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At one point, it looked like the financial crisis would really lead to a new order on Wall Street. But as the big banks return to prosperity it seems like we're back to business as usual. Which some... Read more...

So, who really ruled the mergers and acquisitions tables in 2009? Well, you might guess Goldman Sachs (GS) or Morgan Stanley (MS), and you would be right; but who really won? The New York Times... Read more...

Morgan Stanley has bested its archrival Goldman Sachs in the global and U.S. deal league tables, Reuters notes. Morgan Stanley graces the top of the worldwide list now; it worked on 202 deals worth... Read more...

There are a lot fewer deals these days. And we've seen some massive change when it comes to investment banks and the mergers and acquisitions league tables. To that list, we can now add law firms.... Read more...

Morgan Stanley has taken the top spot in the league tables for U.S. acquisitions. Reuters reports that based on data from Thomson Reuters, Morgan Stanley advised on 34 U.S. deals with a total value... Read more...

The Financial Times notes that banks are "currently preparing for the half-year league tables of their performance." And to hear some talk about it, some banks are doing what it takes to preserve... Read more...

Here's an arresting statement from a Portfolio article: "Goldman Sachs is no longer the Goldman Sachs of the financial world. JPMorgan Chase is." The essay is all about how in this new era, Goldman... Read more...

Advisory work on two big drug deals pushed Morgan Stanley to the top of the M&A league tables for the first quarter. The bank advised Wyeth on its $64.5 billion purchase by Pfizer and Schering... Read more...

After the Microsoft-Yahoo nondeal rewrote the league tables for the year, here comes another big technology deal with big implications for the standings. The New York Times notes that Read more...

Microsoft's decision to walk away from a much-hoped-for Yahoo deal definitely will have an impact on the league tables, Financial News Online notes. Microsoft had retained Morgan Stanley and the Read more...