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Dealmaker: February/March, 2008
Brainstorm : Year of the SPAC
By: Scott Eden
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The Wall Street Journal: 24 December, 2007
Blank Checks' Generate New Interest:
Deals Gain Momentum as Investors Seek Alternative to Private Equity
By Lynn Cowan
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Reuters: 14 December, 2007
Blank-check IPOs end 2007 on record note
By Lilla Zuill
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The New York Times: 7 December, 2007
Wall Street's New Status Symbol: The SPAC
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The New York Sun: 11/13/07
Surging 'Blind Pools' Target Acquisitions
By Liz Peek
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Reuters: 11/6/07
More Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC) since 2003
By Eve Oppenheim
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Reuters: 10/5/07
Blank-check" IPOs: Under the radar, but lucrative
By Lilla Zuill
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Chicago Tribune: 9/8/07
Madison Dearborn’s Boise to sell off its paper business [to a SPAC]
By James P. Miller and Becky Yerak
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Mergers and Acquisitions Journal: 5/1/07
Should You Sell To a SPAC?
By Partner Paul Broude, Foley & Lardner
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The Wall Street Journal: 4/23/07
'Blank-Check' Firms Gain Favor --- Buyout Vehicles Going Public Score Hit With Investors
By Yvonne Ball
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The New York Times: 4/23/07
Former Media Executives Give New Life to 'Blank Check' Corporations
By Richard Siklos
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Fortune: 2/19/07
The IPO Gets Edgy
By Jennifer Reingold
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Investment Dealers Digest: 1/29/07
Market Awaits SPAC Flood as Deal Deadlines Approach: After a rush of blank-check IPOs in 2005 and 2006, some of these vehicles are approaching the cutoff date to find a deal with the threat of liquidation looming
By Ken MacFadyen
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Chicago Tribune: 1/21/07
Shells fill in the blanks for deals
By James P. Miller
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Equities: 12/22/06
SPACs: backing the jockey, not the horse: more investors, CEOs and private companies are turning to SPACs. Betting on management never made more sense.
By Douglas Ellenoff , Stuart Neuhauser
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Reuters: 12/20/06
Former Media Executives Give New Life to 'Blank Check' Corporations
By Yung Kim
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