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Microsoft and Yahoo have been holding separate talks with other potential media partners after their negotiations with each other broke down, Reuters read more »
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The head of Morgan Stanley’s commodities trading shop is stepping down, The New York Post reported. John Shapiro, who helped launch Morgan̵ read more »
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Carl C. Icahn has hit a bump along the hedge-fund road.
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Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank appear to have benefited as hedge funds shift their prime-brokerage business in a “flight to qu read more »
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As the one-year anniversary of Hexion Specialty Chemicals‘ bid for Huntsman nears, the union of two large chemical makers is close to collapse. read more »
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Will Kohlberg Kravis Roberts still have its going-public moment in the spotlight?
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Despite a declaration by UBS‘ chairman that the Swiss bank is done raising capital, the firm may post an additional $6.9 billion in write-downs read more »
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Samuel Israel III, the fugitive hedge fund fraudster, was on the phone with his mother just before turning himself in to the police on Wednesday.
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Last week DealBook met Joshua Persky, an out-of-work investment banker, who had become so frustrated in his six-month job search that he decided to g read more »
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Penn National Gaming said Thursday that it has terminated its $6.1 billion sale to two private equity firms, after agreeing that completing the deal read more »
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After fostering the explosive growth of consumer debt in recent years, financial companies are reducing the credit limits on cards held by millions o read more »
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Costs are rising, retirement income is less secure and the golden years are lasting longer, leaving older people less to bequeath to their heirs. read more »
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Market forces were expected to ensure that people over 60 could get a job. Turns out ...
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Declines in many overseas markets in the last year have been greater than those in the United States. And there is a sense they might be approaching read more »
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Although the current lending environment gives lenders a good amount of leverage when negotiating fees with brokers, many people have little idea wha read more »
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The Russell 2000 index of small stocks has soared 12.7 percent since mid-March, compared to much more modest growth among the industry-leading blue-c read more »
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As millions are receiving stimulus checks in the mail, it pays to ask oneself whether it ought to be spent the way Congress intended it, or whether i read more »
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Demand for mortgages from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs is rising sharply, the V.A. said.
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Even if they seem to be ignored by the stock market, it is worth looking closely at some of the more neglected stocks, some of which perform extraord read more »
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As food costs soar, a high-quality grocer is experimenting with ways to save money while not sacrificing taste.
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