Black and white and red all over

In which we launch a daily newspaper to cover dealmaking and discover why no one does this anymore.

There is demand, there are deals, and there is even money, particularly among strategics. What's lacking in cross-border M&A is animal spirits. It'll take time.

The Indian outsourcer finds itself with cooked books and new government bosses. Now what?

Boston Scientific snatched cardiac implant maker Guidant away from healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson three years ago and hasn't breathed easily since.

India's reputation as the newest bulked-up player in global cross-border M&A has taken a drubbing.

The reports of dealmaking's demise are grossly exaggerated.

As Obama takes the reins, the economic outlook remains as dire as ever.

John Thain and Vikram Pandit get scolded for being away from the office in a crisis. What, they lost their BlackBerries?

Investors scoop up a handful of corporate bond offerings but remain very wary about loans.

Law firms struggle to cope with deal markets that have gone deathly quiet. The comparison: Silicon Valley after the dot-com bust.

The number of private equity portfolio companies that have crashed and sometimes burned keeps mounting.

The German government changes course and takes direct bank stakes. More capital injections are likely.

A few strategics are taking advantage of depressed prices to make acquisitions.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has made an unintended contribution to the current economic crisis.

The government may throw a tantrum or two, but taxpayers and bank shareholders must foot unlimited bills.

Under the pressure of the credit crunch, all the cozy accommodations of media financiers begin to crumble.

Obama tackles an intractable foe -- the college football bowl system.

The Blackstone-Alliance dust up shows just how hard it is for private equity firms to buy into financial services, and the M&A bar gets ready for Tulane.

2008's top venture exit as proof of concept, and a VC presides at the FCC.

With the Whole Foods challenge, the FTC has aroused the anger of opponents of in-house trials.

Most social protections in mergers are not legally enforceable.

Wilson Sonsini's Mike Ringler and Martin Korman advised TD Ameritrade in its Thinkorswim deal.

Skadden's Brian McCarthy led a team advising AMO in its sale to Abbott Labs.

Veteran healthcare dealmakers are moving to smaller firms, including Samantha Miller, who joined Jennerex Biotherapeutics.

Recently elected the organizer of NY Tech Meetup, Nate Westheimer hopes to bring more cohesion to the diffused New York technology industry.

Bob Ennis, a News Corp. and IAC/InterActiveCorp vet, has joined Petsky Prunier Securities.

Despite slowing economic growth, UMd's Gupta says opportunities to invest in India and China abound.

Davis Polk attorneys have weighed in on Citi's restructuring.

Even deals with committed, fully negotiated and syndicated debt for mergers without financing conditions trade at wide risk premiums.

A new president is inaugurated and history is made. But as long as we conflate the markets and politics, what can Obama say that has any long-term staying power?