Dealbook
"Commentary on deals and the dealmakers behind them." This is a continuously updated site providing legal and mergers & acquisitions news.
Author: Andrew Ross Sorkin edits Dealbook and is also writes a weekly Dealbook column at the New York Times.
Blawg Related Categories: Mergers & Acquisitions • Trials & Litigation • Legal News Publication
Recent Posts from Dealbook
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Lessons From the War Over Skype
From Bits: The legal skirmish over eBay's sale of Skype has been resolved. What has it taught us?
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Northrop to Sell Consulting Unit in $1.65 Billion L.B.O.
Northrop Grumman agreed on Sunday to sell its TASC government consulting unit to the private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and General Atlantic for $1.65 billion in cash, in another sign that private equity firms…
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Windfall Seen as Bank Bonuses Are Paid in Stock
Even as Washington tries to rein in Wall Street pay, bankers are likely to make unusually large gains on the stock grants and options they received after shares in their companies fell sharply during the…
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To Retain Its Bankers, Citi Offers Option Plan
Hoping to encourage bankers and managers to stay, Citigroup has begun dispensing several million stock options to more than a quarter of its workers in a way that could result in a sizable gain for…
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Treasury Rejects Sale of Tax Credits to Goldman
As expected, the Treasury Department blocked the sale of Fannie Mae's unused tax credits to Goldman Sachs late Friday, arguing that the government would lose more money on taxes than it would gain from the…
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EBay Settles Suit Over Skype Sale
EBay has formally settled the litigation around its sale of Skype, settling a dispute with the online calling service's founders.
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Madoff Trustee Drops $279 Million Merkin Claim
The trustee liquidating Bernard L. Madoff's investment firm has dropped a $279 million claim against the New York financier J. Ezra Merkin's hedge funds, which invested one-fourth of their money with the now-convicted swindler.
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Like Son, Like Father at JPMorgan Chase
Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, no longer has to look very far for parental advice. His father is joining the bank's securities business.
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Landry's: The New Frankenstein?
The Deal Professor examines the buyout of Landry's Restaurant, a leveraged deal that was terminated in the financial crisis and resurrected from the dead this week.
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'I'm Sorry' That Citigroup Exists, Ex-Chief Says
John S. Reed, who helped engineer the merger that created Citigroup more than a decade ago, is apologizing for his role in creating a bank that required a $45 billion government bailout.