Entries tagged "New York Magazine"
Will Monday's coverage of skeptics encourage more bears to come forth with megaphones?
NY Tech Meetup organizer Nate Westheimer gets a day job as he joins startup AnyClip, led by entrepreneur/filmmaker Aaron Cohen.
CNBC personality Charlie Gasparino writing for Tina Brown's The Daily Beast deserves the quote of the week for writing: "The BofA/Merrill merger has been like watching a slow-moving train wreck." Wondering if and when Morgan Stanley's John Mack will falter? Deal Journal's Mean Street columnist Evan Newmark believes the Smith Barney deal will be Mack's undoing. Newmark isn't the only observer offering up a dose of skepticism over the Morgan Stanley-Smith Barney deal. The Deal's Corporate Dealmaker outlines some of the potential post-merger integration hang-ups that await Morgan Stanley. A sale of Smith Barney isn't the only change afoot...
While the masses screamed in outrage over a Citigroup Inc. affiliate buying a Spanish toll road operator for $10 billion, Clusterstock's Joe Weisenthal offers them some calm rationale on why the taxpayer is in fact not footing the bill. Another story that has prompted chatter is New York Magazine's feature about former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. chief Dick Fuld. On the subject of bailouts, the term is Merriam-Webster's word of the year, notes the Boston Herald. Talking about 2008 notables, with BHP Billiton Ltd. withdrawing its offer for rival Rio Tinto Group last month, the value of all withdrawn deals...
