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BANKERS SET TO RAKE IN $$ - TOP DEALMAKERS' REWARDS SEEN RISING 30%
December 11, 2006 | 5:00amWall Street's top dealmakers will be on the receiving end of bonuses that start at about $2 million and climb into the stratosphere - part of massive payoff across New...
STREET DEALING FAST TO LOCK UP KEY TALENT
December 11, 2006 | 5:00amWhile Wall Street's bonus pools will be huge this year, firms wary of having talent poached are again locking in bankers by guaranteeing their bonuses for several years. The pay...
BEAR $TEPS IN TO WEITZMAN
June 30, 2005 | 4:00amBear Stearns Merchant Banking has sealed a deal to snap up a sizable stake in upscale women's shoe designer Stuart Weitzman Holdings. Yesterday, BSMB - the private equity arm of...
BUYOUT FIRMS SNIFFING AROUND HERTZ
June 21, 2005 | 4:00amAs Ford Motor Co. paves the road for a possible initial public offering of its Hertz unit, a few eager buyers are already teaming up to kick the car-rental company's...
VIACOM WILL SELL 2 UNITS
June 16, 2005 | 4:00amNow that it has won board approval to split itself in two, Viacom Inc. is finally putting Simon & Schuster and Paramount Parks on the block. Viacom would consider selling...
APRIA IS BACK ON BLOCK
June 7, 2005 | 4:00amApria Healthcare Group Inc., one of the country's biggest home healthcare providers, is going back on the block, The Post has learned. Nearly a year after putting takeover talks on...
FORD HUNT$ HERTZ DEALS
May 16, 2005 | 4:00amIn a move to strengthen its debt-laden balance sheet, Ford Motor Company is paving the road for a possible sale or spin-off of its Hertz rental car business, The Post...
TPG DUO SCORES NEIMAN BUYOUT
May 2, 2005 | 4:00amNeiman Marcus Group, the ultra-luxury retailer, is nearing a deal to be sold to an investor group of Texas Pacific Group and Warburg Pincus LLC for about $5 billion, The...
DOUBLECLICK DEAL - HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN BIDS FOR ONLINE AD GIANT
April 21, 2005 | 4:00amDoubleClick, the one-time darling of dot-com advertising, is nearing an agreement to be sold to Hellman & Friedman in a potential deal that could be worth around $1.2 billion, The...
MONEY TALK$... RETENTION BONUSES FOR TOP MORGAN STANLEY EXECS
April 20, 2005 | 4:00amAttempting to stem the tide of defections that have been plaguing the firm, Morgan Stanley is handing out lucrative retention bonuses to select members of its senior-most ranks, The Post...
MERRILL POACHES CITI BANKERS
April 19, 2005 | 4:00amDespite rumors of a bubble, real estate is still moving ... at least on Wall Street. In a move to regain its reputation as a premier player in real estate,...
PURCELL-OUTS - 2 KEY EXECS BOLT TROUBLED MORGAN STANLEY
April 14, 2005 | 4:00amMorgan Stanley CEO Philip Purcell moved quickly yesterday to replace the head of the firm's lucrative investment banking operation - but it was unclear if the move was enough to...
WEITZMAN FINDS SOLE MATE IN BEAR
April 9, 2005 | 4:00amStuart Weitzman, the well-known designer of upscale women's shoes, is negotiating a deal to sell a significant stake in its operations to Bear Stearns Merchant Banking Group, The Post has...
HAGGAR ON THE SALES RACK
March 31, 2005 | 5:00amHaggar Clothing Co, a well-known marketer of men's casual and dress clothing, is going on the block, The Post has learned. The Dallas-based apparel maker, which helped popularize the term...
KKR IN TALKS FOR BIG STAKE IN GMAC
March 29, 2005 | 5:00amKohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is in advanced talks to buy a majority stake in General Motors Corp.'s GMAC Commerical Mortgage subsidiary for at least $1 billion, The Post has...
SUNGARD DEAL NEAR - SILVER LAKE GROUP WOULD PAY $11.3 BILLION
March 28, 2005 | 5:00amA consortium of private equity groups, organized by Silver Lake Partners, is nearing a deal to buy SunGard Data Systems for roughly $11.3 billion, in what would be one of...
SUNGARD SHARES POP 24%
March 22, 2005 | 5:00amShares of SunGard Data Systems jumped 24 percent after the company confirmed that it was negotiating a possible sale. SunGard, which provides software and processing services to top financial companies,...
AT $10B, TECH LBO DRAWS GIANTS
March 21, 2005 | 5:00amA buyout consortium led by San Francisco-based Silver Lake Partners is in talks to buy Sungard Data Systems for as much as $10 billion - in what would be one...
NEIMAN JUMPS 15% ON BUYER SEARCH
March 17, 2005 | 5:00amShares of Neiman Marcus Group jumped 15.1 perecent after the upscale retailer confirmed that it has put itself up for sale, in a move to capitalize on the white-hot luxury...
TOYS 'R' KKR'S AT $5.8B
March 17, 2005 | 5:00amAn investor group that includes Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust has clinched a deal to snap up Toys 'R' Us for as nearly $5.8...