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U.S. Banker April 2007 Lee Conrad	Financial M&A Sees Third-Highest Year on Record Mergers and acquisitions in the bank and thrift market staged a major comeback in 2006.
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U.S. Banker September 2004 Michael Sisk	Deals on the Fly Again The pace and pricing of mergers & aquisitions this year is, by many measurements, on course to match that of 1998, the last peak in the bank and thrift M&A cycle.
U.S. Banker April 2005 Michael Sisk	Regulations Add Wrinkle to M&A Caveat Emptor is the name of the game more than ever, lest buyers get saddled with the legal troubles of their new firm.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2005 Tom Taulli	Lehman Lunges Ahead Good times continue at the investment banks. Lehman believes that the economy is rebounding and that there is renewed confidence in Corporate America, which should continue the M&A wave.
U.S. Banker March 2002 John Hackett	Bottom Falls Out Investment bankers had to find other things to keep them busy in the second half of the year, as the bank and thrift M&A market virtually collapsed...
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The Motley Fool September 18, 2007 Michael Goode	Lehman Dodges a Bullet Despite fears, Lehman Brothers takes only a small hit from mortgage bonds. The first investment bank to report this quarter, their results may be a good indication of what's in store for others.
U.S. Banker May 2005 Lee Conrad	The Big Guys Had A Good Run Last Year. But don't expect it to last. Median return on equity last year topped 15 percent as many banks rode the fumes of the mortgage boom -- which is now fading. This year and next will be tougher.
BusinessWeek August 30, 2004 Laura Cohn	Investment Banks Are Hiring In Europe Europe's leading investment banks, flush with profits from niche businesses, are adding thousands of employees. And they're finding ways to make money despite scarce deals.
U.S. Banker April 2008 Joseph Rosta	Financial Mergers & Acquisitions Dry Up It's a hostile merger and acquisition world out there and the depressed bank and thrift market has not been spared.
U.S. Banker January 2008 Lee Conrad	Banks Newest Growth Plan: Investing in Other Banks Banks both big and small are increasingly investing in other financial entities to expand their own growth plans.
U.S. Banker September 2009	Top M&A Advisors for Branch Deals, Ranked By Deposits A list of the banks by number of deals and number of branches deposits sold.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The Deal Market Hasn't Dried Up Yet Private equity may have cooled but deals are still getting done.
U.S. Banker February 2008 John Adams	Waiting for the Other Shoe To Drop? Not Really. We'll soon see how contagious the mortgage flu is for other banking business lines, particularly corporate lending.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2007	From CDO to Credit Crunch The Bear Stearns hedge funds became central players in the mortgage mess. Read on to see how.
U.S. Banker August 2004 John Engen	Conquerors, Come All Capital-rich foreign banks are scouring the U.S. in search of targets to offset tough growth prospects at home. Someday soon, the notion of banking as a merely national, not global, endeavor might seem quaint.
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Der Hovanesian & Goldstein	Who Will Get Shredded? As the subprime business tanks, the pain is spreading to a wide swath of investors.
U.S. Banker September 2009 Joseph Rosta	Next to Nothing M&A activity is so slow and deals are so small that many buyers and sellers aren t even bothering to use advisors. Until the wave of failures subsides, expect more of the same.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Rich Duprey	The Newest Homeowners: Big Banks The vortex of price declines sucking down values could spiral out of the investment bankers' control, leading to their own subprime devaluation. Investors, take note.
FDIC FYI November 26, 2002	Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks
BusinessWeek December 4, 2006 Emily Thornton	What's Behind The Buyout Binge With stocks cheap and private equity firms flush, this boom may be a record-breaker.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2007 David Lee Smith	GM's Divorce From Allison Gets a Flat The General Motors deal to arrange a leveraged buyout of its Allison Transmission division is delayed as the private equity group has trouble finding financing. Its one of many deals disrupted as investors grow increasingly wary of private equity deals.
U.S. Banker April 2004 Michael Dumiak	Culture Clash Nearly a decade after the last merger wave, dealers sharpen their pencils in the wake of an economic downturn and look to make combinations. Is that really such a good idea?
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2009 John R. Engen	The Market for M&A in 2009: What Happens Next? With billions in government-spawned capital poised to funnel through the financial industry pipelines, many deal watchers are wondering whether such financing will pop the cork on a flood of deals -- or stall potential transactions until the outlook is clearer.
U.S. Banker November 2007 Lee Conrad	Buckle Up! Next Year will be A Bumpy Ride. Maybe the best thing economists can say about the 2008 outlook for banks is that it won't be as bad as the third quarter of 2007.
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 Poonkulali Thangavelu	A Bipolar Year for Lenders Widely regarded as a tale of two halves for commercial real estate lending, 2007 started off on a manic high and ended on a depressed note.
BusinessWeek April 1, 2010	Prelude to a Panic September 2008 will live in infamy as the month when the U.S. financial system ground to a halt. But for Goldman Sachs and other institutions, the real panic took place throughout 2007. Here is what happened behind the scenes at Goldman.
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Fairlamb & Reed	The Return Of The Deal After years of cost-cutting and market turmoil, M&A is coming back in Europe.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2005 Selena Maranjian	In Defense of Mortgage Brokers Mortgage brokers can save you money even if your credit score is high.
U.S. Banker April 2005 Lee Conrad	The End of Cheap Money Mortgage rates can't hold out much longer against the steady rate hikes from the Federal Reserve; industry consolidation may follow.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Turbulent Markets Thump Morgan Stanley The investment bank's third-quarter earnings fell from last year, but diversification kept things from being even worse.
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007	Bruce Wasserstein: "Expect Lots More Embarrassment" Master dealmaker Bruce Wasserstein provides some much needed perspective on the current turmoil on Wall Street.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2005 Tom Taulli	Wall Street's Shopping Spree M&A is back, and it's not leaving anytime soon. How can an investor capitalize on this?
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 David Henry	Have Dealmakers Wised Up? Acquiring companies seem to be taking a closer look -- and paying less.
Financial Advisor February 2006 Alan Lavine	Alive And Well The ongoing merger boom keeps feeding the risk arbitrageurs' bottom line. Financial advisors have a number of options if they want to invest clients' cash in mutual funds that could benefit from merger deals.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Dean Foust	Look Out Below, Lenders The end of the mortgage boom is nigh -- and it could get ugly for banks and thrifts.
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 Roben Farzad et al.	Not So Smart In an era of easy money, financial institutions forgot that the party can't last forever.
CFO October 1, 2007 Avital Louria Hahn	Only the Strong Shall Thrive Financially sound companies find gold in credit mayhem even as weaker players fear the game is up.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Dueling Fools: Private Equity Bull Rebuttal Private equity deals aren't without their warts, but they're still benefiting investors.
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BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 David Henry	M&A Deals: Show Me Aware that many mergers haven't paid off in the past, investors don't have the enthusiasm they once did.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The Investment Banking Wrap-Up A look back at an eventful week in the investment banking segment: Lehman, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Bear Sterns all report; the results are mixed.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Profiting From Active Trading Bond trading continues to pay off for Lehman Brothers. Factor in a solid backlog of business, and the company should do all right so long as we don't see any major unexpected volatility in the capital markets.
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BusinessWeek February 9, 2004	Figuring Out If Banks Fit Together A talk with fund manager David Ellison about how he assesses the prospects of bank mergers working out
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U.S. Banker May 2007 Lee Conrad	Subprime Mortgages: As the Knot Unravels, A Question Lingers: Why? Consumers and companies following their self-interest are supposed to be guiding forces that drive a capitalist economy. The recent meltdown of the subprime-mortgage market, however, raises the question of whether all participants were headed in that direction.