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nytimes.com » DealBook - 17 minutes ago
Harbinger Capital Partners, the hedge fund run by Philip A. Falcone, may lose up to $200 million from bad bets that Navistar International’s stock would rise, Bloomberg News reports. Harbinger bought swap contracts on …
Also tagged: financial services, hedge funds, deutsche bank, navistar, main topics, harbinger capital partners, monecor
nytimes.com » DealBook - 19 hours ago
Cliffs Natural Resources and Alpha Natural Resources announced Monday that they had agreed to call off their planned merger, citing the weakness economic climate and “uncertainty in the steel industry.” The deal was …
Also tagged: hedge funds, main topics, basic industries, harbinger capital partners
nytimes.com » DealBook - 20 hours ago
Yet another Wall Street analyst has joined the crowd forecasting that Goldman Sachs will have no choice next month but to report its first-ever quarterly loss. Brad Hintz of Bernstein Research sent a research note to …
Also tagged: financial services, investment banking, goldman sachs, morgan stanley, main topics, bernstein research
nytimes.com » DealBook - 21 hours ago
Foundry Networks filed the proxy statement on Friday for its renegotiated agreement to be acquired by Brocade Communications Systems. From a review of the history of the transaction section, it appears that there was …
Also tagged: technology, mergers and acquisitions, bank of america, morgan stanley, main topics, foundry networks, deal professor, brocade communications
nytimes.com » DealBook - 22 hours ago
Steven A. Schwarzman should be counting his lucky stars that his Blackstone Group was able to get out of buying the credit card processor Alliance Data Systems for $6.4 billion earlier this year. Shares of Alliance …
Also tagged: financial services, private equity, blackstone group, stephen schwarzman, alliance data systems, main topics, carl c icahn, valueact capital
nytimes.com » DealBook - Nov 17, 2008
As public scrutiny of Wall Street pay intensifies, one bank has already decided what it will award in bonuses to its top seven executives this year: nothing. Top executives at Goldman Sachs sent a request to the …
Also tagged: financial services, investment banking, goldman sachs, morgan stanley, main topics, by industry, top headline
nytimes.com » DealBook - Nov 17, 2008
Phil Gramm, the former United States senator, sees himself as a myth buster, and has long argued that economic events are misunderstood. In two recent interviews with The New York Times, Mr. Gramm described the current …
Also tagged: financial services, legal, ubs, freddie mac, fannie mae, main topics, by industry
nytimes.com » DealBook - Nov 17, 2008
As JPMorgan Chaseconducts a global review of its operations, analysts told The Telegraph that the bank could cut about 3,000 jobs. The review is slated to be completed by year’s end with the layoffs to follow in …
Also tagged: financial services, investment banking, main topics, by industry, j p morgan chase
nytimes.com » DealBook - Nov 17, 2008
When Ron Gettelfinger, president of the United Automobile Workers union, appears this week at Congressional hearings to help make the case for the Detroit automakers getting emergency federal aid, he wants lawmakers to …
Also tagged: legal, general motors, chrysler, ford motor, main topics, by industry, airlines autos
nytimes.com » DealBook - Nov 17, 2008
Chuck Grassley, the most senior Republican on the Senate finance committee, has asked Eric Thorson, inspector-general of the U.S. Treasury, to investigate potential conflicts of interest among former Goldman Sachs …
Also tagged: financial services, wells fargo, investment banking, goldman sachs, wachovia, main topics, by industry