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Recent news releases
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Leading private companies report plans to hire, increased optimism; signals positive shift in economic recovery
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Private Company Trendsetter Barometer tracks the business issues and standard industry practices of leading, privately-held U.S. businesses. It incorporates the views of 260 chief executive officers (CEOs/CFOs): 140 from companies in the product sector and 120 in the service sector, averaging $194.1 million in revenue/sales, and including large, $300M plus private companies
Monday, November 23, 2009
PricewaterhouseCoopers to donate $1.55 million to charitable organizations nationwide during holiday season
Firm continues program to help communities and families in need for second consecutive year
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
PricewaterhouseCoopers ranked #2 in Universum's Global top 50 most attractive employers
First-ever rankings highlight the world’s most powerful employer brands
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Q3 2009 Deal activity in metals sector shows slight uptick in number of deals and decline in value, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers
The pace of deal activity as measured by the number of announced deals in the global metals industry picked up only slightly in 2009, while deal sizes have remained mostly anemic in the present capital-constrained environment, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP report, Forging ahead: Third-quarter 2009 global metals industry mergers and acquisitions analysis.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Deal value in chemicals sector on pace to finish 40 percent below 2008, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers
Economic conditions continue to impact deal activity in the global chemicals sector, as volume of deals declined in the third quarter of 2009, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP report on M&A activity in the chemicals industry, Chemical compounds: Third-quarter 2009 global chemicals industry mergers and acquisitions analysis.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Industrial manufacturing deal activity showed improvement, chemicals and metals segments showed mixed results, in third quarter 2009, finds PricewaterhouseCoopers
The pace of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the industrial manufacturing sector experienced increases in both deal volume and value during the third quarter of 2009 compared to the prior quarter, according to a series of quarterly M&A reports released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC).
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Total deal value increases 272 percent in the industrial manufacturing industry during third quarter of 2009, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mergers and acquisitions in the global industrial manufacturing industry showed some indications of improvement during the third quarter of 2009, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP report, Assembling value: Third-quarter 2009 global industrial manufacturing mergers and acquisitions analysis.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
PricewaterhouseCoopers securities litigation third quarter update shows a decrease in federal securities class action filings
Number of securities litigation class action filings through Q3 2009 has decreased 25% compared to the same time period in 2008; filings in healthcare industries may be showing an upward trend
Friday, November 6, 2009
PricewaterhouseCoopers U.S. lodging industry update forecasts beginning of lodging demand recovery in 2010
PricewaterhouseCoopers updated U.S. lodging forecast, released today, reflects performance during the initial stages of economic recovery and the continued expectation that lodging demand will begin to recover in 2010. While occupancy levels and average daily rates (ADR) in the last quarter of 2009 are expected to remain below levels from one year ago, resulting in a 16.4 percent decrease in room revenue per available room (RevPAR) in 2009, PricewaterhouseCoopers expects hotel occupancy rates will increase in 2010.
Friday, November 6, 2009
PricewaterhouseCoopers named "Top company for working families" by DiversityInc
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) has been named as "Top Company for Working Families" by DiversityInc, publisher of the annual DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® ranking. The award recognizes PwC for its consistent leadership in diversity and inclusion practices, as well as its continued commitment to work/life flexibility, support for working parents and corporate responsibility.
