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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... underwriting , had embarrassed itself further in its underwriting of $ 540 million of People Express bonds , some of which had plunged to as little as 35 percent of their issue price by July 1986. As Chris Andersen commented to The Wall ...
... underwriting , had embarrassed itself further in its underwriting of $ 540 million of People Express bonds , some of which had plunged to as little as 35 percent of their issue price by July 1986. As Chris Andersen commented to The Wall ...
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... underwriting occurred while Posner was struggling to raise money to take over National Can— and several months after Drexel executives said they had decided to raise no more money for Posner . One Drexel executive said , " It's true ...
... underwriting occurred while Posner was struggling to raise money to take over National Can— and several months after Drexel executives said they had decided to raise no more money for Posner . One Drexel executive said , " It's true ...
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... underwriters , underwriting : bracketing of , 30 commissions and fees for , 46 , 47 , 66 , 74 , 300 , 304 default rate of , 77 Underwriting Assistance Committee ( UAC ) , 72 , 131 , 235 , 304-7 , 351 Union Carbide , 181 , 213 , 233 ...
... underwriters , underwriting : bracketing of , 30 commissions and fees for , 46 , 47 , 66 , 74 , 300 , 304 default rate of , 77 Underwriting Assistance Committee ( UAC ) , 72 , 131 , 235 , 304-7 , 351 Union Carbide , 181 , 213 , 233 ...
Contents
The Ball | 10 |
Spreading the Gospel | 21 |
The Miners Headlamp | 23 |
Copyright | |
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