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Newspaper wrap-up: Lehman almost raised capital from Korean companies

Posted Jun 11th 2008 8:00AM by Laurie Pasternack
Filed under: Newspapers, Magazines, Yahoo! (YHOO), Ford Motor (F), Citigroup Inc. (C), Merrill Lynch (MER), Lehman Br Holdings (LEH), MBIA Inc (MBI)

MAJOR PAPERS:
  • According to Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO), the Wall Street Journal reported that a severance plan investor Carl Icahn said is "excessively expensive" would come into play if Icahn is successful in his plan to take control of the company's board; Yahoo! maintained that the plan is structured to prevent Yahoo! from altering or dismantling it while under a proxy challenge.
  • The Financial Times reported that Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (NYSE: LEH) almost reached a strategic deal with a group of Korean financial institutions as part of its recent capital raising initiative, and the investment bank may still sign an agreement with the Korean companies this year, inside sources said.
  • According to the Financial Times, Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (NYSE: MER), UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) and Citigroup Incorporated (NYSE: C), which are most exposed to MBIA Inc (NYSE: MBI) and Ambac Financial Group Inc (NYSE: ABK), are facing further write downs of up to $10B after the bond insurers lost the battle to keep their triple A credit ratings in tact.
  • A source familiar with the matter told dealReporter that Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) is conducting due diligence, but has not established whether it will competitively bid for Borders Group Inc (NYSE: BGP). Should Barnes & Noble indicate real interest, the biding process could be delayed, the source said.
OTHER PAPERS:
  • The Detroit News reported that Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), in an effort to keep up with changing consumer demand in the U.S., is assembling a plan that will shift entire truck plants to car production.

Tags: ABK, Ambac, Barnes Noble, BarnesNoble, BGP, BKS, Borders Group, BordersGroup, C, Carl Icahn, CarlIcahn, Citigroup, F, Ford, Icahn, LEH, Lehman Brothers, LehmanBrothers, MBI, MBIA, MBIA Inc, MbiaInc, MER, Merrill Lynch, MerrillLynch, proxy, UBS, UBS AG, UbsAg, write downs, WriteDowns, Yahoo, YHOO

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