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DOUBT ABOUT B OF A BONU$
January 26, 2005 | 5:00amInvestment bankers at Bank of America are bracing for disappointing bonuses, The Post has learned. Banc of America Securities, the investment banking arm of Bank of America, is set to...
TRIARC CONFIRMS PLAN FOR ARBY'S IPO
January 20, 2005 | 5:00amTriarc Cos. Inc. confirmed it is in talks to merge its Arby's fast-food chain with RTM Restaurant Group, Arby's largest franchisee, and create a new company that would sell shares...
PELTZ BEEFS ARBY'S FOR IPO
January 19, 2005 | 5:00amNelson Peltz's Triarc Cos. is cooking up a deal to serve up Arby's to the public, The Post has learned. Triarc Cos., the publicly traded company run by the legendary...
OFFLOADING EDDIE - SPIEGEL AGAIN CONSIDERS SALE OF BAUER CHAIN
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amJust a few months after pulling Eddie Bauer off the rack, Spiegel is again considering a possible sale, The Post has learned. Bankrupt Spiegel Inc., Eddie Bauer's parent, has reopened...
BAUER COMES BACK - SPIEGEL AGAIN MULLS SALE OF OUTDOOR-WEAR CHAIN
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amJust a few months after pulling Eddie Bauer off the rack, Spiegel is once again considering a possible sale, The Post has learned. Bankrupt Spiegel Inc., Eddie Bauer's parent, has...
BEAMING BUYOUT SHOP - BLACKSTONE HOPES TO RAISE $500M IN IPO OF NEW SKIES
December 28, 2004 | 5:00amJust one month after taking New Skies Satellite NV private, Blackstone Group is already paving the way to take the satellite operator public again. New York-based Blackstone, which only completed...
AN XMAS SPECIAL: WATERPIK ON BLOCK
December 24, 2004 | 5:00amWaterpik Technologies Inc., the maker of the well-known Waterpik automatic toothbrush and other oral-hygiene products, is on the block, The Post has learned. Waterpik has retained J.P. Morgan to explore...
HIGH FLYING IPO - KKR PLOTS $1B STOCK OFFERING FOR PANAMSAT
December 20, 2004 | 5:00amBarely four months after closing its $4.1 billion purchase of PanAmSat Corp., an investor group led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is already gearing up to offer shares of...
FINANCE VETS LAUNCH $584M DEBT FUND
December 20, 2004 | 5:00amNearly two years after leaving Wall Street to hang up his own shingle, banking industry veteran Barry Friedberg has launched a new investment fund. FriedbergMilstein, the merchant-banking firm founded by...
FIDO FIRES 2 FOR TAKING GIFTS
December 17, 2004 | 5:00amFidelity Investments has shown two employees the door and disciplined 14 others for violating company policies regarding gifts from brokers to the mutual fund giant's traders. Yesterday, Fidelity, the nation's...
TELECOM TITAN; SPRINT, NEXTEL MERGER WOULD CREATE WIRELESS GIANT
December 10, 2004 | 5:00amU.S. wireless telecommunications giants Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications are in talks to merge, people familiar with the situation say. If successful, the merger would create a $70 billion company...
CUTS AT LAZARD PRE-IPO
December 7, 2004 | 5:00amAs he prepares to take the world's biggest privately held investment bank public, Lazard Chief Executive Bruce Wasserstein is showing bankers the door. According to sources familiar with the situation,...
A NEW ENDEAVOR; TALENT AGENCY LOOKING FOR MERGER PARTNER
December 7, 2004 | 5:00amOne of Hollywood's top talent brokers is looking to broker a deal of its own. The Endeavor Agency - which reps the likes of Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck, Michael Moore...
BONUS BONANZA ; BANKERS LEARNING WHO'S BEEN NAUGHTY AND NICE
December 6, 2004 | 5:00amWith the holidays around the corner, there's only one question on every investment banker's mind: How much money will be in my Christmas stocking? In the next two weeks, bankers...
BRUCE WINS MORE TIME FOR LAZARD IPO
December 3, 2004 | 5:00amThe power struggle over the future of Lazard LLC may finally be coming to a head. After months of haggling, Lazard CEO Bruce Wasserstein is on the verge of winning...
TRIMARAN SEALS FORTUNOFF BUY
November 17, 2004 | 5:00amFortunoff, one of New York City's best-known discount retailers, has sealed a deal to be sold to buyout firm Trimaran Capital Partners. Yesterday, Fortunoff agreed to sell majority control of...
PLASTIC SURGERY - FEDERATED MAY CUT OUT ITS CREDIT-CARD BIZ
November 15, 2004 | 5:00amFederated Department Stores may be getting rid of its plastic, The Post has learned. Federated, the Cincinnati, Ohio-based owner of Macy's and Bloomingdale's, has decided to explore a possible sale...
DOW JONES NEAR MARKETWATCH DEAL
November 15, 2004 | 5:00amDow Jones & Co. was nearing a deal to acquire MarketWatch, the owner of a leading Internet financial news site, sources said. Initially considered the front-runner, Dow Jones had lost...
TRIMARAN MAKES A MOVE ON FORTUNOFF
November 15, 2004 | 5:00amTrimaran Capital Partners, a New York private equity firm, is in advanced talks to buy a controlling interest in the famed family-owned retailer Fortunoff for more than $250 million. The...
ALCAN BIDS WEIGHED
November 12, 2004 | 5:00amApollo Management, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Canada's Onex Corp. are among the handful of buyout firms jockeying to buy Alcan Inc.'s rolled-products business, The Post has learned. Alcan, the...