Monday Morning Outlook

Transactions

• L.B. Foster to acquire Ball Winch Pipeline Services
• Johnson Controls acquires majority share of MAC
• Synaptics closes acquisition of Validity Sensors
• Akamai Technologies acquires Velocius Networks
• Kayne Anderson commits $205 million to Panther Energy II
• PE-backed CCS Healthcare has acquired Propyless
• CBPE Capital backs Allied Glass Containers
• Mainsail Partners acquires nCourt

Events

• ACG Retail Conference in NYC on Wednesday
• Buyouts Texas on Wednesday and Thursday
• The Committee on Financial Services will review the Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act on Thursday

Other News

• The market isn’t as fickle as it appears
• The standouts of private equity
• Online shopping on the rise in China, with over $5 billion spent on Cyber Monday
• IPO market may end private equity’s game of hot potato
• Big banks may block traders from chat rooms (firewall)
• Vet private equity group before you sell
• Could you live without private equity? Becky Pritchard will find out

This week in history…Unisys is formed through the merger of Sperry Rand and Burroughs (1986).