Closing Bell

The last three words from the title of the classic buyout industry book, "Barbarians At The Gate," have been so overused, one wonders whether authors Bryan Burrough and John Helyar... 2007-11-19

Come January Jim Cramer's "Mad Money" might see a ratings challenge on Thursday nights courtesy of MOJO, "the high definition cable channel geared toward affluent men," according... 2007-11-12

In Charles Dickens' Bleak House, the Court of Chancery appeared as an excruciatingly boring level of hell, a place where attorneys stretched arguments across years, and cases crushed... 2007-11-05

Analysts pour over mounds of dense data before they decide on their highly-coveted ratings.

UBS was gearing up for an informal, off-the-record meeting between media and key executives later this month so that each group could get to know each other.

An e-mail from Charles Lax, the founder of GrandBanks Capital in Newton Center, Mass., and a well-known venture capitalist, is always worth opening.

Are you excited by the prospect of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Goldman Sachs walking away from their $8 billion deal for Harman International Industries?

Last week's rate cut by the Federal Reserve may have a number of unwelcome effects, like bailing out the wildest speculators and boosting over-priced assets, but the chief beneficiaries... 2007-09-24

For years now, we've noticed that some make Henry Kravis the object of idolatry.

We know Starbucks can make a decent cup of coffee, but we don't really view their baristas as any kind of trained specialists in the ancient art of frappuccino-making or anything... 2007-09-10