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Why Silicon Valley? Google CEO blames weather

[Posted on November 5, 2009 at 12:59 PM]

Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the region's weather is a big draw for potential hires.
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Mr. Corzine goes to Charlotte?

[Posted on November 5, 2009 at 10:33 AM]

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has not even vacated his office in Trenton yet, and the chatter about his next gig is reaching new levels on the blogosphere.
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Linklaters' Schmidt on antitrust merger reviews

[Posted on November 5, 2009 at 8:55 AM]

Linklaters' Jeffrey Schmidt says agencies are scrutinizing proposed acquisitions more closely than they have in years
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Corzine to return to Wall Street?

[Posted on November 4, 2009 at 12:34 PM]

After losing a bid for re-election, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine is likely to return to Wall Street to replenish his coffers, perhaps with sights on another U.S. Senate run in 2014.
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Rodgin Cohen on Decade's end

[Posted on November 4, 2009 at 11:43 AM]

In this edition of Decade of The Deal, Rodgin Cohen of Sullivan & Cromwell says that 2007 and 2008 provided the kind of challenges that even he found unprecedented.
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Is BofA headed for the Big Apple?

[Posted on November 3, 2009 at 1:15 PM]

It looks Bank of America Corp. may have to think about moving its headquarters to New York from Charlotte as it pins down candidates for its new chief executive officer.
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Campaign spending reaches 'Wall St.' proportions

[Posted on November 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM]

Michael Bloomberg's and Jon Corzine's re-election campaign spending have gone off the charts, becoming an 'economic stimulus of sorts' to the local economies of New York City and New Jersey.
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Evercore lands massive Burlington-Berkshire deal

[Posted on November 3, 2009 at 9:50 AM]

Evercore scored another megadeal, advising Burlington Northern Santa Fe in its agreement to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway for about $44 billion in cash and stock.
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Dick Fuld, wife miss art auction opportunity

[Posted on November 2, 2009 at 10:59 AM]

Former Lehman CEO Dick Fuld and his wife, Kathy Fuld, may not have the best market-timing -- at least when it comes to art.
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BofA still has trouble finding a CEO

[Posted on November 2, 2009 at 9:21 AM]

Bank of America may have the desire to hire from outside to replace CEO Ken Lewis, but evidently no one wants the job as BNY's CEO Robert Kelly becomes the latest to decline an offer.
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BMO Capital exec: 'We'd like to build the team'

[Posted on October 30, 2009 at 4:50 PM]

Dirk Leasure was just named head of the financial sponsors group at BMO Capital Markets.
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Buffett is still the Oracle

[Posted on October 29, 2009 at 9:48 AM]

A Bloomberg survey determines that Warren Buffett is still the Oracle that finance professionals look to for visionary guidance.
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Treasury Secretary Geithner on regulatory reform

[Posted on October 28, 2009 at 8:02 AM]

Tim Geithner says it's important to get regulatory reform done now while the memory of the crisis is still fresh in the public's mind.
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