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Recent Decade of The Deal Posts

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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Decade of The Deal: THL's Sperling on LBO's wild ride

[Posted on September 18, 2009 at 2:42 PM]

THL Partners' Sperling recalls the era's excesses and the cracks that formed in the marketplace in 2007, an omen of the coming collapse.
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Where's the dealmaker now: Thomas H. Lee

[Posted on September 18, 2009 at 7:00 AM]

In 1999, Thomas H. Lee's eponymous firm, launched in 1974, was well on its way to becoming the top player in the buyout industry. But Lee is no longer there.
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Where's the dealmaker now: Leon Black

[Posted on September 17, 2009 at 11:17 AM]

Leon Black of Apollo was certainly not a nobody back in 1999, but he wasn't the mogul with the multibillion dollar global private equity and hedge fund empire that he is today.
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Decade of The Deal: Kindler & shareholder activism

[Posted on September 17, 2009 at 8:30 AM]

Morgan Stanley's Rob Kindler on proof that activist shareholders can force transactions that are good for the long-term health of buyer and seller.
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Happy birthday to The Deal

[Posted on September 15, 2009 at 5:20 PM]

While much of the world remembers Sept. 15 as the day Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of our launch here at The Deal.
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Where's the dealmaker now: Thomas Hicks

[Posted on September 15, 2009 at 11:48 AM]

For The Deal's 10th anniversary, we will be checking back with some of the big names on our top 50 dealmakers' list and taking a look at what they're up to now.
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Cadbury baking a better offer?

[Posted on September 15, 2009 at 6:30 AM]

Cadbury chairman Richard Carr went ahead and wrote an open letter to CEO Irene Rosenfeld spelling out how unattractive Kraft Food's offer to acquire Cadbury is.
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Decade of The Deal: Arthur Andersen's spectacular fall

[Posted on September 2, 2009 at 2:16 PM]

In this installment of Decade of the Deal Gerald Urich recalls the mood at Hershey as it became apparent its longtime auditor, Arthur Andersen, may not survive.
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King Solomon's mines

[Posted on July 24, 2009 at 8:36 AM]

The Deal's profile of Solomon Dwek, the money-launderer-turned-informant behind the New Jersey corruption scandal that resulted in 44 arrests Thursday.
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AOL destroyed careers, value

[Posted on May 28, 2009 at 4:32 PM]

Time Warner may be able to spin off AOL, but it will never spin away the unit's role as a destroyer of executive careers and shareholder value.
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Harvey Pitt recalls 9/11: Decade of The Deal

[Posted on May 18, 2009 at 3:49 PM]

Then-SEC Chairman Pitt discusses efforts to bring New York's financial exchanges back to life after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Could Gifford resurface at BofA?

[Posted on May 15, 2009 at 1:24 PM]

With the government pressuring Bank of America to shake up management, one of the directors sitting on a committee to review change is dealmaker Charles K. Gifford.
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