January 2008

Deal stocks ride Dow roller coaster, see happy ending

The majority of stocks involved in deals finished positive on a day of roller coaster Dow Jones Industrial Average movement. After falling nearly 200 points Thursday, the Dow finished up... Continue reading

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• Hedge fund opposes Countrywide sale
• CS was never going to buy Bear Stearns
• Hedge funds seek to block Syms deregistration
• Leveraged Capital Markets: Sean Lynch
• Maybe they should've made him a senior rogue trade
• Deal Digest: Jan. 31, 2008
• The Deal International: News on SocGen, BNP and mo
• Activist wants to do coffee with Massbank CEO
• Prosser takes the Fifth 750 times
• Some pending deal stocks follow Dow's decline
• Comments from TPG, Silver Lake at Dow Jones confer
• Monga on Harrah's, Morgan on Diller
• Carlyle's Youngkin offers HD Supply postmortem
• More troubles for the Trop
• Harbinger's other media campaign
• Would DealBook really know if the Times were selli
• Ford may unleash all of Jaguar, Land Rover to Tata
• Credit Suisse and Harrah's: Whither those loans?
• Suncor to pump $20B into oil sands project
• Deal Digest: Jan. 30, 2008
• Deal International: SocGen, UBS and more
• Clear Channel tumbles on merger static
• The games hedge fund managers play
• Regulators likely to clear Midwest deal
• Mitarotonda takes on Dillard's
• Will banking's CEO shuffle cross the Atlantic?
• Report says Pandit likely to keep Citi intact
• Welcome, The Sixth Avenue Journal
• Deal Digest: Jan. 29, 2008
• Canadian banks still fight for the right to merge
• Deal International: News on BSkyB, SocGen's 'rogue
• Deal stocks mixed in Monday's trading
• Harrah's deal closes
• Sears may still bid for Restoration
• Dealwatch: Stock exchanges
• Looking to unlock wealth from Sears-Kmart merger
• Wendy's release would make Seinfeld proud
• When Ghosn speaks, everyone listens
• Diller-Malone chess game continues
• Wellcare trading up on deal rumors
• Reverse reversal
• Dealwatch: Harrah's
• Harbinger, Firebrand take aim at New York Times bo
• Chicago Bridge & Iron evaluates options
• Icahn brewing a new proxy at Biogen Idec
• Steak n Shake stock climbs as activist unveils boa
• The Times solves the banking crisis
• Deal Digest: Jan. 28, 2008
• Deal International: News on SocGen, Fortis and mor
• Media Maneuvers: Magic mountain
• Bankruptcy Insider: League tables for the fourth q
• The Deal newsweekly, Jan. 28: The anatomy of a cyc
• Where PE meets IP
• Distressed Investing Conference 2008: Distressed i
• Court orders CB&I to undo Pitt-Des Moines purchase
• Jerry York: Exclusive interview with The Deal and
• Distressed Investing Conference 2008: Leaders in d
• Distressed Investing Conference 2008: KPS Capital'
• Distressed Investing Conference 2008: Founders pan
• Nanotech startups seek 'zillion-dollar markets'
• Clash of the media moguls: Malone vs. Diller
• Could ghosts of deals past kill DHL-FedEx?
• SkyWest may fly into consolidation race
• Jerry York keynote video
• Continental pilots seek a say in dealmaking
• Amgen CEO sings familiar M&A tune
• Deal International: News on S&N, Alitalia and more
• Distressed Investing Conference 2008: Distressed d
• Distressed Investing Conference 2008: Leveraged Ca
• Deal stocks mixed as market rebounds
• Monarch calls for sale of Radyne
• USA Today plans for tomorrow with Banquet buy
• Delta, others maneuver pieces like a chessmaster
• Schwarzman: Sovereign wealth funds are old news
• Energy company supports energy conservation
• Distressed Investing Conference 2008: Jerry York
• SocGen trader's resume
• WellCare Health could go on the block
• Could IndyMAC go the way of Countrywide?
• LBOs' long winter
• BCE trades higher on LBO financing update
• Welch offers a clarification
• Kessler on the banks: Are they still capital plays
• Deal Digest: Jan. 24, 2008
• Jimmy Choo co-founder sues mother over 2004 PE buy
• Another life-sci IPO dies
• Deal International: News on SocGen, Tommy Hilfiger
• Dodd eyes 3Com's stake sale to Chinese
• Deal stocks rise with the market
• TPG's Price pours money into winery
• Activist seeks a cure for Enzon Pharmaceutical
• The Deal's 2008 Distressed Investing Conference
• It's unclear why Google would buy the NYT
• Welch: PE's missing mission
• Popular bounces as markets continue to sink
• Deal Digest: Jan. 23, 2008
• Deal International: News on Berkshire Hathaway, Sw
• Syms: An educated financier is not our best invest
• Pharmaceutical deals no remedy for depressed marke
• Analyst note: CBS a bargain, but also a bargain hu
• UAL earnings call: Execs ready for deals
• Dems have PE ties too
• A spate of Chapter 11 filings as markets collapse
• Is Getty Image worth $1.5B?
• Analyst's note: Oil to drop $20 to $30
• Deal Digest: Jan. 22, 2008
• VCs pumped $29B into startups in 2007
• Deal International: News on Roche, Ventana, LBO Fr
• Flowers, Swiss Re eye Friends
• Ambac gets taken down as markets zigzag
• Wharton conference: VC investing in cleantech, Web
• Wharton: Guy Hands says "Recession is inevitable"
• Labor favors Delta-NWA tie-up; politicians, not so
• Rolling Stones shake Terra Firma
• Sorkin on CNET: Surprise at face value
• Press Release: Fitch downgrades Ambac; Ratings rem
• Pershing Square wins Border's board seat
• Williams Pipeline debuts in backpedaling market
• Wharton Venture Capital conference: NEA's Dick Kra
• Wharton PE conference: Rubenstein says PE is in pu
• Wall Street gets serious about risk
• Calmer days: Carlyle's Rubenstein at M&A Outlook
• BCE buyout in trouble?
• Deal International: News on IKB, EMI, Northern Roc
• Deal Digest: Jan. 18, 2008
• Wharton PE conference: Protesters storm as Rubenst
• NYSE Euronext finally buys Amex
• Dealflow trickles with another bloody day on Wall
• CNBC: Marsh & McLennan reportedly receives offer
• Discovery Group backs Sun Capital in Kellwood figh
• CtW calls out Merrill Lynch directors
• Stein receives second Tropicana bid
• Pearson to give up on FT Deutschland
• Air France could offer Delta a 10-figure check
• Why rumors won't die
• Commerce-TD deal hiccups as markets feel the blues
• Wild Oats gives Whole Foods legal indigestion
• Deal Digest: Jan. 17, 2008
• Deal International: Blackstone, KKR, Apax and groc
• Study: PE firms create jobs
• Report: Renaisannce for radio deals
• Sun, Oracle and midcap deals highlight down day
• P&G may empty Folgers from its cup
• Oracle's crystal ball read 'M&A'
• Life or a last gasp?
• MoneyGram beatdown continues
• MySQL deal dampens tech IPO market
• Sun, Oracle deals do nothing for drowsy market
• Citi deal versus bank mergers of old
• Deal Digest: Jan. 16, 2008
• Deal International: News on Cobham, Pret a Manger
• Luby's sends Ramius home
• Citi, Merrill capital deals are no help for market
• Ticketmaster provides the exits
• And they're off!
• Pay-to-play or no way
• N.J. pension's investment in Citi, not a big deal
• CNet case shows activist managers need to mind the
• Citi reveals carnage, upsets markets
• Waxman to challenge Wall Street's dethroned prince
• EMI cuts announced
• Deal Digest: Jan. 15, 2008
• Deal International: More on Northern Rock; Terra F
• Dealwatch: EMI, Warner Music
• Markets rejoice as investors brace for Citi deal n
• RLJ Development closes $1.2B vehicle
• CNet swallows poison pill
• Big Blue's transformation sparks midday markets
• Citi earnings news could be harsh
• Resurgence leans on SunLink Health
• VCs raise $34.7B in 2007
• Deal Digest: Jan. 14, 2008
• Zagat goes on the block
• Deal International: The latest on Close Brothers,
• Deal International: France's PE outlook, BHP's Klo
• Kicking off 2008: A look at bankruptcy
• BofA wins with Countrywide's losses
• Baytree seeks to turn off Broadcaster.com
• BofA-Countrywide deal weighs down markets
• Rumor roundup: Jan. 11, 2008
• Exclusive: Quad-C buys Augusta Sportswear
• Gimme credit
• View from the Hill
• Agriculture sector hungry for M&A
• Getting out of the red in China
• Bear Stearns to oversee Tropicana AC auction
• SEIU denounces BofA's Countrywide buy
• Media Maneuvers: Da dum
• The Deal Newsweekly, Jan. 14: All about risk
• Levelers vs. futurists
• KRON-TV goes on the block
• Ghosn to settle for Chrysler venture
• Advisers for BofA and Countrywide
• Tapping China's capital reserves
• Deal digest: Jan. 11, 2008
• Deal International: Embattled mortgage lenders, Lo
• Dealwatch: Countrywide Financial
• Scoop fever
• Leipold scores NHL's Wild
• Delta deal rumors fly
• Sovereign wealth funds continue to hunger for U.S.
• BofA to put Countrywide out of its misery?
• Blair news leads to rabble-rousing
• Blackstone shows why going public makes sense
• Deal digest: Jan. 10, 2008
• Jana Partners ups CNet attack
• Countrywide may be too big for bankuptcy
• Deal international: News on Goldman Sachs, J.P. Mo
• Colony Capital offers $850M for Tropicana
• Who leaked the Silver Lake story?
• Steel Partners, MMI team to unlock Brink's
• Oil driller Ensco remains a spinster
• Steel Partners drills for change at Rowan
• CalPERS takes a piece of Silver Lake
• Cayne's ouster signals a shift in power on Wall St
• Cerberus rebuilds Chrysler one BRIC partner at a
• Ackman continues to circle Borders
• Deal digest: Jan. 9, 2008
• The Deal international: Latest news on Technitrol,
• This date in deal history: Precursor to Yankees so
• More activists were circling prey in 2007
• WNBA's Seattle Storm sells for $10M
• Hedge fund leans on Unisys to break up
• Zale could be open to a new Signet offer
• Jordan Edmiston: Strong media dealflow in 2007
• Who leaked the Cayne story?
• Liz Claiborne continues brand sell-off
• PE firms raise a record $302B in 2007
• Management shuffle for Starbucks ... and Bear Stea
• The Deal international: News from S&N, Microsoft a
• This date in deal history: J.P. Morgan Chase buys
• Costa Brava seeks answers from MedQuist
• Sorenson closes midmarket fund
• RAI Acquisition latest SPAC filing
• Liberty Media bulks up online ops with Bodybuildin
• Blackstone pays PHH a $50M fee
• Energy sector sparks deals of the week
• Ackman aims for asset sales at Target
• Doucet continues Global Aircraft Solutions campaig
• Briggs receives support in Cnet challenge
• Krispy Kreme looks for new recipe
• Best Buy to ring up Carphone Warehouse?
• Verizon sale clears a hurdle
• VC exits soared in 2007
• PE firm may buy Claiborne brand
• Airlines to fly together or into the sunset
• Dodd's exit may mean finance law changes
• An activist sees fertile ground at 1-800-Flowers
• Children's and men's apparel no longer fitting in
• Dealmakers don't love Huckabee
• This date in deal history: Billboard tracks radio
• It's divorce for Sevin Rosen
• Is JDate.com's parent trying to marry itself off?
• Times Publishing puts book publishing unit on the
• Kellwood gets boost from NY Post story
• Piper Jaffray: Middle-market M&A to hold its own i
• Time Warner may be big dealmaker in '08
• Digg, Plaxo on the block
• Stormy weather for Landmark's founding family
• Chrysler issues pink slips for New Year's
• U.S. companies most popular target in 2007
• Meltdown ahead for Reddy Ice buyout?
• Sun Capital to go hostile in Kellwood bid
• Will Peltz put Marsh & McLennan in play?
• Activists ask Syms to closet delisting plan
• Advisory firm supports Ramius' Luby campaign
• National City panhandles for cash
• Merrill Lynch could sell BlackRock stake
• CFIUS may pull the plug on 3Com deal
• Motricity ends 2007 with deals
• Venture-backed IPOs, M&A set recent-year highs for
• GE, Blackstone buyout of PHH fails
• Kerkorian's Tracinda takes stake in Delta Petroleu

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