http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/dennis_k._bermanArticles by DENNIS K. BERMAN, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 04:53:42 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 04:53:42 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/ZGbHDSRbXpo/An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. The adjectives can’t get much worse. But that’s exactly what people in philanthropy are saying about the effects of Bernard L. Madoff’s demise on their world. Madoff was a social and financial nexus ...Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:11:00 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/ZGbHDSRbXpo/Bernard MadoffWall Street Journalhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/4Oqiy6Y-n8E/Charles Calomoris is angry. Hank Paulsons plan to save the economy? Truly idiotic, says Calomiris, who is the Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions at Columbia Universitys business school. This whole thing has been complete nonsense. We did ...Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:19:42 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/4Oqiy6Y-n8E/Financial Institutions, Inc.CitigroupWarren Buffetthttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/Ai8hDXmD1GQ/Amid all the noise of the markets, it is the relative silence of the corporate-bond market that may be most troubling. Since August there have been just seven U.S. junk-bond deals, according to Dealogic, and 83 deals for all of 2008. Not only is that ...Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:00:28 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/Ai8hDXmD1GQ/Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.Deutsche BankMGM MIRAGELevel 3 Communications, Inc.http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/jeprwE6Xb70/Rhetoric only becomes principle when you are willing to sacrifice to keep it. One day, say, you are lecturing about the beauties of the free market. Take John Snow, former Treasury Secretary, who issued a statement in May 2003, about coming changes to ...Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:18:16 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/jeprwE6Xb70/John Snowhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/BciaX_vz39I/On Wall Street, everyone is a winner. At least when it comes to the league tables followed by investment banks, law firms and yes, public-relations firms. These tables track who was involved in mergers and acquisitions, ranking them by the ...Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:34:14 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/BciaX_vz39I/InBevMorgan Stanleyhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/393543249/Nine of them are retired. Four of them are over 75 years old. One is a theater producer, another a former Navy admiral. Only two have direct experience in the financial-services industry. Meet the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. external board directors, ...Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:42:42 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/393543249/Lehman BrothersU.S. BancorpCelaneseHalliburtonIBMhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/357653304/An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. Media banker Michael Costa is decamping from Merrill Lynch, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest in a line of executive departures at the bank. Costa, 50 years old, is one of ...Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:39:23 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/357653304/Merrill LynchMichael CostaDow JonesSam ZellAT&T Inc.http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/351799198/We present, without comment, excerpts of testimony from a House Judiciary Committee hearing on short selling. The main actors: New York Congressman Frank Oliver, and New York Stock Exchange President Richard Whitney. The date: Feb. 24, 1932. Frank ...Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:56:51 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/351799198/http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/332722407/All that patriotism stuff? The Missouri Senators, the Clydesdales, the flag-waving distributors? Everyone and every board has its price. And based on reporting early this morning, Anheuser’s price is $70 a share, or about $50 billion in total from ...Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:26:00 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/332722407/InBevSt. Louis CardinalsGeneral ElectricGeorge W. Bushhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/331835829/An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. 2008, the year of capitulation. It has been decades in the making. One need only look back at The Wall Street Journal of 1984, when a feature article on Cleveland’s troubles illustrated the broader ...Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:56:47 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/deals/feed/~3/331835829/General ElectricGeneral MotorsMotorola, Inc.Fannie MaeFreddie Mac