Articles Written by:    HEIDI MOORE     

Chrysler: Auto Makers Without Borders

“Buy American” used to be pitched as the duty of Americans to support native industries. Now it is the smartest option for struggling foreign auto makers seeking to enter the U.S. Consider Chrysler’s pending agreement to sell 35% of itself to Fiat in ...

From HEIDI N. MOORE, Wall Street Journal,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Fiat,  General Motors,  Renault,  Tata Motors Ltd,  Ford Motor Company

Obama’s Inaugural Bailout Experts: A Primer

An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. That long run-up to the main inaugural event has given each member of Obama’s bailout team plenty of time to make speeches and lobby for a vision of Wall Street and finance as they see it. They have ...

From HEIDI N. MOORE, Wall Street Journal,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Wall Street Journal,  Ronald Reagan

Counterpoint: The Street Smarts of Bank of America’s Ken Lewis

Deal Journal’s first point-counterpoint discussion presents two views including the one below and Evan Newmark’s latest Mean Street column, . Making your bed, and then lying in it, is a quaint notion in the world of financial services in 2008. The ...

From HEIDI N. MOORE, Wall Street Journal,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Kenneth D Lewis,  Merrill Lynch,  Bank of America,  Citigroup,  Wells Fargo

Highlights and Lowlights of Citigroup’s Earnings Call

Citigroup announced a radical change in its business model, hiving off around $850 billion of troubled assets into a “bad bank” called Citi Holdings that also would include $301 billion of assets “ring fenced” by the federal government, which is ...

From HEIDI N. MOORE, Wall Street Journal,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Citigroup,  Morgan Stanley

Highlights and Lowlights of BofA’s Earnings Call

On January the first, we completed the purchase of Merrill Lynch, establishing a Company unrivaled in its breadth of financial services and global reach. This merger reinforces Bank of America’s position as a leading global financial institution. ...

From HEIDI N. MOORE, Wall Street Journal,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Bank of America,  Merrill Lynch,  Kenneth D Lewis,  John A. Thain,  Wall Street Journal

How Did BofA Get Merrill So Wrong?

In September, Bank of America wanted to show that, with its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, it knew what it was getting into. Now Bank of America is wants to show it had no idea what it was getting into. It isn’t unheard-of for investment bankers to ...

From HEIDI N. MOORE, Wall Street Journal,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Merrill Lynch,  Bank of America,  NYSE

BofA’s Acquisition of Merrill Lynch: From Good to Worse

If Bank of America did not know how much trouble it was taking on in the Merrill Lynch acquisition, it was the only one. “The news does not come as a surprise given the high-risk profile/exposures attached to the MER transaction combined with the thin ...

From HEIDI N. MOORE, Wall Street Journal,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Merrill Lynch,  Kenneth D Lewis,  Citigroup

Junk Into Gold: How Cablevision, MetroPCS, Fresenius Raised $2.1 Billion

That is one guiding principle that helped a group of banks, led by J.P. Morgan Chase, find nearly 400 buyers for high-yield, or junk, bonds sold by Cablevision Systems, MetroPCS and Fresenius Medical Systems. They combined timing, aggressively ...

From HEIDI N. MOORE, Wall Street Journal,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Bank of America,  Deutsche Bank,  Citigroup,  HSBC Holdings, plc.

Blackstone v. ADS: Write a Better Contract

An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. The Blackstone Group co-founder has had a volatile week. Wednesday, his private-equity firm found itself caught up in a scandal involving one of its bankers, who allegedly helped friends trade on ...

From HEIDI N. MOORE, Wall Street Journal,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Alliance Data Systems,  Wall Street Journal,  Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

Live Blogging the Confirmation Hearings for SEC Nominee Mary Schapiro

An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. 10:10: Dodd starts with a no-nonsense speech; the tone of his voice indicates he is ready to attack. He starts with the expected villains: “Investment banks that contributed mightily to our ...

From HEIDI N. MOORE, Wall Street Journal,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  Mary Schapiro,  Ronald Reagan

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