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Monga on Harrah's, Morgan on Diller

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We're posting two early stories from next week's The Deal, both of which have been part of the chatter on Dealscape this week. Vipal Monga with "Follow the Money" reports on the most recent news of Credit Suisse Group and the Harrah's Entertainment Inc. financing. And Richard Morgan surfaces after immersion in Liberty Media Corp.'s complaint against Barry Diller, with an analysis of the case in his "Backstory" column. Check out TheDeal.com Wednesday evening. - Robert Teitelman...

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The Deal Newsweekly, Jan. 14: All about risk

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The first issue of The Deal weekly in 2008, which was posted on TheDeal.com today and will be mailed to subscribers this weekend, focuses on risk, a subject of some currency right now. The main story, by Vipal Monga, tackles the pressing question: How did the banks, which were supposed to be as iceberg-proof as, well, the Titanic, get into this mess? ...

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Executive Summary: The Deal newsweekly Dec. 4, 2006

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There’s a deliberate international focus in the Deal this week. On the cover, Matt Miller, just back from Russia, explores the dealmaking complexities of that emerging, increasingly nationalistic energy giant. Russia controls some of the world’s largest reserves of oil and natural gas. And after a period in which its rapidly changing energy industry solicited foreign investment, the Putin government has both tightened the leash on the industry and has adopted a much tougher negotiating position with both customers and would-be investors. Russia’s dilemma, however, is profound: To fully exploit those reserves, it needs Western technology, expertise and capital. How...

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Executive Summary: The Deal newsweekly Nov. 20, 2006

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The new issue of The Deal has a very private equity-ish feel, with a theological spin. Our cover story, “The Temptations of Private Equity,” features a penetrating examination by Vyvyan Tenorio and David Carey into exactly what’s going on in that very hot market, particularly with leverage and coverage ratios. Their highly sophisticated analysis continues our always strong PE coverage and picks up where Carey’s “Not Your Father’s LBO” left off in October, as we wrestle to understand this evolving industry that continues to dominate deal markets and elicit often-contradictory reactions from the general business media. That, in fact, is...

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