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		<title>What’s Hot and What’s Not in Federal Government Contracting Dealmaking?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What’s the word from Washington D.C.? Plans are underway to cut spending. Where will the cuts be? What priorities will continue to get funded? What are the implications to dealmakers?
Both Laura Kevghas of Mirus Capital Advisors and Paul Serotkin of Venture Management agree that hot investment areas in the federal government sector currently include: cyber [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedealmaker.org/?p=1467</link>
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		<title>BB&amp;T Capital Markets Serves as Exclusive Financial Advisor to National Dentex Corporation on its sale to GeoDigm Corporation</title>
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National Dentex Corporation (NASDAQ: NADX) announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger to be acquired by a holding company of GeoDigm Corporation, a portfolio company of Welsh, Carson, Anderson &#38; Stowe. The transaction was approved by shareholder vote on July  29, 2010. Under the terms of the merger agreement, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedealmaker.org/?p=1463</link>
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		<title>Nick Konstantinou joins BB&amp;T Capital Markets as Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BB&#38;T Capital Markets is pleased to announce that Nick Konstantinou has joined our team as Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group.  Mr. Konstantinou&#8217;s clients have included private and public companies in a number of healthcare sub-sectors including specialty and infusion pharmacy, home health, drug and medical-surgical distribution, hospitals and health systems, CRO and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedealmaker.org/?p=1459</link>
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		<title>Stonebridge Associates Advises SmartPill On $9.4 Million Equity Financing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stonebridge Associates was recently retained by SmartPill, a venture-backed medical device company, to advise the special committee to the board of directors regarding an insider-led investment round and to render a fairness opinion on the transaction. Led by Mitch Briskin, the Stonebridge team worked with the special committee to structure and negotiate the proposed investment. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedealmaker.org/?p=1455</link>
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		<title>ACG Boston Announces New Chapter President, Elects Six Others to Board of Directors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ACG Boston, the Boston Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), announced its new chapter president &#38; CEO, Ben Procter, a partner at the Watermill Group, and elected six other members to its board of directors. New board members include Julie Barron, Keith Broyles, Christine Lynch, Kevin Macdonald, Jimmy Rich and Kerry Muse.
“One of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedealmaker.org/?p=1469</link>
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		<title>Zaxby&#8217;s Completes Debt Recapitalization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 23, 2010, Zaxby&#8217;s completed a debt recapitalization transaction funded by Wells Fargo and GE Capital.  BB&#38;T Capital Markets acted as the financial advisor to Zaxby&#8217;s.
Zaxby&#8217;s is a leading quick service restaurant chain focused on offering fresh, cooked-to-order chicken fingers, wings, sandwiches, salads and side dishes at value prices.  Concentrated on the southern region [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedealmaker.org/?p=1453</link>
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		<title>T&amp;H Transaction News &#8211; Burris Logistics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tully &#38; Holland, Inc. is pleased to announce it has successfully advised Burris Logistics, Milford, DE, North America&#8217;s seventh largest refrigerated warehouse &#38; distribution company, in the sale of selected assets to Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co., Sioux City, IA.  The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
In this transaction, Burris Logistics, a leading full line [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedealmaker.org/?p=1450</link>
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		<title>Harris Williams &amp; Co. Advises Veritext Holding Company in its Sale to Investcorp International, Inc.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Harris Williams &#38; Co. is pleased to announce the sale of Veritext Holding Company (Veritext), a portfolio company of The Riverside Company (Riverside), to Investcorp International, Inc. (Investcorp). Harris Williams &#38; Co. acted as the exclusive advisor to Veritext. The transaction was led by Ned Valentine, John Arendale and Brian Lucas from the firm&#8217;s Richmond [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedealmaker.org/?p=1447</link>
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		<title>Ken&#8217;s Foods, Inc. Seeks Strategic Acquisitions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ken&#8217;s Foods, Inc., one of the nation&#8217;s largest manufacturers of salad dressings, condiments, and sauces, has retained Tully &#38; Holland to represent the Company in an exclusive acquisition search assignment. Ken&#8217;s Foods, an $800 million dollar manufacturer and marketer of Ken&#8217;s Steak House salad dressing and Sweet Baby Ray&#8217;s barbecue sauce, seeks to acquire complementary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedealmaker.org/?p=1443</link>
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		<title>BB&amp;T Capital Markets Serves as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Tappan Wire &amp; Cable, Inc.in its Sale to Southwire Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On July 14, 2010, Tappan Wire &#38; Cable, Inc., a portfolio company of Ares Capital Corporation, was acquired by Southwire Company. BB&#38;T Capital Markets served as the exclusive financial advisor to Tappan Wire &#38; Cable, Inc.
Tappan Wire &#38; Cable, Inc. was founded in 1978 as a manufacturer of low-voltage specialty wire and cable for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thedealmaker.org/?p=1445</link>
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