Archive for June 24th, 2008
Getting to “yes” on BCE
24 June 2008BCE Takeover Part 41
Yesterday I promised to offer the deal group a few simple themes to help them “split the difference” that separates a closed BCE LBO deal from the failed version. I hate the macho theatre of negotiating, and our firm is – as a rule – in the “get to yes” business. [...]
Spin docs busy at BCE deal central part 2
24 June 2008As an update to yesterday’s post “Spin docs busy at BCE deal central“, here is the precis to Spinwars a book written by BCE PR boss Bill Fox in 1999:
“Spin doctors abound in today’s media world, from the pundits whose witty interpretations you read with your morning coffee to the lobbyists on the 11 o’clock [...]