Monday Morning Outlook — July 29, 2013

Here are a few things to start your Monday off right…

Buyouts/Investments

• Joshua Partners announces acquisition of Imperial Machine and Tool Company
• Rockwood sells global rheology business to ALTANA
• Abbott Laboratories plans to acquire Idev Technologies  
• Brentwood Associates invests in Lazy Dog Restaurants
• Flotek announces intent to acquire Eclipse IOR Services
• Frontenac invests in OTP Industrial Solutions
• Darwin invests in Esendex
• PolyTherics and Antitope to merge

Planned Events:

• The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will have another hearing on “Mitigating Systemic Risk Through Wall Street Reforms.”
• The Committee on Finance will hear “Powering Our Future: Principles for Energy Tax Reform.”

Other Stories:

• Connections trump everything in China’s PE scene
• M&A value maximization – from due diligence to finance
• Suntory targets acquisitions after IPO
• NYC Public Pensions Funds makes largest commitment to PE yet
• Corporate profits are losing steam

This week in history… Boeing purchased McDonnell-Douglas for $16.3 billion (1997)