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

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.

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

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.

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

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

The latest headlines on airlines and bankruptcy.

'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.

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

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

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.

Neiman's quarterly results show recession's toll and Arcandor asks for U.S.-style prepack bankruptcy.

Jefferies & Co. made three hires for its mortgage- and asset-backed securities sales and trading group.

A green-minded new administration luring cleantech 'stars,' new cleantech funds and startups landing fresh rounds of capital, all against the backdrop of a recession give TheDeal.com staff and contributors plenty to weigh in on.

The Yahoo!-Microsoft-Google saga tears on. Meanwhile, here comes Antitrust 2.0.

Tribune's buyout-to-bankruptcy tale has been featured in some Deal magazine retrospects. Here's the latest.

HSBC and Wells Fargo are among the latest firms in layoff headlines.

Pfizer-Wyeth, Merck-Schering Plough. 2009 has seen some big-ticket pharma deals.

Express Scripts to raise up to $1.6B: The pharmacy benefits manager will use the proceeds to help it pay cash for WellPoint's drug benefits unit, NextRx.

New York retailer Olly's Retail USA Inc. has followed its Dutch parent Oilily BV into bankruptcy.

KKR's spending plenty on beer money.

Target defeats Ackman.

It's official: Time Warner will finally spin off AOL, the New York media conglomerate said May 28.

Ten years of The Deal's coverage of NHL franchise sales, bankruptcies and more. Remember the strike?

Bloomberg notes May 26 that 'housing hitting bottom by June means fewest starts since 1945.' Not good news for the homebuilding sector, where bankruptcies abound.

Deal news from the fast food majors is light of late, while Smashburger, and others, ride the better-burger business model.

Kona Grill rethinks things, El Pollo Loco has a plan to cut debt and more.

Steakhouses feel the recession's pinch. In May, however, Outback's parent posted a gain. Back in April, Buffets emerged from Chapter 11.

Trump's worth is questioned.

Whole Foods delivers a profit and Bruno's will keep some stores open.

Cablevision's potential plan to spin off its Madison Square Garden unit may need a footnote for further clarification.

June 10: After the Supreme Court clears the way, Chrysler LLC-Fiat SpA closes. Deal contributor Eric B. Fisher examines lessons learned from Chrysler in: When hedge funds go to bankruptcy court.

The latest on the bailout to end all bailouts.

There's lots of buzz about the Mets and Citi Field lately; the Rangers are on the block; and remember when A-Rod became the $252 million man?

PepsiCo has proposed a $6 billion deal for its two largest bottling affiliates. It's trying to gain another edge in the noncarb drinks market.

SPACs remain a mixed bag. Dick Heckmann's China Water and Drinks deal and Hyde Park's Essex Crane deal go through, while others go bust.

In February, Scott Stuart offered a retrospect on the busted buyout. A month later, BCE was back in dealmaking mode.

Sara Lee's divestiture program of noncore brands continues. Next up: European household and personal care products.

Cadbury has sold its Australian drinks business to Japan's Asahi Breweries, and an analysis of Mars-Wrigley.

Liberty Media completed the second step in a plan to keep Sirius XM from defaulting on $172 million in convertible notes. Indeed, it seems to be part of a trend.

The NBA plans to borrow $175 million to extend to 15 teams. The Orlando Magic plans to tap it.

The sale of RBI seemed like a sure thing. That proved to be a mistake, Richard Morgan wrote in a February retrospect. Here's how it went.

Hard Rock Park plans to liquidate, but could a bidding war be on the horizon instead?

Unilever scrubs up with its $411.5 million TIGI deal.

Is Heinz a takeover target?

Hexion-Huntsman is the latest buyout gone bust and comes days after the BCE deal fell apart. Here's a look at a year's worth of stalled take-privates.

Tishman Speyer's $5.4B deal for Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village symbolized the peak of the real estate boom. Now, the company is feeling some pain as several bonds tied to the development were downgraded.

Massachusetts' State-Boston Pension Fund has stepped in with a lawsuit to block Eli Lilly's $6.5 billion deal for ImClone.

The Fed has approved a Wells Fargo-Wachovia deal. But might the new owner abandon Wachovia's investment bank?