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The kids are all right

For the first time ever, the emerging markets of Brazil, India and China are expected to lead rather than follow a global recovery. But can these countries sustain their fast-paced growth long term?

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Editor's Note

Editor's letter: Nov. 16, 2009

Beneath the veneer of Wall Streeters beats the same heart, stirred by the same determinants of behavior.


Regulatory

Of politics and pay

How to fix executive compensation rules without breaking the companies.


Industry Insight

Before the honeymoon ends

Thinking differently about conflict resolution.


Judgment Call

The price of R&D

FAS 141(R): A new source of shareholder litigation against innovation-driven companies?



More features

Private Equity

The search for auspiciousness

Private equity firms scout for quality, reliability and smooth regulatory sailing in their China investments.


Deals

Be true to your school

As the economy swoons, for-profit education sizzles. There has been a string of deals in post-secondary education. Expect consolidation to continue.


Deals

Waiting to exhale

Middle-market M&A has come back from the abyss, but any sustained rebound depends on the banks.


Private Equity

What the sponsors saw

PE investors had to get creative during the worst of the credit crunch, but take-privates and IPOs have picked up.


Private Equity

Where have all the lenders gone?

Hobbled by the financial crisis, banks and nonbanks alike have all pulled back from funding middle-market deals. Here's a look at who might fill the void.


Dealmakers

Back channels

Steven Burrill lends his peripatetic presence to unusual cross-border deals in biotech.


Cover Story

Coyote ugly

Jim Balsillie made a mess of trying to use the Bankruptcy Code to move Phoenix's hockey team to Hamilton, Ontario. But in the end, there's one less deep-pocketed sports nut out there to save a wilting franchise.


Analysis

The new super-regionals

With the biggest banks busily digesting massive acquisitions and bumping up against deposit caps, midtier acquirers are gobbling up FDIC-seized banks. Haven't we seen this before?


Private Equity

Buyout blackball?

As the crisis unfolded, private equity rushed to buy battered banks, only to discover this was one club they had difficulty getting into.


Regulatory

Too big to flail

The banks are too big; the banks shouldn't gamble. There are many helpful hints about how they should be broken up and their activities curtailed, but so far, Washington's response seems to be 'subsidize, and muddle through.'


Cover Story

In search of IPOs

A surge of PE-backed offerings in September buoyed hopes that a once-vibrant market was on its way back. But fundamental changes have made the prospects, particularly for venture startups, still uncertain.


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