360° Coverage : Leucadia to Acquire Jefferies

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Leucadia to Acquire Jefferies

Source: The New York Times, Nov 12 2012, 7:25am CST

The Leucadia National Corporation said on Monday that it would buy the Jefferies Group in a deal worth about $3.6 billion. Shareholders of Jefferies will receive 0.81 of a Leucadia share for each of their shares, the announc ...

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Who Waters Down Wall Street Regulation, Anyway?

Source: New York Magazine | May 16 2013, 12:08pm CDT

The familiar narrative about the Wall Street–Washington "revolving door" is that it is very, very, very bad. Having former bankers and white-collar defense lawyers go to D.C. to work as regulators, we are told, leads ...

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2 days ago

JPMorgan Shareholders in the Dark

Source: Dealbook | May 16 2013, 6:53am CDT

In the middle of a closely watched vote on whether to split the roles of chairman and chief executive at JPMorgan Chase, the firm providing tabulations of the results has stopped giving voting snapshots to the shareholders that sponsore ...

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