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What is a bank?

And other arcane questions about restructuring the financial system.

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Community

Regulatory

Pay for say

The proposed SEC rule banning certain political contributions could have a big impact on advisers' activities.


Industry Insight

Two steps back

Weakening the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.


Judgment Call

Extra credit

Acquisition financing in 2010: Trends from 2009


Editor's Note

Transactions: Feb. 8, 2010

Washington has succeeded in demonizing the financial markets.



Dealwatch

Walt Disney Co.

Walt Disney Co. agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment Inc. for about $4 billion in cash and stock -- a deal that broke 2009's M&A calm.

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• AIG Inc.

• Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village

• AOL

Dealmakers Slideshow


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Peter Falvey
Revolution Partners
Ken Auletta
The New Yorker

Insights

Dealmakers

Signal and noise

The stock market has plenty to say to public company dealmakers. Not all of it makes perfect sense -- but none of it can be ignored.


Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy, Japan style

It would be a big mistake to confuse the JAL filing with anything resembling Chapter 11. And it's not just the politics.


Private Equity

Steady state investor

A conversation with CalSTRS chief investment officer Christopher Ailman on private equity, the economy and the future.


Deals

Flying solo

Several tech firms staved off hostile overtures in the downturn, and in many cases, their fights for independence appear justified.


Follow the Money

New rules at the door

The FDIC and the Fed agree on guidelines for blind pools to bid on failed banks.




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