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    <title>Windstream shakes up rural telecom carriers</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.31903</id>

    <published>2009-11-20T22:30:50Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T22:27:25Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Neil Buchalter</name>
        
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">In the landscape of telecommunications, Windstream Corp.'s purchase of business services provider NuVox Inc. earlier in November may have an influence that is larger than its $643 million price tag....</content>
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<entry>
    <title>Hershey cleared to dine on Cadbury</title>
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    <published>2009-11-20T21:53:50Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T21:53:43Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Matthew Wurtzel</name>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">Conservative is the adjective widely attached to the charitable trust that controls Hershey. But maybe it doesn't apply.</content>
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<entry>
    <title>Deal Stocks: GS, DELL, CBY, HSY, GE, CMCSA</title>
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    <published>2009-11-20T21:36:24Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T21:52:57Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>George White</name>
        
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">A look at the news moving deal-related stocks including Goldman Sachs, Cadbury, Hershey and General Electric.</content>
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<entry>
    <title>GSI Group goes under</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.31891</id>

    <published>2009-11-20T21:00:43Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T18:03:24Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Neil Buchalter</name>
        
    </author>
    
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">Technology supplier GSI Group Inc. filed Chapter 11 on Friday morning with a deal in place to hand over a majority of its common shares to noteholders. The debtor's new owners are led by Goldman...</content>
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<entry>
    <title>Should MetroPCS take a Leap?</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.31898</id>

    <published>2009-11-20T20:52:34Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T20:52:17Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Chris Nolter</name>
        <uri>http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/</uri>
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        <category term="Technology" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
    <category term="leapwirelessinternationalinc" label="Leap Wireless International Inc." scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
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    <category term="palicapitalinc" label="Pali Capital Inc." scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    
    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">Walter Piecyk of Pali Capital says MetroPCS should renew its pursuit of Leap Wireless.</content>
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<entry>
    <title>The Deal Economy 2010: Avaya's Ali on digesting Nortel</title>
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    <published>2009-11-20T20:17:54Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T20:55:17Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Maria Woehr</name>
        <uri>http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape</uri>
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        <category term="Bankruptcy" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
        <category term="Conferences" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
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    <category term="avayainc" label="Avaya Inc" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">Avaya's Mohamad Ali discusses the company's next target in the wake of buying assets of bankrupt Nortel.</content>
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<entry>
    <title>eBay's Skype deal is (finally) undone</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.31896</id>

    <published>2009-11-20T20:04:50Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T20:08:35Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Olaf de Senerpont Domis</name>
        <uri>http://techconfidential.com/money-out/blog/</uri>
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">A consortium of investors that includes Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board takes charge of Skype. What's next?</content>
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<entry>
    <title>Gartmore plans December IPO </title>
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    <published>2009-11-20T20:00:37Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T18:02:26Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Neil Buchalter</name>
        
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">Hellman &amp;amp; Friedman LLC's Gartmore Group Ltd. plans to hold an initial public offering in London next month as its San Francisco parent seeks to take advantage of the sustained recovery in equity...</content>
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<entry>
    <title>TowerBrook sets up new lender </title>
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    <id>tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.31888</id>

    <published>2009-11-20T19:00:40Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T17:49:06Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Neil Buchalter</name>
        
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">London- and New York-based private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners LP said Friday it raised about $700 million to start a commercial lending institution in London to provide finance for...</content>
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<entry>
    <title>Deal Economy 2010: Eydenberg on PE IPOs</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.31885</id>

    <published>2009-11-20T18:28:46Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T18:33:13Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Suzanne Stevens</name>
        
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">The head of the financial sponsor group at Deutsche Bank says more private equity firms may in 2010 seek public market exits for portfolio companies.</content>
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<entry>
    <title>Vivendi: Hopes for NBC exit </title>
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    <id>tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.31887</id>

    <published>2009-11-20T17:42:29Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T17:42:54Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Neil Buchalter</name>
        
    </author>
    
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">Vivendi SA gave the clearest indication yet that it wants to sell its 20% stake in NBC Universal Inc. when CFO Philippe Capron said the French company didn't want to be a part of General Electric Co....</content>
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<entry>
    <title>The end of the Fed as we know it? </title>
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    <id>tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.31886</id>

    <published>2009-11-20T17:27:22Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T17:26:09Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Matthew Wurtzel</name>
        <uri>http://dealscape.thedealblogs.com/</uri>
    </author>
    
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        <category term="Washington Ways &amp; Means" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
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    <category term="fedautonomy" label="Fed autonomy" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">So the beginning of the end for the Federal Reserve we've known for almost a century has begun with Rep. Ron Paul's proposal to audit the central bank inching closer to the floor of the House.</content>
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<entry>
    <title>Goldman Sachs' managing director class of 2010</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.31883</id>

    <published>2009-11-20T16:42:56Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T16:42:28Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Basdeo Hiralal</name>
        
    </author>
    
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        <category term="Featured" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">On Jan. 1, 272 bankers will be named managing directors at Goldman Sachs, making them eligible for bigger bonuses.</content>
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<entry>
    <title>Finance Layoffs and Hirings: BofA, Citigroup and more </title>
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    <id>tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.31882</id>

    <published>2009-11-20T15:35:24Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T15:36:21Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Maria Woehr</name>
        <uri>http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Corporate restructuring" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
        <category term="Deal International" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
    <category term="bankofamerica" label="Bank of America" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
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    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">A roundup of the latest hiring and layoff rumors and reports on Wall Street.</content>
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<entry>
    <title>Most Admired Corporate Dealmakers announced</title>
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    <id>tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.31879</id>

    <published>2009-11-20T14:33:50Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-20T14:33:41Z</updated>

    
    <author>
        <name>Kenneth Klee</name>
        
    </author>
    
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        <category term="M&amp;A" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
    
    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/">The Deal announced the winners of its second-annual Most Admired Corporate Dealmaker survey at a luncheon in New York on Thursday.</content>
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