Silicon Valley periodically rediscovers the SPAC, or Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation, when the overall stock market is healthy but startups are having trouble going public.

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If Evercore or JPMorgan advises a corporation on making an acquisition, the standard fee is about two per cent of the purchase price.

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News Corporation's shrewd acquisition of MySpace has put Rupert Murdoch back on the cutting edge, at least until the next new thing comes along.

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It has ventured into large-scale utility power projects only recently with the acquisition of PowerLight Corporation.

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It has ventured into large-scale utility power projects like the CSVR only recently with the acquisition of PowerLight Corporation.

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The scheme began in March 2010 when Wells Fargo was retained to provide financing for a potential acquisition of ATC Technology Corporation by GENCO Distribution System.

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Companies and private equity funds shopping for U.S. biotechnology and pharmaceutical corporations have discovered a neat way to lubricate deals in a volatile market: place all the risk associated with the acquisition on the backs of investors in their target corporation.

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The acquisition will be made by BP's joint-venture partner, Bridas Corporation, which is itself a joint-venture between Argentine tycoon Carlos Bulgheroni and CNOOC, China's state-owned oil company.

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Devon Energy Corporation is an independent energy company engaged primarily in oil and gas exploration, development and production, and in the acquisition of producing properties.

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