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NewsGlencore, Xstrata deal, another fee gravy trainPeople are stilling buzzing about the fee bonanza expected from the Facebook IPO. If the deal eventually fetches $10 billion--the firm will likely increase the size of the offering from the current Read more...BankUnited to remain independentWell, that didn’t last long. BankUnited, advised by Goldman Sachs, has already given up on its efforts to sell itself. The bank issued a statement confirming that it indeed put itself up for Read more...Goldman Sachs sought credit for Medco deal
The league tables are important in the investment banking industry. In some ways, all the jockeying for position and credit is absurd and almost childish. But that's the world we live in. It's not Read more...
Nasdaq official pleads guilty to insider trading
When inside trading heats up--and it does seem that it goes in cycles--it ensnares a diverse group of criminals. Sure, we always get the usual lawyers, brokers, company execs and the like. But we Read more...
Is NYSE Euronext bungling the Nasdaq OMX-ICE bid?
With every passing day, more NYSE Euronext shareholders seem to be asking management to stop cold-shouldering the tender offer by Nasdaq OMX and the IntercontinentalExchange. The latest comes from Read more...
NYSE Euronext can't easily sweeten deal
With NYSE Euronext shareholders scheduled to gather for their annual meeting on April 28, executives are trying to make an advance case for the original merger deal they struck with Deutsche Bourse. Read more...
Update: NYSE holding firm to Deutsche Bourse bid
NYSE Euronext is apparently willing to go to the mat for the deal it has struck with Deutsche Bourse. Reuters reports: the insider view is that Deutsche Bourse will not raise its bid to top the Read more...
Schwab to buy options brokerage
Given the well-publicized woes of Charles Schwab, you might be forgiven if you did not think the company had $1 billion deal in it. But it has announced an eye-catching merger with optionsXpress, Read more...
CitiFinancial auction draws a frenzied crowd
The media is rife with reports that Citigroup (NYSE: C) has put its consumer lending unit up for sale. By some accounts, up to 10 private equity firms and other financial institutions like BlackRock Read more...
Bank of America to consider bankruptcy protection for Countrywide
This is not a good sign. The media discussion of Bank of America's (NYSE: BAC) foreclosure fiasco options now include a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing for Countrywide, which it acquired in 2008. It's Read more...
| Press ReleasesIdeiasnet Reports the 3Q11 Results and Show Impressive Figures for Officer and PadtecRIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ideiasnet S.A. [Bovespa: IDNT3], a venture capital company that invests in the technology sector in Brazil, announces its results for the third quarter Read more >> Metro Credit Union Welcomes Secure Credit Union MembersWith merger complete, Metro joins the Melrose community.CHELSEA, Mass., Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Metro Credit Union completed its merger with Secure Credit Union in Melrose on November 11, 2011, Read more >> Trio Merger Corp. Announces Updated Trust Fund Per Share AmountsNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Trio Merger Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: TMRGU, TMRG, TMRGW) announced today that as a result of purchases of shares of its common stock made pursuant to its share Read more >> RightSmile Would Like to Address Caveat Emptor SignBOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- RightSmile, Inc. (PinkSheets: RIGH) would like to take this time to address why yesterday PinkSheets (OTCMARKETS) decided to place a Caveat Emptor Read more >> Experian to Create and Manage new Reference Database for the Payments CouncilLONDON, November 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian, the global information services company, has been appointed by the Payments Council to create and maintain an industry database of corporate Read more >> |
