The Predators' Ball: The Junk-bond Raiders and the Man who Staked ThemA lead reporter for The American Lawyer, tells the story of the night that sparked the corporate takeover mania of the eighties, the 1985 "Predators Ball", and how one man--Michael Milken, a junk bond impressario, financed the corporate takeover kings. Advertising in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. |
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... Nelson . ' ' NOWHERE WAS Milken the magician's prowess - creating out of ( almost ) thin air a takeover entrepreneur - more stunningly dis- played than in the case of Nelson Peltz and Peter May . Others he backed before and after - T ...
... Nelson . ' ' NOWHERE WAS Milken the magician's prowess - creating out of ( almost ) thin air a takeover entrepreneur - more stunningly dis- played than in the case of Nelson Peltz and Peter May . Others he backed before and after - T ...
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... Nelson set out on an acquisition course , buying up small food businesses along the East Coast - among them a company called Flagstaff , whose name he adopted in 1969. In 1972 he took Flagstaff public ; through his acquisitions , the ...
... Nelson set out on an acquisition course , buying up small food businesses along the East Coast - among them a company called Flagstaff , whose name he adopted in 1969. In 1972 he took Flagstaff public ; through his acquisitions , the ...
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... Nelson at the end of that week [ before the weekend - long negotiations ] , and Nelson was the one who really wanted to do the deal . I felt more comfortable that with Nelson it would happen . " Peltz was chosen by default . As Milken ...
... Nelson at the end of that week [ before the weekend - long negotiations ] , and Nelson was the one who really wanted to do the deal . I felt more comfortable that with Nelson it would happen . " Peltz was chosen by default . As Milken ...
Contents
The Ball | 10 |
Spreading the Gospel | 21 |
The Miners Headlamp | 23 |
Copyright | |
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