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Entries tagged "Harvard"Benjamin Friedman on overmighty financeHarvard economist Benjamin Friedman asks a few questions in Thursday's Financial Times that are amazingly basic and unsettlingly unanswerable. Rodgin Cohen on bank M&A in the crisisCognoscenti alert. The Harvard Corporate Law School Corporate Governance Blog has a video up of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP chairman Rodgin Cohen discussing issues in financial services M&A in the current crisis. ... Harvard's endowment needs financial aidIt's no college prank, but Harvard University wishes it were. Officials at the Ivy League school said Wednesday that the university's endowment, the largest in the nation, lost 22% of its value since July 1. That tallies up to about $8 billion. ... Ouch! On June 30, the end of its fiscal year, Harvard's endowment was worth $36.9 billion, but has since been ravaged by write-downs across the board as the stock and bond markets plummeted. ... Elhauge may be Obama's pick for top antitrust jobA key adviser to President-elect Barack Obama on the antitrust front has been Harvard University Law School professor Einer Elhauge, who may be interested in trading life in the ivory tower for a spot inside the Beltway. Elhauge spoke at Obama fundraisers, and some members of the antitrust bar think he's likely to take one of the nation's top antitrust jobs.... Goldman banker latest to go Ivory TowerDays after a Citigroup Inc. banker announced plans to return to his alma mater, Goldman, Sachs & Co.'s head of investment management, Edward Forst, is leaving to become executive vice president of Harvard University in September. ... Roll Call: March 28, 2008Here are some more of Friday's news and rumors.TechCrunch is gathering names of people who may join Microsoft Corp.'s board after the close of a proposed Yahoo Inc. acquisition. Bear Stearn Cos. James Cayne turns to religion. Silicon Alley InsiderWhat's happening with ContentNext Media Inc., the company that owns the blog www.paidContent.org? The DealHarvard hires first woman to manage its $35 billion endowment. By the way, she's a Yale graduate, too. The Huffington PostA video message for the kids at Bear Stearns. Blogging Stocks- Maria Woehr... Easy going regulatorsE.U. regulatory clearance for some heavy transactions makes headlines this afternoon. Having gained European regulatory clearance, the Netherlands No. 1 construction company, Koninklijke BAM Groep NV, is on track with plans to close its $1.1 billion acquisition of Dutch real estate developer AM NV. In a related deal, regulators approved a plan for U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley to acquire AM’s property division, AM Development BMV, for $499 million. Another deal likely to involve no regulatory opposition is the pending $1.9 billion acquisition of Milpitas, Calif.-based Maxtor Corp. by its rival hard drive maker Seagate Technology Inc. Scotts Valley, Calif.-based... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "Harvard." 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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