December 2008

John Paulson reportedly eyes distressed deals

John Paulson, whose hedge fund has fared better than many of late, is looking at distressed investing, according to a Bloomberg report Wednesday, which read:Paulson said that while he's bearish... Continue reading

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• M&A Outlook 2009: Rothman and Peskoff on middle ma
• Gawker unloads Consumerist.com
• SEC busts up a Ponzi scheme
• M&A Outlook 2009: Lazard's Parr on Lehman Brothers
• Madoff's firm gets $28.1 M to liquidate
• Could IndyMac's purchase prompt more private equit
• Inside the Deal: Smith School's Anil Gupta on M&A
• GMAC becomes a bank holding company and gets $6 bi
• Connors reportedly not interested in Red Sox, Bost
• M&A Outlook 2009: Goldstein on SPACs
• Citi plays Santa Claus in South Korea
• Happy holidays
• From Bankruptcy Bill: General Motors bankruptcy
• Bjork puts her money where her mouth is
• M&A Outlook 2009: Linklaters' Rees on why sovereig
• Government gone wild
• Wachovia shareholders approve Wells Fargo deal
• ECI sheds Racal to Estermine
• M&A Outlook 2009: Linklaters' Rees and Grant Thort
• Goldman Sachs tops 2008 league tables
• Greenberg sees government deal hurting AIG
• Fairfield Greenwich Group hit with lawsuit over Ma
• Will 2009 be the year of distressed investing?
• Hedge funds getting ready for regulation in 2009
• Video: Madoff masquerading as financial guru
• Jaguar Land Rover gets cash injection from Tata
• M&A Outlook 2009: Rosener and Loughlin on changes
• Barclays reconsiders the status of its PE arm
• Toyota forecasts first loss since World War II
• Taking Trump Entertainment private is a risky bet
• Brewster's millions and Paulson's billions
• Trian nabs pair of Drexel vets to grow credit busi
• Bank Watch: Stocks up, but many banks' ratings dow
• Are the short-term loans for automakers a waste?
• Alcatel sells Thales stake
• M&A Outlook 2009: Have we witnessed the end of cro
• Roll Call: Dec. 18, 2008
• Bank Watch: Financial stocks fall; BB&T gets bump
• Rumor: Geely Automobile interested in buying Volvo
• Sovereign received a $4B offer from Sidhu
• Leases go begging as retailers close shop
• Britain may bail out Jaguar, Land Rover
• Credit Suisse gives a bonus no one wants
• Spitzer bad mouths Obama's financial team
• Could Southwest be targeting Atlanta, AirTran?
• M&A Outlook 2009: Loughlin and Vollmer on managing
• Discover looking for new way as bank holding compa
• Would selling the Red Sox stake be a score for the
• N.Y. Mets still standing after Madoff steal
• International Bank Watch: HSBC dives, as Credit Su
• The conceptual swampland of bonus stories
• Buffett family values, revisited
• Finance Layoffs: Barclays, Citadel, Bank of Americ
• Christopher Cox and the decline of the SEC
• Obama builds team to reform SEC, CFTC
• Bank Watch: Analysts trim forecast for Morgan Stan
• British Airways-Qantas talks collapse
• A bailout for Madoff's victims?
• Canada mulls bailout for automakers
• Panasonic wins Sanyo, while Lenovo passes on Posit
• Madoff victims tally up their losses
• Chrysler to idle plants for a month
• Bank Watch: Morgan shares end up and PNC shares sl
• Santander blocks Web site of hedge fund Madoff swi
• Thacher Proffitt to assist feds on ABS purchases
• Roll Call: Dec. 17, 2008
• Celent's Schauerte on Morgan Stanley's massive mak
• Cox attempts damage control in light of Madoff sca
• GM halts construction at plant key to its green fu
• Resolving Lehman's $138B mystery loan
• Inside The Deal: Peterson Partners' Nelson on PE d
• Was News Corp. wooed to the Nasdaq by advertising
• What would Galbraith have made of Madoff?
• M&A Outlook 2009: Drum Capital's Vollmer on distre
• Ford execs say things are looking up
• Congress jumps all over Madoff scandal
• Madoff cheats at golf too
• Politicians get sucked into Madoff case
• International Bank Watch: HSBC sinks, and BNP Pari
• Bank Watch: Financials fall on Morgan Stanley loss
• Morgan Stanley reports $2.37B loss
• Has the 3i stock sell-off gone too far?
• Pandit looks to end the 'Citi swarm'
• Deal Stocks: The Fed is cheered on Wall Street
• Bank Watch: Financial rise; Citi sells banking uni
• Lockheed Martin hunting for deals in 2009
• Roll Call: Dec. 16, 2008
• Sign of the Apocalypse: Cerberus' Feinberg caught
• Inside The Deal: Winston & Strawn's Jeff Marwil on
• Love Connection: Starring Bernie Madoff and the SE
• The Fed is driving toward 0%
• Pro sports deflated by tough times
• M&A Outlook 2009: Summit Partners' Mannion on chal
• International Bank Watch: HSBC shares slip on rumo
• Madoff leaves funds-of-funds with plenty of explai
• Survey: Even in bankruptcy, GM would have buyers
• Could Dubai save or sink Citi's ship?
• Bank Watch: Goldman Sachs up on quarterly loss
• Digital+ auction nears close
• The marketing genius of Bernie Madoff
• Ernst & Young says energy deals will rebound next
• AIG sells $39.3B of mortgage-backed securities to
• Goldman's stock shrugs off the bank's first losing
• Is Bank of America getting ready for a culture cha
• National City takeover gets Fed OK
• Deal Stocks: Madoff Ponzi scheme sends ripples thr
• Inside The Deal: Deloitte's Stamos Nicholas on new
• Roll Call: Dec. 15, 2008
• Bank Watch: Analyst predicts more losses for J.P.
• Finance Layoffs: Schwab, BOA, Northern Trust and m
• MGM Mirage pares down as peers may fold
• Did the banks perpetrate a Ponzi scheme?
• The fall of the mall is upon us
• Sign of the Apocalypse: Madoff on regulation, inve
• Report: AM General could buy back Hummer
• Media maneuvers: BusinessWeek's random musings on
• U.S., foreign automakers cut production amid slowd
• Madoff advised the SEC, while duping it
• International Bank Watch: Madoff exposure rumors s
• Bank Watch: Financials fall as analysts predict fo
• Will Citigroup divest its Australian unit?
• European banks tally Madoff losses
• Madoff scheme slams charities for the holidays
• Could 30% of hedge fund disappear?
• Madoff's list of victims reportedly could reach th
• Does the TARP cover all? Wall Street seems to hope
• Bernie Madoff and Marc Dreier top SEC's $#!& list
• Bank Watch: Dow ends up, but another bank fails
• Roll Call: Dec. 12, 2008
• M&A Outlook 2009: Irving Place's Howard on governm
• Where was the SEC when Madoff was scheming?
• Is Exelon bidding for Reliant Energy?
• Inside The Deal: Paul Hastings' Robert Claassen o
• Madoff hedge fund meltdown could be another strike
• Supersizing a GM bankruptcy
• University of Chicago's Douglas Baird on the risks
• Auto watch: Markets endure fender bender on possib
• ISDA's Robert Pickel defends credit default swaps
• UAW blames Senate Republicans, urges White House a
• Feds charge Madoff with massive Ponzi scheme
• GM's all-star bankruptcy advisers
• International Bank Watch: Standard Chartered and H
• European markets pare losses
• Bank Watch: Market dives after auto bailout fails
• Finance Layoffs: BlackRock, BOA, Blackstone and mo
• Auto bailout fails ... credit markets shrug
• Deal Stocks: Auto bailout stalemate drives market
• Roll Call: Dec. 11, 2008
• Bank Watch: J.P. Morgan and PNC sink
• Bankrupt Tropicana may wish it was in Tribune's po
• Could the stars be aligning for a Google-N.Y. Time
• PNC must sell Nat City branches
• M&A Outlook 2009: DLJ's Arnaboldi and Nokia's Bowd
• Swedish bailout could drive interest in Volvo, Saa
• Allegiance Capital suggests Santa deserves a bailo
• M&A Outlook 2009: Houlihan's Crawford and Lincolns
• KB Toys files Ch. 11 as holiday shoppers stay home
• GOP senators' auto alternative offers distinction
• Goldman alters retirement plan as it restructures
• International Bank Watch: 40,000 jobs could be los
• Christopher Cox demands an exit strategy
• Sign of the Apocalypse: Credit crisis becomes nucl
• Bank Watch: Sovereign-Banco Santander deal OK'd
• AIG's CEO says no need for 'fire sale'
• Sumitomo to raise new capital
• So what happens if the bubble in Treasuries busts?
• Primerica sale is a bust for Citi
• Deal Stocks: Traffic jam on the Hill tempers marke
• Roll Call: Dec. 10, 2008
• Facing energy realities
• What's Thain's future anyway?
• Morgan Stanley names 133 managing directors
• Bank Watch: SunTrust and Wells Fargo stocks sink
• Tesla Motors looks for green loans
• Kashkari takes Congress' tongue-lashing in stride
• XL Capital shrinks as Goldman reportedly hired as
• Inside The Deal: Advanta's Kassar gives small busi
• Are Treasuries a bigger credit risk than Campbell'
• Papa John's chief trades pizza for doughnuts and i
• NFL will sack 14% of its work force
• GM's future drivers?
• House members lash out at Kashkari, each other ove
• Lehman's French unit sells for a euro
• International Bank Watch: BNP Paribas is hiring
• Hedge funds want to peak behind Dillard's tattered
• PKO eyes AIG's Polish arm
• Bank Watch: Whitney puts banks on life support
• What's driving the yield on T-bills to 0%?
• Roll Call: Blagejovich edition
• Deal Stocks: Two steps forward, one step back
• Blagojevich allegedly sought to corrupt anti-deal
• Bank Watch: Stocks slide, and Citigroup cancels Ch
• AIG reportedly near disposal of second unit
• No rules broken at FCC but deception widespread, r
• Sign of the Apocalypse: The return of scrip
• Inside The Deal: Bulldog Investors' Phillip Goldst
• AIG could soon announce more asset sales
• Iacocca feels Big Three CEOs should stay
• Dreier arrest leaves his law firm in the lurch
• Seeking safety investors drive T-bill rates to low
• RBS grabs Barclays dealmaker to help with sales
• Morgan Keegan acquires midmarket boutique Revoluti
• What role did Blagojevich play in Tribune's bankru
• Volvo to the Chinese? Not so fast
• TARP's new watchdog Barofsky on familiar ground
• M&A Outlook 2009: How companies should engage shar
• International Bank Watch: Canadian bank stocks sli
• Video: Pelosi supports car czar and suggests Volck
• Bank Watch: Financials fall as banks announce more
• Ross' Wagon's wheels fall off
• Bank Watch: Banks get boost, and Wall Street bonus
• Obama's spending plan unleashes the bulls
• Roll Call: Dec. 8, 2008
• SEC charges Dreier upon return from Canada
• Morgan Stanley's Mack alters compensation plans
• The Deal's 'Behind The Money' wins Online Video Aw
• Food fight isn't a corny joke
• Default swap issuers readying to pay up after Trib
• Finance Layoffs: UBS, Citadel, GE Antares and more
• Big Three: Chrysler, not really all that big
• Goverments fueling M&A as studies say deals expect
• Tribune Co. files for Chapter 11
• Cashing out is a Catch-22 for New York Times
• Cox: Accounting can't be bent to fit the nuances o
• Obama on Big Three: 'Made repeated strategic mista
• International Bank Watch: Financials rally, but la
• Former Lehman dealmakers Isaacs, Nagioff start the
• Bank Watch: Another failed bank
• Frank Rich and the case against Geithner
• GM's Lutz doesn't want Wagoner to be a 'sacrificia
• Fortis battles BNP over insurance sale
• Morgan Stanley M&A head, Gavin MacDonald, dies at
• Thain wants $10M bonus, but does he deserve it?
• The truth about university endowment finances
• Hartford fuels a green day
• Roll Call: Dec. 5, 2008
• Bank Watch: Stocks rally, and financials gain
• Sign of the Apocalypse: Evelyn Davis muted
• Aer Lingus trumpets work force solidarity
• Live coverage of the House auto bailout hearing
• Deal Economic Calendar: week of Dec. 8
• Inside The Deal: Finkelstein on why smart executiv
• Federal authorities give Del Biaggio the boot
• Shareholders approve Merrill buyout, but more layo
• Sign of the Apocalypse: Ken Lewis, Banker of the Y
• International Bank Watch: Financials fall
• French finance minister: 'Fingers crossed' on EC a
• Rodgin Cohen on bank M&A in the crisis
• Bank Watch: Stocks dive on layoff news; BOA-Merril
• Julius Baer CEO Alex Widmer dies unexpectedly
• CM-CIC buys German Citi arm for $6.6B
• Permira gives its limited partners 40% off
• Fear of a GM bankruptcy stalls market
• Roll Call: Dec. 4, 2008
• Bank Watch: Goldman sinks, and Morgan Stanely gain
• Bally's prepack didn't leave it better off
• Sign of the Apocalypse: Blodget, Spitzer as collea
• Live coverage of the Senate auto bailout hearing
• NBA's Knicks top Forbes ranking while Nets sit nea
• MidAmerican won't raise offer for Constellation
• Did Capital One bully Citigroup out of Chevy Chase
• Capital One puts Chevy Chase, not Citizens, in its
• Nomura completes Lehman integration, names execs
• International Bank Watch: Financials mixed after r
• Bank Watch: Stocks start slow, and Capital One acq
• Euro rate cuts: Pushing on a string?
• Rumble in D.C.: Geithner vs. Bair?
• Bank Layoffs: Credit Suisse, State Street, Carlyle
• Redstone may have found way to keep Viacom, CBS
• GM, Chrysler may be rethinking prepacked bankruptc
• Constellation Energy shows market it can be green
• Sign of the Apocalypse: Cramer to SEC
• Apollo's Black again plays a foil for Icahn
• Roll Call: Dec. 3, 2008
• Auction Block: Investors look to cash out of TimeO
• M&A Outlook 2009: Carlyle's Jonathan Colby on M&A
• Harvard's endowment needs financial aid
• From Bankruptcy Bill: Bap-kuh-pah
• NHL's Sharks to shake things up with MLS deal
• M&A Outlook 2009: Bulldog Investors' Phillip Golds
• Investors see dead end in attempted Fortress exit
• General Growth surges as Morgan Stanley ups stake
• GM's jet sale could run into turbulence
• Weil Gotshal announces new partners
• Merrill Grinch: Layoffs and other bad tidings befo
• The depressing scramble to name the recession
• Is Exxon CEO deserving of a 10% raise?
• AIG to enter round three in the bailout battle
• Chrysler warns it is running low on cash, asks for
• Goldman Sachs mulls starting Internet bank
• Private equity pink slips hit Europe
• Merrill Lynch gives bonus pool 50% haircut
• M&A Outlook 2009: Joele Frank's Sherman and George
• Roll Call: Dec. 2, 2008
• Deal Stocks: GM and Ford push market forward
• GAO calls on Treasury to evaluate banks' use of ca
• Bank Watch: Goldman and PNC sink
• Look on the bright side; unemployment is still low
• Deal Economic Calendar: Beige Book, chain store sa
• When casinos gamble ... and lose?
• What do Geithner and Summers have to do with Citi'
• Redstone having a tough time digging out of credit
• Have investors started betting against America?
• Inside The Deal: Axinn's Keeley on antitrust lawsu
• International Bank Watch: Barclays announces M&A t
• Bank Watch: Banks bounce; BofA's Lewis says downtu
• British Airways in talks with Qantas
• Bank layoffs: J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Standard
• Bases loaded in auction for the Chicago Cubs
• Credit crisis finally catches up with Goldman
• Deals no match for news of recession
• Roll Call: Dec. 1, 2008
• Bank Watch: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs estimate
• Trump involved in $40M suit over missed payment
• Pilgrim's Pride files for Chapter 11 after all
• Delta to alter post-merger order book
• Rabble Babble: Investors need a map to understand
• Inside The Deal: Grant Thornton's Beecy on cross-b
• RBS remains coy, and bidders quiet, about Citizens
• New bids a no-show as Neuberger Berman deadline lo
• International Bank Watch: Canadian banks down on w
• Veteran bankruptcy attorney leaves Goldman for Kir
• Bank Watch: Stocks slide, and banks suffer
• Will EC block French state aid to banks?
• Cost of default swaps on Europe's junk debt at an
• Morgan Stanley may acquire retail banks

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