November 2008

Roll Call: Thanksgiving edition

It is the eve of Thanksgiving, and we all know what Citigroup Inc. CEO Vikram Pandit is thankful for: the government's bailout. Pandit appeared on "The Charlie Rose Show"... Continue reading

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• Inside The Deal: GE's Robert Duffy on dealmaking i
• Retailer losses ahead of Black Friday could help a
• Goldman pullout from Sanyo talks doesn't mean a de
• Obama taps Volcker for new post
• Permira's Sherwood: Only a 'miracle' can prevent b
• International Bank Watch: Bank stocks slide, but R
• Bank Watch: Citi gets Slim investment, and BofA do
• Lehman may force collapse of hedge funds
• U.K. government may look to spur more bank lending
• Analysts predict another $44B in bank write-downs
• Bank Watch: Banks lead stocks up with FDIC and gov
• Roll Call: Nov. 25, 2008
• Inside The Deal: Berkery Noyes' Joseph Berkery on
• Fidelity, Pershing will get burned if General Grow
• Lots of interest in AIG's Asian life insurance ass
• Wachtell chimes in on a potential GM bankruptcy
• AIG freezes management salaries, pays CEO $1 a yea
• Saudi prince blames Citi's downfall on other Princ
• Pandit under pressure, so what's next for Citigrou
• M&A Outlook 2009: WilmerHale's Gorelick on Wall St
• Obama announces more economic team members
• Today's M&A columns: A bank scheme and carping at
• International Bank Watch: HSBC's and Barclay's sha
• Bank Watch: Wachovia execs get big bonuses; J.P. M
• U.K. banks may need more state aid
• SEC forms task forces to target short selling and
• Fed to buy $600B in toxic mortgage assets
• Lehman bankruptcy triggers $301M fumble for NFL's
• AIG asset sale progresses
• Carlyle issues pink slips
• M&A Outlook 2009: Parr and Cohen on the new admini
• Fretful gift card holders get a break
• Depression chic from a bubble cheerleader
• Merrill, BofA wait for proxy firms
• Obama announces economic team
• Should treasury secretary appointee Geithner take
• Eliot Spitzer's wife lands hedge fund job
• After bailout, default swaps on Citi head lower
• International Bank Watch: Standard Chartered down
• The WSJ on Morgan Stanley, CDSs and shorts
• Sony upsets holiday shoppers, antitrust attorneys
• Bank Watch: Financials up, but three more banks fa
• Will UBS follow Citi's lead?
• Deutsche Bank CEO shows no worries over stock pric
• Standard Chartered issues surprise stock offering
• White House unaware that regulators were even talk
• Obama to unveil economic team
• Citi's international assets could be on HSBC's rad
• Feds bail out Citigroup with $300B backstop agains
• Rabble Babble: Will Citigroup make it past the wee
• The Street collectively sighs
• For Steve & Barry's, speed kills
• Pelosi, Reid spell out what Detroit's bailout pitc
• Confirmation of TARP watchdog snagged
• Roll Call: Timothy Geithner edition
• Inside The Deal: Argus' Erin Ashley Smith on beer
• NBC News: Obama to tap Geithner as treasury secret
• As N.Y. Times hits rock bottom, Slim feels the pai
• Layoff roundup: WaMu, Barclays and BoNY
• Could Citi's troubles make Paulson rethink TARP, a
• Inside The Deal: WilmerHale's Jamie Gorelick on re
• Millstein and Vojta rethink corporate governance
• Pandit says Smith Barney's not for sale
• International Bank Watch: Barclays and RBS up as H
• Interest builds for Bank of Ireland as a target
• Bank Watch: Citigroup and J.P. Morgan stocks slide
• Obama and that sucking sound in Washington
• Cox calls on peers amid crisis
• Pension funds could be forced to sell if Citi stay
• Will NRG Energy acquire Reliant Energy?
• With its stock in free fall, Citigroup considers i
• A little TARP might not be enough
• Back to the drawing board for General Motors, auto
• Sun-Times closes the book on its Black era
• Steve & Barry's in double trouble
• Paulson calls for regulating everyone and everythi
• Credit default swap spreads soaring
• General Growth reportedly hires counsel to fight o
• The Washington Post on Henry Paulson, great man
• What Waxman's win means for dealmaking
• Video: Lazard's Parr and Sullivan & Cromwell's Coh
• Analyst: Murdoch wasted money on Dow Jones buy
• Could Citi be out of the running for Chevy Chase?
• Pritzker surfaces, but may sink as Commerce pick
• Rabble Babble: Explaining the run on Citigroup
• International Bank Watch: Barclays and HSBC sink
• Bank Watch: J.P. Morgan fires, and Morgan Stanley
• Terra Firma's Guy Hands makes dire predictions
• Sarkozy pledges new fund will protect French compa
• Stock market gloom is global
• Should Wall Street fear change from an Obama admin
• Banks look to head off regulation of credit defaul
• Comptroller dismisses claims CRA fueled subprime m
• GE plans to keep on lending in 2009
• Big Three CEOs fly in style as Dow descends below
• Inside The Deal: Debevoise & Plimpton's Paul Bird
• Roll Call: Nov. 19, 2008
• Dealmaker Perella asks where the bottom is
• Marsal wants bonus for Lehman work
• Sirius XM dogged by Big Three's troubles
• Inside The Deal: Pepper Hamilton's James Rosener o
• Wachovia, Goldman chiefs say $700B not enough
• Southwest's New York plans could be muted
• Citigroup finishes winding down SIVs
• International Bank Watch: Barclays, Lloyds, Deutsh
• Bank Watch: Financial stocks sink
• Saving the carmakers and the mystery of innovation
• JC Flowers eyes Eire investments
• Paulson and the defense of congressional intention
• AIG alters its executive payout plans
• TransCanada raises $810M
• Citigroup shutters leveraged debt hedge fund
• No bonus for AIG execs as bidders for assets line
• Everyone wants to hide under the TARP, except for
• For Icahn, Exelixis marks the biotech spot
• Inside The Deal: RBS Greenwich Capital's James Kus
• Ever darkening clouds gather above retailers
• Europeans see trouble ahead as default swap spread
• International Bank Watch: HSBC layoffs, Barclays'
• Bank Watch: Citigroup and Goldman are still riding
• Steve & Barry's joins liquidating retailers
• Get real. Insurers want to be banks too?
• Paulson offers a defense as Congress awaits
• Hank Paulson defends handling of Tarp on Capitol H
• Kyocera bids for Triumph-Adler
• Plot thickens around Mark Cuban charges and could
• Barclays executives forgo 2008 bonuses
• Anti-tax advocate 'applies' for TARP funds
• GM tells dealers the check is in the mail
• Roll Call: Nov. 17, 2008
• Banks diet once again while markets feel the pain
• Inside The Deal: Lazard's Gary Parr on the outlook
• S&P: Corporate defaults soaring in 2008
• Goldman Sachs makes its big bonus sacrifice
• Bush leaves Obama task of spending uncommitted $35
• Bankruptcy vet to lead search for Paulson successo
• Bankruptcy Watch: Spectrum Brands
• The latest layoff roundup: Citigroup, J.P. Morgan,
• Auction Block League Tables: Goldman on top again
• International Bank Watch: RBS, Standard Charter an
• Mark Cuban slapped with insider trading charge
• Video: Obama favors assistance for auto industry
• Bank Watch: Banks bleed on layoff announcements
• Canary Wharf snares J.P. Morgan for 999-year lease
• UBS changes bonus structure
• Citi plans to cut 52,000 jobs
• Goldman's management takes one for the team
• Kashkari isn't sounding like a guy who wants to st
• Inside the Deal: Paul Hastings' John Douglas on Ob
• Bears rummage through retail aisles
• New CFIUS rules set
• Aflac ducks out on buying AIG assets
• Cowboys have trouble winning financing
• Why Ross is making a case for a GM bailout
• GM and assembly line journalism
• More bank layoffs announced
• The capital well is dry even for energy companies
• International Bank Watch: Stocks rally, but UBS an
• Bank Watch: J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Citi s
• Parsons issues memo in support of Bischoff
• Why weren't Ackman, Goldstein on Waxman's guest li
• Wilbur Ross affiliate takes Dexia bond unit
• Barclays investors: Bitter, but resigned
• Hedge funds brace for a possible tidal wave of red
• With shares down Citi's top brass increase their h
• Leverage isn't what it use to be
• Roll Call: Nov. 13, 2008
• Bank Watch: Stocks surge, but Citigroup sinks
• Schumer calls for Treasury to approve banking M&A
• Boston Scientific eyes M&A as biotechs suffer
• Bush antitrust officials give eventual Obama nomin
• Has Bischoff lost control of Citi?
• Hedge fund managers trek up to Capitol Hill
• Bank Watch: CIT and Fifth Third are up while Citi
• Rabble Babble: Citi wants to buy a bank like Chevy
• Germany in recession, OECD issues gloomy forecast
• Australia clamps down on short selling
• DOJ indicts top UBS executive
• 3-month LIBOR rises for first time in 23 trading s
• Canadian banks talk small deals
• Asian buyers raise their profile in cross-border M
• Paulson giveth, and Paulson taketh away
• GM blames everyone but itself
• Deutsche's Lehman accident proves costly
• Roll Call: What others are saying about The Deal's
• Expert predictions on economy and dealmaking at M&
• Redstone's NAI may have to sell more assets
• GM shares rally on bailout hopes, ignore bankruptc
• Parr and Cohen on the transformation of bank regul
• Commerce's Vernon Hill is back in banking
• California bank Downey on death's door
• FBR Capital's Peskoff is a busy man
• Houlihan Lokey's Crawford says he's a healthy inve
• Private equity investments in the banking industry
• Women's group disses Summers as possible treasury
• Dealmakers discuss a potential carried-interest ta
• Report: U.S. Bancorp may make acquisitions
• What will Wall Street look like in 2009 and beyond
• American Express can't leave home without governme
• Grant Thornton's Mel Schwartz on Obama's tax outlo
• Blue Wolf's Blumenthal on the formation of new reg
• Robert Pitofsky on antitrust enforcement under Oba
• Carlyle's David Marchick on new regulation in 2009
• Government to banks: Lend, baby, lend
• Lazard's Parr and Sullivan's Cohen on the crisis o
• Barclays faces shareholder scrutiny at upcoming me
• More deals drop and reprice amid turmoil
• Bulldog's Goldstein's harsh words for corporate bo
• Why activist shareholders are gaining support
• Limits on pay, parachutes should accompany auto in
• Posner and Sherman on the transformation of the ac
• Vollmer: Let market solve its problem
• Turning around distressed situations into the gold
• More on Volcker and his role in an Obama administr
• As Goldman's trouble mounts, rumors swirl
• Obama and regulators have a new world of M&A
• Economy may give Cubs bidders indigestion
• There is hope for GM bonds, at least
• Gorelick sees major challenges for Obama administr
• An independent Harbour at the helm of the FTC?
• Barclays' Paul Parker on key M&A trends for 2009
• Barclays' Paul Parker's take on the state of M&A
• Bank Watch: Drowning in a sea of red
• Irving Place Capital's Howard on the future of ret
• Summit Partners' Mannion on PE firm write-downs
• Irving Place Capital's Howard on PE deals in the m
• Fund managers cool to HBOS rebels
• DLJ's Nicole Arnaboldi on valuations
• Nokia's Bowden on corporate M&A
• Buffett, Ross said to come to rescue of FSA
• Carlyle's Jonathan Colby on dealmaking in 2009
• Amex to become a bank
• Who will Citigroup acquire?
• GM, Circuit City get no pass to bailout party
• Creating a market for the TARP program
• William Seidman on culprits of the financial crisi
• Bloomberg sets sights on averting NYC bankruptcy
• J.P. Morgan's Rivas: 'TARP is going to help deals
• Redstone quits Midway to focus on Nat'l Amusements
• Sullivan & Cromwell's Michael Wiseman on the Fed's
• Carlyle Group's Randal Quarles on the pain of dele
• Shares of GM plunge on fear of equity wipeout
• Inside The Deal: Milestone's Jess Varughese on ret
• Report: Goldman Sachs to make cuts at muni group
• International Bank Watch: Global markets up, but H
• RBC's Gerard Cassidy: TARP will slow M&A
• Cuban still wants the Cubs
• Strong regulation of PE and hedge funds likely on
• Sen. Schumer on Wall Street's coming regulatory re
• Neel Kashkari on the bailout's progress
• Scottish roadblock to HBOS deal
• Bank Watch: Activity in financial sector boosts ma
• Citigroup reportedly in talks to buy a bank
• Circuit City buckles and files for Chapter 11
• Fed and Treasury restructure AIG bailout
• AIG may stand for IOU once again
• Will Oosterhouse skid at Gainey?
• Roll Call: Nov. 7, 2008
• Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns survivors may get
• AIG asset sales may happen before end of year
• Is Volcker right for the economy?
• Lehman leaves Disney with $92M hole in pocket
• Survey shows banks' reservations over TARP
• Clinton-era trust busters may return to Washington
• France's new sovereign wealth fund to invest in sh
• International Bank Watch: Barclays acquires, Lloyd
• Rise in U.K. insolvencies rocks confidence
• Nigeria the safest place to invest?
• Bank Watch: Stocks on the rise, but a mixed bag fo
• Is BP acquiring Chesapeake?
• Chrysler may be running out of cash too
• Obama huddles with his economic brain trust, but n
• Back to reality on Wall Street
• Inside The Deal: Harris Williams' Jeffery Bistrong
• Who may lead the 'new' SEC
• Goldman Sachs CEO might forgo bonus
• Roll Call: Nov. 6, 2008
• Wells Fargo's $10B stock offering should help addi
• Swiss government has final say on UBS' bonuses
• Tweeter joins stores liquidating after holiday sea
• GAO urges Obama to consider new financial regulati
• Treasury horse race odds
• Report: BofA gives Merrill brokers green-light to
• International Bank Watch: Global markets sink
• Summers vs. Geithner: The New Republic's take
• Bank Watch: More layoffs as Dow dives
• Skion makes offer for rest of Altana
• Post-partisan mania: GOP lobbyist acquires Democra
• European central banks slash interest rates
• Market falls back to reality
• Isuzu reportedly has no interest in buying GM's tr
• Fuld is folding at the end of the year
• FDIC's Bair another name in the treasury secretary
• Roll Call: Nov. 5, 2008
• GM employees brace for more bad news
• Obama's treasury secretary, chief of staff picks a
• TARP opponents could take charge of GOP
• National Lampoon deal to capitalize on Obama win
• Boscov's returns to its roots
• SEC wants to fast track creation of CDS exchange
• Elhauge may be Obama's pick for top antitrust job
• Handicapping picks for an Obama Cabinet
• International Bank Watch: Mixed reactions
• The case for Corzine at Treasury
• Did Shiller really go against the crowds?
• Bank Watch: Sliding stocks
• European markets slide while Continent supports Ob
• With DOJ set to block Google-Yahoo!, Google pulls
• Another round of bank layoffs
• How would Summers conduct trade policy?
• Carlyle tells LPs to expect tough times ahead
• DTCC starts giving insight into credit default swa
• Report: Harvard to scale back PE investments
• Bulls seize market on Election Day
• Roll Call: Nov. 4, 2008
• Scrutiny sought of latest appeal to Treasury
• Verizon-Alltel gets mired in election politics
• J.P. Morgan speeds up its deleveraging
• Cox calls for change on Election Day
• Obama might tap former Bush antitrust staffer
• SBA unable to thaw credit freeze
• What do candidates propose to save the American wo
• Bear Stearns risk officer now handling risk at N.Y
• David Brooks on the Long Boom, scarcity and a new
• Who might receive the call to head the FCC?
• International Bank Watch: Betting on the banks
• Bank Watch: Up and at the polls
• Li buys out PCCW
• Issuers hit with $1.7B tab on Landsbanki swaps
• Royal Bank seeks more money, issues profit warning
• Wall Street banks won't use bailout money for bonu
• Harris Williams' Jeff Bistrong on how the election
• The list of potential FTC chiefs is long
• Goldman hedge fund takes it on the chin
• Deal Stocks: The calm amid the storm
• Who's next at Treasury: Geithner vs. Summers
• Roll Call: Nov. 3, 2008
• Treasury expects to borrow a record $550B in the 4
• 'Bart' McDade leaves Barclays as Lehman integrates
• Auto sales slump in October
• The King of Torts passes away
• Who pulled the plug on Circuit City and Tweeter?
• Obama may tap a banker for chief of staff?
• Insurer Hartford claims it's 'strong and well capi
• Telecoms consider 'bailout' too
• Could Sen. Dole fold like Wachovia?
• Group commits to starting CDS clearinghouse by Dec
• Auction Block League Tables: Goldman Sachs ends tu
• Bankers face more bonus cuts
• International Bank Watch: A long train crawling up
• Bank Watch: Another failed bank; markets flat
• Mr. Corzine goes to Washington, again?
• Lloyds makes case for HBOS bid
• Swiss government rebukes UBS pay packs
• Default swap sellers prepare for big hit on Icelan
• Morgan Stanley calls off Christmas
• KKR takes wait and see approach to public listing

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