Route 128 revisited

Abigail Barrow and Steven Shapin on the interaction of science, technology and economic development.

With the auto industry tanking, University of Michigan's David Brophy says startups may be his state's economic savior.

With basic metrics way out of sync, determining the value of companies is mighty tough these days.

Performing valuations in a low-visibility environment.

The Liberty Entertainment-DirecTV merger is another complex, tax-light John Malone deal. But beneath the details lurk real assets and intriguing possibilities.

The DOJ's new competition chief, Christine Varney, considers a stronger antitrust role in the financial sector.

Despite a tough market, General Growth had lenders competing to finance it in bankruptcy.

Luxembourg-registered, Netherlands-based LyondellBasell filed for Chapter 11 in New York, betting that its chances to reorganize would be greater.

The rules are different for financial gods like Warren Buffett. And doesn't the media know it.

Its largest shareholder bails, drawing attention to newspaper giant Gannett's mounting debt woes.

Buyout shops that need to prop up portfolio companies turn to LPs, who aren't thrilled.

GM's West Coast technology outpost bridges the gap between Silicon Valley and Detroit.

Poison puts aren't a takeover defense, but they are having a chilling effect on M&A nonetheless.

Arguments proliferate about just how large a financial sector the U.S. should be.

U.K. vanmaker LDV got a small government loan. It's not a Detroit-style bailout, but it may be a sign of the future.

Private equity leads the way and The Deal goes weekly.

Adam Signy will help Simpson Thacher build an English corporate law practice.

Chrysler might not have filed for bankruptcy protection until April 30, but the automaker's restructuring efforts have been generating work -- and fees -- for advisers for months.

Corinne Ball and Thomas Lauria squared off in the Chrysler bankruptcy. It wasn't the first time.

Mignon Clyburn's nomination to the FCC has set off alarms.

In the British MP expense scandal, the pols sound a lot like put-upon bankers. They, too, set their own salaries.

Linklaters continues to expand in New York. Daniel Dufner Jr. just joined from White & Case and he probably won't be the last new hire.

The $14.6 billion combination of Liberty Entertainment with DirecTV Group, announced May 4, represents a seasonal rite for John Malone -- a tax-free spinoff and merger.

Regulators are rethinking loan loss reserve practices.

Cleary Gottlieb's Ethan Klingsberg advised Alpha on its $2 billion Foundation Coal deal.

Why a revitalized venture capital industry is essential to economic recovery.

Citi raised its exchange offer and Agrium bumped its hostile offer for CF Industries after losing the battle for its board.

In the stress tests, the bank nationalizers again discovered the power of politics.