Monday Morning Outlook

Buyouts/Investments:

• [Mega-deal] Packaging Corporation of America to acquire Boise
• Golden Equity Investments acquires Innovative Medical Device Solutions
• Perella looking to sell rail leasing company
• Post Holdings to acquire Dakota Growers Pasta Company
• Kodiak Capital Group invests $2 million in Cloud Security Corp
• Wowza Media Systems acquires Camfoo
• Kennametal to acquire ATI’s Tungsten Materials Business for $605 million
• Brynwood Partners acquires the Lightlife Brand from ConAgra Foods

Events:

• Thursday Webinar: The Investment Preferences of Family Offices with Richard Wilson
• Thursday Webinar: The SBA is offering the Affordable Care Act 101
• The House Committee on Financial Services will have a hearing on “Examining the SEC’s Money Market Fund Rule Proposal” on Wednesday

Other News:

• Larry Summers dropped out of Fed race — leaving Yellen as the frontrunner
• Twitter may jumpstart consumer-tech IPOs
• Chrysler may be going public
• BlackBerry may be bought in pieces
• How acquired employees can succeed after a merger
• Insurance mergers on the rise
• Better assets and favorable lending will drive M&A activity (at least in Australia)
• The Dell deal shows how deals aren’t supposed to work

This week in history… The United States government takes out its very first loan — a sum of $191,608.81 (1789).