Inside Fortress

Nine individuals from seven firms who make dealmaking happen.

Congoleum hasn't been able to convince a judge or its insurers that it has a confirmable plan for paying asbestos victims, and now it's fighting to keep its bankruptcy alive.

The New York Times tells how much Tim Geithner hobnobbed with Wall Street. What it failed to say was how crowded his schedule was with financial journalism's finest.

Chrysler's bankruptcy sets the stage for an even bigger public-private drama at General Motors. That's no accident.

From armoring your car to hiring bodyguards, some options to keep the bullets away and the drug lords at bay.

After years of allegations, the lid has finally blown off New York's pension pay-for-play system. Whether any real reform will take place is another matter.

Remember the bird flu? Now that another flu strain is threatening the globe, here's a look at where we stand drugwise.

Here's why the government is likely to play an ever greater role in both sectors.

As loan prices fall, CLOs could face technical default. That could be a big problem for credit markets in a few years.

Oracle buys Sun, keeping rivals away and getting some of the world's most important software.

So far, ICE is ahead in the race to dominate the credit default swaps clearinghouse game, but whether the entire system makes sense is another question.

New SEC leadership revives effort to bolster faith in debt grades.

Broadcom tapped Kenton King, Leif King (pictured) and David Hansen of Skadden Arps for advice on Emulex.

George Bason Jr. (pictured) and John Bick lead Davis Polk's team on the deal.

Willkie Farr's Gregory Astrachan and others advised Stiefel on its sale to GSK.

Blackstone plans a private capital fundraising out of its technology investment banking group.

DB has attracted well-known corporate finance advisory bankers for its European division.

A survey of B2B publishers more than balances the bad news on magazines with the good news about online.

Dealmaking in the Middle East should be strong in 2009.

Dawn of a new era: global cartel enforcement.

Longroad Asset Management's Paul Coughlin.

McGladrey Capital Markets' Hector Cuellar.

Business Development Asia's Euan Rellie.

Lazard Middle Market's Michael McFadden and David Solomon (pictured).

Pine Brook Road Partners' Mike McMahon.

Leo Strine offers a rare glimpse into what judges think about when writing opinions. Protecting their jurisprudence is high on the list.

A. Silverback gorillas B. Lake Michigan C. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons D. False

Dechert's Thomas Friedmann (pictured) and James Lebovitz.

McColl Partners' David Vorhoff.

Arbs are betting PepsiCo will bump its offers to buy its bottlers and CF shareholders aren't keen on Agrium's offer.

Wilson Sonsini has provided cradle-to-grave legal advice to Sun Microsystems.

Moelis preps for takeoff of AIG's ILFC sale

Critics argue that banks too big to fail should be broken up, but determining too-big-to-fail is very complex.