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Entries tagged "Dealbook"Roll Call: Jan. 15, 2009Wondering where the Citigroup Inc. nationalization chatter started? Dealbreaker offers an interesting theory. Private equity firms have put the breaks on limited partners selling fund stakes on the secondary market because of tax concerns, but as peHUB explains, where there is a will, there is a way around the restrictions. Dealscape's affiliate Corporate Dealmaker notes that the corporate bond market is beginning to thaw. Deal Journal offers an explanation of how even junk offerings are getting done despite the credit crisis. News Wednesday that Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs would take a leave of absence from the company prompted the... Roll Call: Jan. 7, 2009For all the rabble-rousing against the bailout, TARP evidently is profitable, according to Deal Journal. Is The New York Times at risk of not publishing come May? The Atlantic's Michael Hirschorn makes a case for what a post-print Times might look like, leading to a rebuke from Portfolio's Market Movers blogger Felix Salmon. Speaking of shutdowns, on Dec. 12 Wall Strip went on a holiday break that won't end, according to peHUB and confirmed by DealBook. While 2008 is over, bad news from the year that was continues. The latest nugget is the assertion that private equity firms will likely... Roll Call: Dec. 15, 2008So how does Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme compare to almost a century of such frauds? DealBook offers a summation of Charles Ponzi's first such fraud in 1919 and continues with a summation of some of the more notable ones through the years. Not everyone is indignant over the Madoff scandal. Deal Journal's Mean Street columnist Evan Newmark finds some positives in it. It seems Madoff didn't only cheat his clients, but his golf partners too, according to ClusterStock. Madoff's sons were part of the firm, but allegedly are not part of the scandal. Dealbreaker found a video that might explain... Roll Call: Dec. 10, 2008Was there a newspaper bubble? The New York Times' DealBook argues the case. Newspapers aren't the only ones in trouble. NPR is laying off too as corporate donors cut back because of the poor economy, according to Gawker. Silicon Alley Insider notes that even Bloomberg is feeling the pinch of the credit crisis, but given that some 100,000 Wall Streeters have been laid off recently, it comes as little surprise. The credit crisis also forced Reed Elsevier plc to pull its auction of Reed Business Information because of a lack of interest. PaidContent offers a complete timeline of the failed... Roll Call: Dec. 5, 2008The New York Times' columnist Floyd Norris has some fun at the expense of real estate mogul Donald Trump. Talking about larger-than-life dealmakers, Carl Icahn reportedly is facing huge loses on his Yahoo! Inc. investment, notes DealBook. Continuing the theme of dealmakers, did you know that Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally is a dealmaker? ClusterStock notes that Mulally is the king of government dealmaking thanks to his years at aerospace and defense giant Boeing Co., explaining why Bill Ford may have wisely hired him a few years ago. - Matthew Wurtzel ... Roll Call: Dec. 2, 2008The heads of the Big Three are again on their way to Washington to ask for bailout money, and financial and political bloggers are offering their opinions. US News & World Report's business blog Flow Chart lists the seven worst ideas on how to rescue Detroit. Deal Journal's Heidi Moore questions Ford Motor Co.'s CEO Alan Mullaly's sincerity about his company's restructuring plan, noting that the provision to possibly sell Volvo is in fact nothing new having been the industry's worst-kept secret since July. So what's another $25 billion or even $50 billion to save Detroit anyway, when the... Roll Call: Thanksgiving editionIt 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" Tuesday night talking about the bailout, and DealBook has the full transcript. Holiday references abound even in the financial blogosphere. PeHUB is using the holiday to issue "Turkey of the Year Awards" for bad judgment by private equity and venture capital firms. Meanwhile, Dealscape's affiliate, Corporate Dealmaker, used the holiday as a peg to examine three different Thanksgiving related business: turkey, stuffing and cranberry. Have a happy Thanksgiving. Dealscape will... Roll Call: Nov. 25, 2008While the New York Post and others blame Wall Street executives for the credit crisis, Scientific America and rival Discover both blame the rocket scientists that Wall Street employed, who created the exotic financial instruments, notes ClusterStock. Meanwhile, Charles Calomiris, the Henry Kaufman professor of Financial Institutions at Columbia University's business school, is angry at Hank Paulson, telling Deal Journal that the bailout plan to save the economy is "Truly idiotic." The man that President-elect Barack Obama will rely on to pick up where Paulson left off, treasury secretary nominee Tim Geithner, received some drubbings already over his role so... Roll Call: Nov. 19, 2008Portfolio's Felix Salmon suggests that Rep. Barney Frank, D.-Mass., is TARP's hero, not Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson. (Portfolio) On the subject of bailouts, The Deal Professor asks who owns American International Group Inc. after its bailout, and the answer is rather fuzzy. (DealBook) The bailout hasn't trickled down to Greenwich, Conn., which evidently is feeling the pain of the credit crisis. (Dealzone) Credit crisis? Not for Halliburton Co., which sports an "A" rating, and it may use it to go on a buying spree. (Corporate Dealmaker) With the masses angry over the bailout, comparisons between bankers and villains are... Roll Call: Nov. 7, 2008While much of the attention is on who will eventually lead Treasury, overlooked are the dealmakers working with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team. (Deal Journal) Nixon Peabody LLP reports that deals with MACs are on the rise. (DealBook) With institutional investors suffering in the public markets, logic might suggest they'd turn to private equity and venture capital for opportunities, but there is anecdotal evidence to suggest the opposite is happening. (peHUB) General Motor Corp.'s Rick Wagoner warns that a GM bankruptcy would have an even worse effect on the economy than a Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bankruptcy. (Dealbreaker) ... Roll Call: Nov. 6, 2008Merrill Lynch & Co. CEO John Thain may receive a $5.22 million bonus for selling the firm to Bank of America Corp. (DealBook) Odds are the news of Thain's bonus will upset some critics. One critic of excessive executive compensation is outspoken activist investor Carl Icahn, who threw his two cents in on bonuses for executives who take bailouts. (Icahn Report) The chatter about President-elect Barack Obama's treasury secretary pick continues to grow. Portfolio's Felix Salmon makes the case for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (Portfolio) While people speculate about Obama's Cabinet picks, some people are placing bets. However,... Roll Call: Nov. 5, 2008Goldman, Sachs & Co. vet turned politician Jim Hines ousted Connecticut's last Republican congressional delegate Christopher Shays. (Clusterstock) Although Connecticut ousted Republicans from its congressional caucus and gave President-elect Barack Obama the state's electoral college votes, the wealthiest Fairfield County enclaves where hedge fund managers call home overwhelmingly voted for rival Sen. John McCain. (DealBook) The New York Times' Floyd Norris suggests McCain could blame Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's inaction in the face of a pending Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bankruptcy as the key reason for his loss. (Norris' Blog) The Wall Street Journal's Dennis Berman finds contradictions in... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "Dealbook." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
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