We Will Witness a Thick Pipeline of Company Sales in 2009

The owners are starting to derive at more reasonable prices for their companies.

It is widely expected that we witness a firesale of inefficient companies in 2009 according to the projections of several experts and advisors. On one side, it will mean that most holding companies will divest from their low-income businesses. On the other side, it will mean that large multinational having difficulties will try to sell some of their businesses around the world.

AIG gets Fed rescue in form of $85 billion loan

The U.S. government on Tuesday seized control of American International Group with an $85 billion bailout aimed at averting a potentially catastrophic bankruptcy in the latest and most dramatic attempt yet to staunch an ever-widening wound to the world's financial system.

Merrill Lynch agreed to be bought by Bank of America

Barclays to buy Lehman banking divisions for $250M

Two days after walking away from a deal to purchase all of Lehman Brothers, Barclays PLC said Tuesday it had agreed to acquire Lehman's North American investment banking and capital markets businesses for $250 million in cash.

All the projects developed by the Forem consultants by the end of the first half-year were approved and financed by the responsible authorities

Forem supports the development of the civil society structures

Forem Consulting, EU Projects Unit, provides specialized consultancy services for NGOs. In the beginning of August 2008 the first contract for financing a NGO project was signed with the Regional association of the business and NGOs at the Southwest region Dobarsko.