102

Banks Mergers and Acquisitions Capital Companies 102