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Why the bailout has not lifted confidence

October 9, 2008 — 2:27pm ET | By Jim Kim
We've seen some amazing government moves in the last few days: the bailout plan; the decision to directly buy short-term commercial paper from companies; the decision to provide yet more liquidity to... Read more...

Did JPMorgan bring down Lehman Brothers?

October 7, 2008 — 1:27pm ET | By Jim Kim
A filing in bankruptcy court in New York contains an explosive charge by Lehman's biggest creditors: JPMorgan froze $17 billion in cash and securities on the Friday night before its failure. The... Read more...

More problems for KKR Financial

February 21, 2008 — 7:59am ET
The news continues to get worse for KKR Financial Holdings. It... Read more...

Ghost of Enron still haunts Wall Street

December 3, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Even the mere hint of Enron can really dog the top banks--even today. Merrill Lynch's battle to win a correction from the Wall Street Journal was over an article that accused the brokerage of using... Read more...

Another sign of a private equity bubble

July 11, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

This is jarring: Financial sponsor activity has generated $10 billion in investment banking revenues so far this year. That's about one-third higher than last year. So it looks like we're on track... Read more...

Moody's throws water on private equity business

July 10, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Moody's has taken the somewhat unusual step of issuing a "special comment" that takes a few jabs at the private equity industry.... Read more...

Last Hope: Blackstone to save Bear Stearns fund?

June 18, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Apparently, the Blackstone Group has put together a plan to bail out the Bear Stearns High Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leveraged Fund. There have been few details leaked to the... Read more...

Tax benefit for hedge fund managers under review

April 16, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

As you know, most hedge funds are set up offshore, for tax reasons. One of the benefits is that managers can effectively defer income one year or more. This is a huge benefit, and one reason what... Read more...

Change coming in credit card industry?

March 7, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Citigroup has announced it has eliminated a practice that raises interest rates for credit card customers because of failure to pay other creditors. It also said it will limit seemingly capricious... Read more...

More on Amaranth's losing energy bets

September 20, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

This might qualify as minor good news: Amaranth Advisors has sold what remains of its energy portfolio to JPMorgan and The Citadel Investment Group. The exact terms were not disclosed, but the... Read more...

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