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General Motors

As expected, GM filed for Chapter 11 at 8 a.m., June 1. See highlights of The Deal's coverage of how the auto giant got here and what lies ahead.

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Ponzi schemes, fraud and other misdeeds

Madoff, Stanford, Dreier, the N.Y. pension scandal ... Welcome to the recession rogues gallery.

BofA Merrill Lynch exodus

Cantor Fitzgerald hires David Stith as head of leveraged finance and financial sponsor coverage. Moelis hires Merrill's former head of the semiconductors and electronics i-banking, Kevin Scheetz.

Bear Stearns exodus

They're still moving: Broker-dealer Guggenheim Capital Markets LLC launched a financial institutions group, hiring Frank McCutchan and Scott Schondau.

Magazines

As Crain's New York tells us, 525 magazines died in 2008. What's in store for 2009? Bankruptcies and auctions amid a changing industry.

Airline consolidation

Consolidation looms as Paris Air Show opens; US Airways CEO still interested in airline deals; and more.

PE-backed bankruptcies

MagnaChip Semiconductor, Berean Christian Stores are among the latest PE-backed companies to file.

Airlines and bankruptcy

The latest headlines on airlines and bankruptcy.

Middle market

'Middle-market dealmaking is in many ways a window into the soul of wider M&A activity and, in turn, the economy at large,' so writes our middle-market editor Nathaniel E. Baker.

PE and VC fundraising

Kicking off June: PE firms holding $400B in dry powder. Here's some context.

Carl Icahn

Biogen, WCI, Tropicana ... another day, another company for activist investor Carl Icahn. Here's the latest.

Google

Google continues to make deal headlines. And with the Queen of Competition in the driver's seat, here comes Antitrust 2.0. May 29: A Deal scoop reveals the DOJ is probing possible tech hiring pact.

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