Ken Sonenclar is a managing director at DeSilva + Phillips LLC, a New York investment bank specializing in media.
Every day brings an earnings release, government report or trade-association survey that indicates the worst is behind us. Even news from the long-dormant upper reaches of corporate dealmaking is encouraging. Disney (NYSE: DIS), Dell, Xerox and Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO)

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