Archive for November, 1999

The Week That Deals (Almost) Dried Up

By DEALBOOK on Nov 29th 1999

Deals aren’t dead – just ask Pfizer or Live Nation – but they did seem to go into a coma last week.
The combined volume of mergers and acquisitions targeting United States companies came to just $926 million in the week that ended Feb. 6, according to data from Thomson Reuters. That is the lowest weekly [...]

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Perella Weinberg to Advise F.D.I.C. on Bailout

By DEALBOOK on Nov 29th 1999

Perella Weinberg Partners, the investment bank founded by Joseph R. Perella, the former vice chairman of Morgan Stanley, has been hired by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to advise it on strategies and transactions to stabilize the banking system.
Perella Weinberg was chosen after several firms were considered in a process that began in late 2008, [...]

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