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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Contents
The Ball | 10 |
Spreading the Gospel | 21 |
The Miners Headlamp | 23 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Predators' Ball: the junk-bond raiders and the man who staked them |
| Author | Connie Bruck |
| Publisher | American Lawyer, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Sep 13, 2008 |
| Length | 385 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Business Business & Economics / Economic History Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / Bonds Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / General Business & Economics / Mergers & Acquisitions |
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