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Roll Call: March 19, 2008

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Published March 19, 2008 at 2:25 PM

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Here's your daily dose of rumors and news.

Ivanka Trump is a dealmaker? That's right. Blogging Stocks

Could J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. buy a regional bank even after taking on troubled Bear Stearns Cos.? DealBook attempts to answer the question.

Silicon Alley Insider Inc. and paidContent are raising VC rounds, TechCrunch reports.

Silicon Alley Insider claims TechCrunch wants to take over CNET Networks Inc. by acquiring smaller blogs. PaidContent says what?!

ThinkEngine Networks Inc. reports it has been delisted from the American Stock Exchange and is applying for OTC listing. Mass High Tech

Best Buy Co. is developing its own venture capital arm. Tech Confidential

EBay Inc. is looking to make its affiliate marketing an in-house venture. If it succeeds, eBay could dump ValueClick's Commission Junction. ValleyWag

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	Industry Insight REIT IPO deja vu By Edward Schneidman, Michael Blair and David Malinger, Mayer Brown
Real estate sponsors that might wish to undertake an IPO will need to consider a wide variety of issues and begin to take action long before the first filing with the SEC.

	Industry Insight Loan-to-buy By Steven Miller, Standard & Poor's
Paulson's proposal to purchase an equity stake in Yellow Pages publisher Idearc is the second time in recent months an investor group has used its prepetition debt position to execute a bargain price 'exit LBO.'

	Industry Insight Managing your shareholder base By Bradford P. Weirick and Joelle Khoury, Gibson Dunn
Growth companies and their PE sponsors should be wary of the pitfalls that arise when they layer on tiers of preferred stock.

REIT IPO deja vu