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SPOTLIGHT: SEC and Credit Raters

September 7, 2007 — 6:59am ET
The SEC seems to be taking more interest in credit ratings agencies. It recently acquired this authority. Lot to get a grip on. Read more...

Lampert turns eye toward Citigroup

May 15, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Citigroup has a new hedge fund manager to contend with. Edward Lampert, of ESL, who made $1.3 billion last year, according to Alpha, has acquired 15.2 million shares of the bank via RBS... Read more...

The greening of Wall Street, part 2

March 7, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Goldman Sachs has certainly received some high praise for its work on the TXU deal. A great example is an article in Newsweek. It paints a glowing picture of how Goldman supported a... Read more...

Hedge fund eyes new target

December 20, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Pershing Square Capital Management seems to have a new target in its sights. The hedge fund has disclosed that it has acquired an 11.3 percent stake in Ceridian Corp., which provides HR and... Read more...

Citadel's novel debt offering draws attention

November 28, 2006 — 8:01pm ET
In what has to be a first, Citadel, the big hedge fund operator, will issue bonds to the public and put the proceeds to work in its own investment portfolio. Apparently, there have been a few fund... Read more...

Morgan Stanley buys China-based bank

October 2, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

We've talked a lot about all the excitement over China's banks, which have enticed many a Western firm and staged some of the biggest IPOs ever. So the news that Morgan Stanley has acquired Nan... Read more...

Amaranth travails may spell opportunity for others

September 21, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

As Amaranth continues its fight to survive, people are talking more about the opportunities that stem from its implosion. Clearly, there is still a lot of interest in energy commodities. JPMorgan... Read more...

Ameritrade outage hits financial columnist

June 27, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Ameritrade ran into a PR issue of sorts when a three-day glitch affected a customer who just happened to be a financial columnist. He ended up writing about it. "I realized the outage could put... Read more...

EDS wins Bank of America contract

June 26, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Electronic Data Systems has apparently won a hefty $700 million contract from Bank of America to integrate the technology infrastructure of the company now that it has acquired MBNA. This is not a... Read more...

Greenhill & Co. builds in Canada

June 20, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Is Canada primed for a boom in deal activity? Greenhill has announced that it has acquired Toronto-based boutique Beaufort Partners. The purchase will give Greenhill (which is run, of course, by... Read more...

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