Michael J. De La Merced

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Latest Articles by Michael J. De La Merced

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Effort Under Way to Sell Madoff Unit

As the investigation into Bernard L. Madoff’s money management business intensifies, efforts are under way to sell quickly the trading unit, which was once the heart...

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In Madoff’s Wake, Scrutiny of Accounting Firms

The big accounting firms are likely to be the targets of investor lawsuits related to the Bernard L. Madoff scandal.

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Huntsman Is Expected to Settle a Buyout Dispute With Apollo

The equity firm would pay $1 billion to a company it once bid on, bringing a hasty end to one of the largest battles over a leveraged buyout.

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Hedge Funds Are Victims, Raising Further Questions

The case against Bernard L. Madoff is generating a heated discussion of how the sordid drama will affect hedge funds.

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Market Place: Takeover Bid for Bell Canada Is Fading Fast

The $50 billion leveraged buyout is expected to fall apart, after an auditor found that BCE would be insolvent if the deal went through.

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Tribune Co., in Debt, Could Be Flirting With Bankruptcy

The newsroom of the Chicago Tribune.

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Buyers Said to Consider Scrapping Bell Canada Deal

Some of the proposed buyers have offered to scrap their troubled $50 billion takeover of the company, instead taking a minority stake, people briefed on the matter sai...

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Market Place: Fortress, the Hedge Fund, Is Crumbling

Shares in the Fortress Investment Group plummeted 25 percent, to $1.87, after the firm said that it had temporarily suspended redemptions at its largest fund.

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Managers Win Auction for a Part of Lehman

Executives of Lehman Brothers Holdings investment management unit won an auction to buy the business from the bankrupt securities firm.

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Bankruptcy Lawyer Leaves Goldman for Law Firm

After three years at Goldman Sachs, James H. M. Sprayregen will return to Kirkland & Ellis, the law firm where he spent 16 years advising companies on bankruptcy matte...

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Buffett to Offer Details on Derivatives

With shares of Berkshire Hathaway down 36 percent since Oct. 1, Warren E. Buffett said he would shed some light on his investments in the company’s next annual repor...

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Mark Cuban Is Charged With Insider Trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil suit charging the Internet entrepreneur with insider trading for selling shares of an Internet search company in 2...

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