The coming commercial crash

Did fair-value accounting deepen the crisis or provide the remedy? Does the market provide a rational view of true value or a procyclical blast of emotion? The debate roars on, with no end in sight.

Regulators jockey to oversee Wall Street's latest villain.

The varying motives and pricey proposition of putting together collections of wild beasts on large swaths of land.

Some LBO'd retailers find themselves struggling after a tough holiday season.

BNP escaped the subprime fallout but not a Fortis fight or investment banking losses, and then along came Madoff.

The financial crisis has hit France hard, but the response, shaped by national differences, only superficially resembles that of the U.S.

That's how this new column will look at the world of transactions.

TPG and Permira offer LPs a giveback, but it's hardly free.

Expect Big Pharma to go shopping in biotechland, but with an eye for fire sales.

The heavy hitters lay retrospective claims to the meltdown of '08. Can this crisis be tarted up into bestsellers without the presence of splashy villains?

Dow Chemical finds it's a tough time to try to execute a multideal strategy.

A new plan hopes FDA vouchers attract big cash and new cures for nasty diseases.

How Zell's plan to save the Tribune's Esop from taxes went bust and DeSilva + Phillips on how bad 2008 really was.

The state's Court of Chancery isn't the only venue for resolving matters of corporate law.

Sovereign wealth funds and the Santiago Principles.

The law and economics movement gets an entrepreneurial treatment.

One minute there was a thriving retail sector and the next, disaster stalked the U.K.'s Main Street.

Cleantech startups hope the new administration's energy policies provide a boost.

Despite its current economic challenges, the emirate's long-term growth prospects remain strong.

Stephen Kotran led S&C's team advising AIG on the $746M sale of HSB Group to Munich Re.

Grand Canyon Education was the only U.S. issuer to complete an IPO in Q4. Latham's Mark Stegemoeller was underwriters' counsel.

Mayer Brown's Christian Fabian and Marc Sperber led the deal team advising George Weston on the sale of brands including Entenmann's cakes and Thomas' muffins.

Timothy Sloan is overseeing the integration of Wachovia Securities into the San Francisco-based bank.

There are bright spots for job hunters says Allegis Group's Randy Gulian.

A conversation with Paul Hastings' Robert Claassen.

JC Flowers is among the private equity firms acquiring IndyMac.

The Kuwaiti government turns negative on a joint venture with Dow Chemical and the deal now goes to court.

Bernie Madoff's remarkably steady 10% return tells us a lot about investor expectations: big enough to get rich, but not large enough to attract attention.