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Bruce Wasserstein dies at 61; prominent Wall Street deal maker

2009-10-14 21:16:00

Bruce Wasserstein, chief executive of investment bank Lazard Ltd. and a prominent Wall Street deal maker, died Wednesday after being hospitalized earlier this week with an irregular heartbeat, a company spokeswoman said. He was 61. In a statement...

Sturm, Ruger Booming, But What Happened To Freedom Group Sale?

2013-04-30 11:56:00

No one should be surprised that Sturm, Ruger & Co. reported record sales for the first three months of 2013. Even before the Newtown tragedy, in early 2012, the Fairfield-based gunmaker had to halt new sales for a few weeks just to keep up with the...

Plan to sell gun maker needs a background check

2013-04-22 08:10:07

What with the terrorist attack in Boston, the deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas and the inane vote against gun control in the U.S. Senate, you may have missed the news late last week about Stephen Feinberg. The reclusive co-founder of the...

Benevolent Billionaires Can Buy Out Gunmaker

2013-01-04 11:29:00

Business moguls who favor stricter gun-control laws -- among them Bloomberg LP founder and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, financier George Soros and entertainment honcho David Geffen -- are in the unique position of being able to put their money...

Part four: Bankruptcy Inc.

2013-01-16 03:49:00

Somewhere in the third year of Tribune Co.'s marathon Chapter 11 proceeding, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey looked out at a Delaware courtroom packed with high-priced attorneys and conceded the case had broken down into what he called a...

NSU football player shined on field, in classroom

2011-12-13 01:05:20

Northern State football standout Lincoln Smith has a lot to be proud of, and NSU has a lot to be proud of in Smith. He has been one of the most sturdy crewmates on a ship that has sailed in some stormy seas during his time in Aberdeen. But Smith, his...

Sources: Constellation's French partner reviews U.S. strategy

2010-09-27 15:52:00

French utility Electricite de France has hired investment adviser Lazard Ltd. to help review its strategic options for its U.S. business, including its nuclear partnership with Baltimore's Constellation Energy Group, according to sources familiar with the...

Seeking bargains in the financial-services rubble

2007-09-16 00:00:00

The strong survive. That's the logic behind investing in financial-services stocks whose prices have been battered in the subprime mortgage mess. The best-run firms with quality core businesses will turn out to have been bargains once the storm calms...

Car czar without a crown: Auto-pilot

2009-02-16 16:24:10

by Mark Silva So he's not a "car czar.'' Just Auto Otto. Or Truck Chuck. Whatever you want to call Ron Bloom, a key adviser to President Barack Obama's new automotive industry task force, he has a resume as big......

Ed King has joined Lazard Middle Market as a managing director and head of its Education and Training Advisory Group. He comes to Lazard from BMO Capital Markets, where he was a managing director of mergers and acquisitions in the Education and Business Services sector.

2011-07-11 22:00:00