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Former Treasury Secretary Paulson to Be Visiting Scholar at Hopkins

An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. Shanny Basar, of Financial News, files this dispatch on the new career path of the last year’s most important deal maker. Financial News is a Dow Jones publication and a contributor to Deal Journal. ...

From DEAL JOURNAL, Wall Street Journal,  22 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Henry Paulson,  Merrill Lynch,  Dow Jones,  Wall Street Journal,  Johns Hopkins University

Credit Suisse Boosts Its Middle East M&A Team

An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. Liam Vaughan, of Financial News, files this dispatch on Credit Suisse’s latest M&A hire. Financial News is a Dow Jones publication and a contributor to Deal Journal. Credit Suisse Group has promoted ...

From DEAL JOURNAL, Wall Street Journal,  21 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Merrill Lynch,  Dow Jones,  Wall Street Journal,  MGM MIRAGE,  Bank of America

Mean Street: Chrysler’s Italian Job on the American People

Is there any doubt that when government starts to tinker with industry all sorts of nutty things come to pass? How about the proposed “global strategic alliance” between Chrysler and Fiat? Apparently, there is only one way to make Chrysler competitive ...

From DEAL JOURNAL, Wall Street Journal,  21 Jan 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress

A PE Warning: ‘One Third’ of Mid-Market LBOs Set for Receivership

An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. James Mawson, editor of Private Equity News, files this brief report on the queue of LBOs heading for bankruptcy filings. Private Equity Analyst is a Dow Jones publication and a contributor to Deal ...

From DEAL JOURNAL, Wall Street Journal,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones,  Ronald Reagan

Mean Street: The Outrage of Bank of America’s Ken Lewis

Deal Journal’s first point-counterpoint discussion presents two views including the one below and Heidi Moore’s column, “What Else Could Ken Lewis Have Done?” You have to love Wall Street. The outrages just keep getting bigger and better. The second ...

From DEAL JOURNAL, Wall Street Journal,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Merrill Lynch,  Kenneth D Lewis,  Bank of America,  Lehman Brothers

How Steven Spielberg Handles the Credit Crisis

The global credit crisis has roiled the country, but in Hollywood the stars are still spending. Along with Mumbai-based Reliance Big Entertainment, filmmaker and DreamWorks SKG cofounder Steven Spielberg wrote a $26.5 million check this week to ...

From DEAL JOURNAL, Wall Street Journal,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: DreamWorks,  Steven Spielberg,  Paramount Pictures,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  Viacom, Inc.

Mean Street: Losing Trust in Apple, Citigroup and America

The past year has shown that you can never be too cynical about Wall Street, Detroit or Washington D.C. Now with the crazy confusion over Steve Jobs’s health, you can add Silicon Valley to that list. It’s amazing. Our leaders have done a remarkably ...

From DEAL JOURNAL, Wall Street Journal,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Steve Jobs,  Citigroup,  Rod R. Blagojevich,  Time Warner Inc.,  Xerox

Church of England Seeks Fund Manager–Belief in God Not Required

Phil Craig, of Financial News, files this dispatch on an interesting help-wanted ad. Financial News is a Dow Jones publication and a contributor to Deal Journal. The Church of England is looking for an investment director to look after a £5.7 billion ($ ...

From DEAL JOURNAL, Wall Street Journal,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: The Church (musician),  Dow Jones,  HBOS,  John Sentamu

BofA’s Ken Lewis to Employees: “This Extraordinary Period Has Called for Extraordinary Measures”

Bank of America Corp., its stock hammered Thursday by its need for billions in federal aid to support its acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co., tried to rally its employees with a memo titled Bank of America Remains Strong. We are one of the worlds ...

From DEAL JOURNAL, Wall Street Journal,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Kenneth D Lewis,  Merrill Lynch,  Bank of America

In the Middle Market, PE Firms Are ‘Waiting for Rational Sellers’

An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. Rimin Dutt, of Private Equity Analyst, files this dispatch from the private-equity conference front. Private Equity Analyst is a Dow Jones publication and a contributor to Deal Journal Company ...

From DEAL JOURNAL, Wall Street Journal,  14 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones,  Ronald Reagan

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