Entries tagged "The Wall Street Journal"
Private equity firms get the short shrift from mainstream media, which sees the world in black and white where PE firms are villains.
In this week's effort to keep up with alumni of The Deal, we highlight stories about trouble at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, banks issuing shares, bailouts, and more.
For those of you who have been dying to ask Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner a question, now could be your chance.
With the return of merger Monday comes the resurgence of the deal scoop as The Wall Street Journal had two of the three big mergers in print ahead of everyone else.
While 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...
The news that Wall Street Journal managing editor Marcus Brauchli is leaving his post after only four months cohabitating with Rupert Murdoch (pictured) comes as a surprise, if only because of the short time period. Even a rocky marriage usually lasts longer than that. ...
