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Afternoon Reading: Yahoo’s Got That Urge to Merge Again

Yahoo (YHOO) isn’t just selling, it is looking to buy, too. The Internet web search and ad company’s chief technology officer, Ari Balogh, told the Reuters Global Technology Summit that Yahoo is looking to buy companies that will enable it to become a ...

From STEPHEN GROCER, Voices | All Things Digital,  21 May 2009
Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Dow Jones,  Facebook Inc.,  Wall Street Journal

Deals of the Day: Merrill’s 11th Hour Bonus Boost

Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity. Deal Journal’s homepage is http://blogs.wsj.com/deals. You can also see real-time updates of our posts and our ...

From STEPHEN GROCER, Wall Street Journal,  22 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barclays,  Twitter Inc,  Barack Obama,  Chicago Cubs,  Barney Frank

Evening Reading: Uncle Sam Wants Your….Bank

An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. The notion of nationalizing at least some of the nation’s banks is gaining a feeling of inevitability — at least amongst bloggers. Johnson’s alternative plan: a mixture of buying up toxic assets and ...

From STEPHEN GROCER, Wall Street Journal,  21 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  Barack Obama,  David Leonhardt,  Ronald Reagan

Deals of the Day: The Great Bank Stock Outrage

Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity. Deal Journal’s homepage is http://blogs.wsj.com/deals. You can also see real-time updates of our posts and our ...

From STEPHEN GROCER, Wall Street Journal,  21 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Citigroup,  Barack Obama,  Twitter Inc,  Dow Jones,  Martin Sorrell

Afternoon Reading: Fixing Banks Is Presidential Job No. 1

An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. “These banks grew so large that their faliure threatened the global financial system, and then proceeded to fail. To simply hand over the money necessary to return them to solvency would abuse the ...

From STEPHEN GROCER, Wall Street Journal,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  Henry Blodget,  Sheila Bair,  Ronald Reagan

Deals of the Day: Chrysler, New York Times Find Saviors

Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity. Deal Journal’s homepage is http://blogs.wsj.com/deals. You can also see real-time updates of our posts and our ...

From STEPHEN GROCER, Wall Street Journal,  20 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Royal Bank of Scotland,  Citigroup,  Twitter Inc,  Merrill Lynch,  Carlos Slim

Evening Reading: How Does Thain’s Bonus Request Look Now?

An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. And then there were two. When 2009 began, three of the country’s four largest banks were widely considered to be reasonably healthy–reasonable being a relative term given the current financial mess. ...

From STEPHEN GROCER, Wall Street Journal,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Citigroup,  Merrill Lynch,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  Wells Fargo,  Wall Street Journal

Deals of the Day: Citi’s Split Personality

Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity. Deal Journal’s homepage is http://blogs.wsj.com/deals. You can also see real-time updates of our posts and our ...

From STEPHEN GROCER, Wall Street Journal,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Merrill Lynch,  Citigroup,  Twitter Inc,  Bank of America,  Lehman Brothers

Winners & Losers From the Week That Was

An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. Blackstone: Deal Journal’s own Heidi Moore said it best: The private-equity firm “has had a volatile week.” On Wednesday, Blackstone found itself embroiled in a scandal involving one of its bankers, ...

From STEPHEN GROCER, Wall Street Journal,  16 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  Alliance Data Systems,  Nortel Networks,  Ronald Reagan

Deals of the Day: Treasury Bails Out Merrill Lynch Acquisition

An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore, gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity. Deal ...

From STEPHEN GROCER, Wall Street Journal,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Merrill Lynch,  Mary Schapiro,  Bank of America,  Jamie Dimon,  Wall Street Journal

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