Wednesday, Dealscape used some colorful references to death when writing about the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s bankruptcy. Sadly, the Lehman bankruptcy may have contributed to the death of Bella, a black Labrador Retriever, who worked as a guard dog at Lehman's headquarters, notes Dealbreaker, which alleges that the bankruptcy broke her heart.
HarbourVest Partners has backed out of a signed agreement to acquire a large LP stake on the secondary market, peHUB has learned.
Portfolio's Felix Salmon asks whether publicly traded buyout shop Blackstone Group LP is itself a buyout target.
With deals like Huntsman Corp. and Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc. hitting the skids, Deal Journal talked with Brian Hoffmann, co-chairman of the the M&A practice in the Americas for the law firm Clifford Chance LLP, to find out if there are any ways to salvage such troubled deals.
Out of work banker? Well, the IRS is hiring, notes Reuters' finance career blog Trading Place.
Another job opportunity may lie in the next administration's economics team, so to get a head start on those cover letters, take a look at the Business Sheet's list of Sen. Barack Obama's economic dream team.
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