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Activist investor Mark Rachesky again goes toe-to-toe with mentor Icahn
March 24 When hedge fund investor Mark Rachesky faced off against Carl Icahn in a battle for Lions Gate Entertainment, he knew his adversary well. Rachesky, a Stanford University MD who’s…
Move over, Cyprus. Slovenia is the new tiny country you should worry about.
March 24, 2013 The Cyprus crisis, it appears, is soooo last week. The new country that’s provoking concern is Slovenia. The small former Yugoslav republic—wedged between Italy, Austria, Hungary, and…
Wonkbook: What we learned from the Senate Democrats’ budget
March 25, 2013 Welcome to Wonkbook, Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas’s morning policy news primer. To subscribe by e-mail, click here. Send comments, criticism, or ideas to Wonkbook at Gmail dot…
Regulators closer to supervising nonbank financial companies
April 4 The Federal Reserve approved a final rule Wednesday that brings the government closer to placing large nonbank companies that were at the heart of the financial crisis under stricter…
Blackstone, Icahn proposals may exceed founder’s buyout bid, Dell says
March 26 Dell said it got proposals from Blackstone Group and Carl Icahn that may be superior to Michael Dell’s $24.4 billion buyout plan, putting pressure on the founder to sweeten…
Book review: ‘The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America’ by David Stockman
March 29 David Stockman occupies a rare place in this nation’s public pantheon — the serial apostate. While heading the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, he called out…
Man United sells naming rights to training ground, kit in deal with insurance firm Aon
April 8 LONDON — Manchester United has sold the naming rights to its training ground as part of a sponsorship deal with insurance firm Aon estimated to be worth $230 million,…
A look back at Margaret Thatcher’s economic record
April 8, 2013 Margaret Thatcher, who served as the United Kingdom’s first — and, to date, only — female prime minister from 1979 to 1990, has died at age 87.…
Sherrod Brown and David Vitter have a new bipartisan bill to end Too Big to Fail. Here’s what it does.
April 9, 2013 Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohiol) and David Vitter (R-La.) have been working on a bill to block the largest banks and financial firms from receiving federal subsidies for…
Winners and losers in the White House budget
Every federal budget is an exercise in trade-offs — especially budgets that aim to shrunk the deficit. Some programs get pared back. Others get protected or even expanded. Some taxpayers end up…
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