— Commentary and analysis from The Deal journalists —
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Regulatory
By Bill McConnell |
Chris Dodd has put forward a tough financial services reform bill. Now he can get started on one that might pass.
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Hard Times
By Michael Rudnick |
CIT's high-growth units built up under Jeffrey Peek contributed to its collapse.
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Postmortem
By Kenneth Bredemeier |
CVS Caremark CEO Tom Ryan blind-sided analysts during the company's third-quarter conference call. The bad news: Caremark lost nearly $5 billion in contracts for 2010.
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Dealmakers
By Peter Moreira |
Recalling Photomaton, the most colorful investment made by Henry Morgenthau Sr., one of the great dealmakers of the early 20th century.
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Deals
By Olaf De Senerpont Domis |
Four years after entering the set-top box market with its purchase of Scientific Atlanta, Cisco plants a flag in China with its purchase of DVN.
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Analysis
By Paul Whitfield |
Conservative retail lenders dominate the European banking sector. When will they be ready to deal?
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View from the City
By Jonathan Braude |
After months of uncertainty, private equity buyers are more confident of their valuations. But they're using little leverage.
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Dealmakers
By Kenneth Klee |
Analysts like the deal, which they think could ultimately lead to a spinoff of the security business down the road.
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Venture Well
By Olaf de Senerpont Domis |
ConJoin Group marries outsourcing with venture investing to fix struggling portfolio companies. But will the model work?
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Follow the Money
By Vipal Monga |
The regulator seems to suggest that if private equity wants to get involved in banking, it better find some healthy banks in which to invest.
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