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Bankruptcy

Overheated, underpowered

A Russian billionaire, a Chinese femme fatale and lot of distressed U.K. auto assets make for one spicy brew.


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Editor's Note

Editor's letter: Nov. 2, 2009

The behavioral crowd gets its chance to define us. But if we're all irrational, who should we follow?


Regulatory

A new map?

The DOJ and FTC consider revised deal guidelines.


Industry Insight

Mezz dispenser

Recent developments in the English restructuring market may leave mezzanine lenders in the cold.


Judgment Call

Risk, reconsidered

The architecture of recent M&A deals reflects a changed environment. On the whole there has been an increased focus on risk allocation.



More insights

Regulatory

Resolution, trust, authority

Government wants the power to seize and wind down nonbank institutions. Just how that would work is still very much up in the air.


Analysis

Liquidation preference

Crushed by heavy debt and imploding banks, Ukraine struggles to restructure. Last year, the country's non­performing loans topped 14%, and the official number of insolvencies is expected to double this year.


Private Equity

Debating Simmons

The New York Times took a critical look at the succession of private equity shops that owned Simmons Bedding, But it turns out they didn't so terribly.


Capital Calls

Project Runway

Infrastructure deals may be reviving but private equity's role remains unclear.


Regulatory

Last hurrah

Neelie Kroes will not go gently into the night as she aggressively clears the decks as EC competition commissioner only two months before the end of her term.


View from the City

Where's the beef?

In McDonald's Icelandic saga, a business disappears and re-emerges rebranded and rejuvenated without even a token exchange of money.


Dealmakers

Mum's the word

What to make of the corporate execs charged in the Galleon insider trading case?


Analysis

Last year's model

IBM might be right in calling rival IT services providers antiquated. But does it matter?


Media Maneuvers

Wheel of fortune

The venerable magazine slashes its frequency and orders up the glitz. Funny how no one seems willing to follow the strategy of the only business magazine that's doing well.


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