July 2008

Icahn gets richer, while the broader markets get poorer

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• Banks butchered by write-downs
• The world against the ratings agencies
• Setting the record straight on the unavailability
• Bove basher has some losses to explain
• For FDIC, IndyMac maybe a hard sell
• Is EMC really going to be acquired?
• FT: Morgan Stanley hires with cash saved from layo
• The surreal crisis: Merrill, Nutmegs and mark-to-m
• Time unwittingly repeats labor's KKR misinformatio
• Lone Star's other story
• GM in talks with Mahindra, others, about a Hummer
• Mark Cuban fits baseball's mold
• Deutsche Bank remains hungry for deals; posts $1B
• HBOS beats earnings estimates, weighs divestitures
• Hedge fund and PE slowdown expected to hit AIG's e
• Freedom Bank gets $5M from PE firm to shore up bal
• Google said to be launching a VC arm
• Bankruptcy Update: Mervyn's, Goody's and Richie Ca
• Security Capital ascends on new lease on life
• String of bankruptcies fails to slow Sun Capital d
• FCC will keep Sirius XM on the straight path
• SemGroup's fortunes improve
• Report: BASF could pursue W.R. Grace, other chemic
• Sail Advisors hires Duhamel as CEO
• Unions get forum to vent ahead of Delta-Northwest
• EarthLink to pursue AOL unit, and others
• Moody's hits Claire's Stores with downgrade
• Breaking: Discount window to stay open until 2009
• Who's talking to Informa?
• Schaeffler bids for Continental
• Gas Natural weighs Fenosa bid
• N.Y. state assets could hit auction block
• Steven Rattner steps down as chairman of DLJ Merch
• Bankruptcy Update: Bennigan's, Mervyn's and more
• Merrill sparks rally, but tomorrow is another day
• Patricof's open letter to Icahn, and activists at
• Mervyn's files Chapter 11
• JetBlue CEO cuts own salary; will industry follow?
• Bankruptcy heads into the 'perfect storm'
• Bennigan's files for bankruptcy protection
• Friends may strikeout strategy to sell off noncore
• British Air and Iberia would not be a shotgun marr
• Another mystery bidder approaches Informa
• Sirius-XM merger hooked up
• Breaking: Court orders review of Whole Foods-Wild
• If this is capitulation, why does Merrill Lynch go
• Teck Cominco in $14B deal for Fording Coal
• Will Sony pony up for BMG venture?
• LLR Equity raises $800M for midmarket fund
• BT chairman Michael Rake: U.K. buyout shops still
• Fortress, PE write-downs drive Nomura to surprise
• Bankruptcy Update: Delphi, Verso and Solar Cosmeti
• Alcatel-Lucent architects quit
• Castle Harlan triples its money on sale of AmeriCa
• Amid write-downs, Merrill plans share sale
• With bone drug data, Amgen not so brittle
• Merrill Lynch on Goldman Sachs' bankerly ambitions
• A dark cloud hovers over the financials
• National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage make se
• Crawford picks up from where Icahn left off
• Journal Register's troubles exemplify an industry
• GM talking to dealers about Hummer
• Einhorn gives ratings agencies junk rating
• Roll Call: Swiss Re in talks with Barclays arm
• Barclays execs score CEO positions
• Rumors and shorting, con't: And now the fun begins
• Republic turns to poison pill to ward off Waste Ma
• Vestar cleans up with Unilever deal
• KKR conference call highlights: Deal details
• KKR conference call highlights: George Roberts' co
• KKR conference call highlights: Henry Kravis' comm
• Bankruptcy Update: Linens 'n Things, Frontier Airl
• BAE captures Detica with $1.07B offer
• Unilever offloads laundry unit
• KKR to list in New York
• FCC clears XM-Sirius
• The economy isn't so bad, is it?
• TJX puts Bob's on sale
• The Deal Calendar: July 28-Aug. 1, 2008
• Bidders interested in buying Hummer
• One more thing to worry bankrupt companies: 503(b)
• Famous Dave's owner files Ch. 11 as more local cha
• Boscov's joins Mervyn's on bankruptcy watch
• PE firms hoping to take Informa by Monday
• Do PE professionals really support Obama?
• Telegraph talks up HBOS sale
• Fortune Brands sips up remaining stake in Beam
• Harbinger digs in for Cleveland-Cliffs fight
• Genentech pushes back against Roche
• Harbinger plans Inmarsat bid
• Bankruptcy Update: Blue Water, Martinsa-Fadesa and
• Clear Channel shareholders approve LBO
• Could SemGroup's bankruptcy pose trouble for Jayha
• The Fed may relax rules for PE firms to invest in
• Chicago Cubs auction: Canning strikes out, but may
• NatCity and Downey meet Bove's low expectations
• Delaware is all of a sudden winning the filings wa
• Roll Call: What was Wall Street drinking?
• Roll Call: What presidential candidate do peHUB re
• Roll Call: Do M&A bankers earn their fees?
• The Journal does yoga: A trend in search of a cris
• The little bank that forced TD to do the right thi
• FCC approval of XM-Sirius imminent
• Goldman raises $10B fund to buy LBO debt
• Cox and why naked shorting is sorta bad, but not r
• Parsing President Bush on 'drunk' and 'fancy finan
• Cast of characters
• GE buys Vital Signs for $860M
• Bankruptcy Update: Buffets, Shapes/Arch and more
• Falling same-store sales could drive Linens 'n Thi
• PAI Partners, Philippe Guez to start European hedg
• FCC hooks up XM-Sirius deal
• Fannie and Freddie bailouts, bank sale rumors trig
• House passes bill to help Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
• SEIU to air ads tying PE firms to national securit
• Auction Block League Tables: Jefferies broad exper
• Did protectionism kill Carlyle's Xugong buyout?
• UBS says Lehman may sell Neuberger
• Just In: Advisers on Tokio Marine-Philadelphia Con
• Stem-cell startups and a lagging IPO market
• Cookie Jar buys the Care Bears and Strawberry Shor
• Fundraising for Asian private equity falls off in
• The disciple of doom resurfaces
• U.K. buyout firms signing on to voluntary industry
• National City and other banks to shop assets
• Bettinger is new Schwab CEO
• In a minor key
• President Bush says, 'Wall Street got drunk'
• Tokio Marine acquires Philadelphia Consolidated fo
• Bankruptcy Update: SemGroup, DynAmerica and more
• John Paulson to invest in financials hit by mortga
• The Street jumps as oil slumps
• Shamrock wants changes at Panera
• N.Y. is hurting due to Wall Street bonus cuts
• Investors applaud UAL's fundraising, ignore quarte
• Merrill going green by saving green?
• SunTrust sells stake in Coke for capital
• Is there more than one dealmaker on McCain's VP li
• Boat sellers and servicers are victimized by bankr
• Bove battles BankAtlantic: Libel, opinion and the
• Just In: Advisers in GE-Mubadala JV
• Triple-A monolines: A dying breed
• Wachovia reports weary earnings, asset sales
• A short disquisition on the joys of naked shorting
• Citi Field's naming rights in question, why not Bo
• Forgotten but not gone
• The continuing crisis: How systemic is the problem
• GE and sovereign wealth fund Mubadala team up for
• Trump Jr. follows in dad's footsteps with $1B Indi
• Bankruptcy Update: Eagle Creek, Kitty Hawk and mor
• The oil party is over, stock performance still tep
• Reed Business Information expected to fetch over $
• Brazilian soccer players are latest acquisitions i
• The Cub's bidders are in
• Update: Ken Wilson leaves Goldman
• Ken Wilson's working for free, but other M&A advis
• Mervyn's and the end of the regional retailer
• AFSCME demands Citi to spin off Smith Barney
• Accretive Exit Capital closes $125M secondary fund
• Bankruptcy Watch: Is PE-backed Mervyn's the next t
• Rabobank closes $100M PE fund targeting India
• FCC's Adelstein, Tate cross the aisle over XM-Siri
• President calls on Goldman banker for credit crisi
• BofA's Countrywide deal could be a steal
• Roll Call: Asterisks abound
• Roll Call: Get shorties
• Half-empty or half-full?
• Citi's vice chairman resigns
• Unilever unveils $1B Bertolli sale
• Harbinger ices $4.36B Inmarsat takeover
• Roche proposes $43.7B Genentech buyout
• Cubs take first round of bids
• Bankruptcy Update: Whitehall, Fremont and more
• PE bidders teaming up for Huawei auction
• Roll Call: CME, Nymex revise merger agreement
• Biotech funding back up, but no IPOs in sight
• Developer loses on Lake Las Vegas gamble
• The fight for Yahoo! continues
• Just In: Advisers on Teva's $8.9B buy of Barr
• The Deal Calendar: July 21-25, 2008
• Who is hiring investment bankers?
• FCC may be Sirius(ly) close to approving XM merger
• Bids for Cubs due by end of Friday
• Merrill's losses may force BlackRock sale
• More consolidation in Spanish utility sector likel
• Plot twist
• Citigroup's earnings skirt analysts predictions
• Teva swallows Barr for $8.9B
• The Deal newsweekly: issue of July 21, 2008
• Zentiva rejects $2.1B Sanofi bid
• Barclays closes $8B offer
• Bankruptcy Update: Goody's, Dawahare's, and more
• Are happy days here again for the banks?
• Merrill will be looking for more cash after $4.9B
• Auction Block League Table: Energy sector enriches
• Roll Call: Wachovia being investigated
• Banking sector sees green led by J.P. Morgan, Gold
• Shorting and the debate over financial regulation
• SEIU protests at KKR headquarters
• Rising fuel costs stall freight carrier sector
• Be careful what you wish for
• Merrill keeps BlackRock stake to preserve ratings
• Bankrupcty Update: Tousa, Progressive Moulded and
• Reports: Merrill to sell Bloomberg stake, keep Bla
• Natixis makes cash call
• Did Freddie and Fannie lose their shorts?
• Lehman to advise News Corp., leads financial rebou
• Move over FDIC, FBI is also watching IndyMac
• NRDC Equity Partners acquires Hudson's Bay
• Keeping up with Lou Pearlman
• Global Mena raises $500M for publicly traded PE fu
• KKR to expand beyond LBOs with Sonneborn hire
• Roll Call: Lehman Brothers' strategic options
• Roll Call: IndyMac bank run videos
• Callan bolts Lehman for Credit Suisse hedge fund
• A market unhinged: Shorts, rumors and the thorazin
• Just In: Advisers for Cleveland-Cliffs and Alpha d
• Deja vu all over again
• CapitaLand closes $1B China real estate fund
• Conti lashes out at Schaeffler
• Bankruptcy Update: Le-Nature, Pierre Foods and mor
• Apax exits Somerfield
• Cleveland-Cliffs to buy Alpha in $10B deal
• The bleeding continues at Fannie and Freddie
• Rabble Babble: Fannie and Freddie are falling
• Sprint shoots up on renewed buyout talks
• Bank Watch: Lehman stands out from falling financi
• Paulson as politician: The power, the glory, the l
• What Fannie and Freddie will use to tap the Fed
• Ackman: The short-selling savior?
• Buffett cashing in on family-owned businesses?
• Delta names post-merger management team
• Two bankruptcy filings start PE's week off with a
• Bank Watch: Lehman jumps on talk of going private
• Ackman's rescue plan for Fannie, Freddie
• Blackstone puts money in European wind farm
• Russian wrangles
• Lehman's management considers a take-private
• Ailing E*Trade sells Canadian operations for $442M
• Bankruptcy Update: Delphi, Dawahare's, Diablo and
• Oligarchs weigh mining merger
• WaMu's decline wipes out two-thirds of TPG's inves
• More beer deals brewing?
• Home not so sweet home
• SPAC IPOs take off in Europe
• Landmark Communications continues divestments
• Just In: Advisers in InBev and Anheuser-Busch deal
• Bear Stearns trader starts billion-dollar hedge fu
• Roll Call: McCain to guzzle profit from InBev-Anhe
• Bove report: After IndyMac fall, 'Who is next?'
• IndyMac failure sends bank stocks crashing
• Bank watch: Fannie and Freddie lead decline in fin
• Lehman to consider partnering or asset sale
• Senior lenders kill sale of Spectrum's pet supply
• Midwest Air to cut 40% of staff
• SEC rumored to be taking on rumors
• Axa Private Equity's CEO advocates sharing more of
• Chrysler, GMAC weighing down the IRR on Cerberus f
• GSK in $2.7B deal for sleeping drug
• Bankruptcy Update: Whitehall Jewelers, IdleAire, a
• Santander in $2.5B deal for Alliance & Leicester
• InBev and Anheuser-Busch in $52B deal
• Treasury, Fed agree to shore up Fannie, Freddie
• FDIC seizes IndyMac
• InBev and Anheuser-Busch agree on $50 billion deal
• Talk of Fed support of Fannie, Freddie lightens ma
• The Deal Calendar: July 14-July 18, 2008
• Rumors in review
• Naming a combined InBev, Anheuser-Busch
• Private equity exit activity: July 7-11, 2008
• Martin open to internal FCC chats about XM-Sirius
• Dealmakers turn to luxury rehab too
• Vertis' open bankruptcy case
• Rabble Babble: Lehman Brothers shares sink
• Buyout shops jump into auction for PCCW unit
• Slim stocks up on Saks
• A few more comments on rumors
• Bank watch: Fannie, Freddie plummet as possible ta
• European banks fight credit crunch
• Ashland in $3.3B deal for Hercules
• Bankruptcy Update: Steve & Barry's, IdleAire, Papp
• Are InBev, Anheuser-Busch near a deal?
• GE sells Japanese consumer finance biz to Shinsei
• Credit Mutuel's $7.7B bid wins Citi unit
• The Fed likes the idea of private equity shoring u
• Paulson's comments send some financials down
• Diablo Grande's collateral value plummets
• ICE chief responds to oil allegations
• BofA CEO says Countrywide add will translate to pr
• Clock ticking on TPG-backed Midwest to secure conc
• Two bidders left in Citi's auction of its German u
• Buyout firms shop the world for retail deals
• Wachovia taps Goldman alum as CEO
• London-based firms poaching from bigger banks
• Fortis CEO could be dismissed on Friday
• Bankruptcy Update: Steve & Barry's, Palco, Dawahar
• Will Fortis board oust CEO?
• Dow Chemical in $18.8B deal for Rohm and Haas
• Markets freefall triggered by Fannie and Freddie w
• Chanticleer is cooking with Hooters
• Anheuser-Busch brews over board lawsuit
• DOJ's only antitrust challenge causes concern
• Ziff Davis makes a silent exit
• Northwest announces cuts ahead of merger with Delt
• Roll Call: Remembering John Templeton
• Long shots have paid off for Steeler's suitor Druc
• Roll Call: Bloomberg stake price set
• Does Dimon see eye to eye with T. Boone Pickens?
• WPP's hostile offer triggers Fitch worries
• Jamie Dimon banks on the worst
• Breaking: Steve & Barry's files for Chapter 11
• N.J. offers Lehman a break to relocate jobs
• A GM bankruptcy would be no easy fix
• The Fed and Treasury: Is the honeymoon over?
• Bradford & Bingley rise on rescue plan
• Druckenmiller running a hurry-up offense to buy St
• Bankruptcy Watch: Will Steve & Barry's file for Ch
• Bankruptcy Update: Linens 'n Things, Solar Cosmeti
• Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund buys the Chrysler
• WPP launches hostile bid for TNS
• Oil price dip heats up markets as some Deal Stocks
• Rabble Babble: Anheuser-Busch's shareholders opini
• Why IndyMac is heading down
• Would Obama tap Bloomberg as VP?
• Bankruptcy woes dog Vick from behind bars
• Conflicts plagued credit raters
• Sovereign wealth funds meet to devise their own co
• Questioning The Children's Investment Fund's phila
• Add China's Chery to the list of Volvo suitors
• Printers Row is another Falor failure
• Video of Dimon's "Charlie Rose" appearance
• IndyMac an intriguing target
• Dealmakers tackle sports teams
• Dear IndyMac stakeholders
• The sky is falling at IndyMac as market confidence
• Family feud: No beating around the Busch
• Rumors, subpoenas and the pursuit of truth on Wall
• Rising fuel costs spur global airlines mergers
• Private equity fundraising continues at breakneck
• Bankruptcy Update: Levitt, Immunicon, Haven and mo
• Steel Partners leans on Sapporo
• Merrill, Maguire may have deals up sleeves as mark
• Obama endorses Anheuser-Busch's independence
• Bank Watch: Lehman warns the Street about hurrican
• Tate could de-orbit XM-Sirius deal
• Cheaper prices when the cost of oil is the stalkin
• San Diego pension fund to start backing PE funds
• BlackRock may become another chip that Merrill cas
• NBC's Zucker maps out integration of the Weather C
• Ag panels claim turf over CFTC changes
• Deal activity heats up while markets look for some
• Rattner on the Weather Channel deal
• Fed, SEC announce oversight plan
• InBev behaving like an activist investor
• Did GM leak brand realignment to raise stock?
• Banker leaves 'Goldmine' for hedge fund
• Fresenius lands APP; InBev plans attack on Anheuse
• Bankruptcy Update: Tropicana, Bombay, Progressive
• InBev names Anheuser board choices
• China Oilfield snares Norwegian peer in $2.5B deal
• Fresenius to acquire APP for up to $5.6B
• NBC teams with Blackstone & Bain to win Weather Ch
• Merrill reportedly in talks to sell Bloomberg stak
• The Deal Newsweekly, week of July 7
• Not exactly fireworks on the Street, but not bad
• Bank Watch: Lehman's shares skyrocket
• Activision suit: 'Game over'
• Roll Call: Circuit City director resigns
• KKR IPO story emblematic of moribund PE market
• Lessons of the Bear run: Drawing the line
• The Deal Calendar: July 7-July 11, 2008
• Bank Watch: Lehman continues its climb
• Sorrell makes new run on TNS
• Shire strikes deal for Jerini
• U.K. homebuilders may get lifeline from private eq
• Weather Channel sale to be announced soon?
• Tight credit throws a wrench in Reed Business Inf
• Bankruptcy Update: ITG, Haven Eldercare, Zestra an
• Black gold brings the bears
• Bank Watch: Lehman closes up as Wall Street ends m
• Job Watch: Hedge funds hiring
• Could Sears or Wal-Mart bid for Circuit City?
• Bellach's owner takes his bankruptcy case to the p
• Midwest Air CEO details pay cuts
• S&P digests Starbucks' 600 store closures
• Would McCain tap dealmaker as VP?
• Lehman continues to rise
• Circuit City is down, but is it out?
• Rabble Babble: What's next for Circuit City?
• Samuel Israel surrenders
• Is Krispy Kreme bidder Guess just another Roxford?
• Taylor Wimpey weakens while interest for Informa p
• Taylor Wimpey investors shun sale
• Buyout funds propose Informa bid
• Bankruptcy Update: Steve & Barry's, El Paso, USA S
• Blockbuster drops Circuit City pursuit
• Anheuser-Busch shareholders file suits
• Street, Deal Stocks start second half up
• Krispy Kreme attracts mystery buyer
• Constellation-Grupo Modelo JV will 'remain intact'
• Wall Street embraces Obama as its own?
• Schwarz refuses to accept no from Specialty Underw
• IndyMac downplays Schumer's remarks
• Could credit cards stop J.P. Morgan's buying spree
• Concession wanted on Sat-radio deal
• More media mergers, but at lower valuations
• Lehman holds its own as J.P. Morgan sinks
• Bankruptcy Watch: Steve & Barry's
• Barron's: Yes, Wall Street has a future
• A bottom for venture-backed IPOs
• InBev, UBS, BP and Enodis lead Tuesday European de
• Bankruptcy Update: Lothian Oil, IdleAire and Room
• CIT sells home lending units for $6.2B
• InBev digs in its heels
• UBS clears the decks

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