William D. Cohan, a former senior-level M&A banker on Wall Street, is the author of The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co, and his new best seller House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street.
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How Lazard Is Making Millions Off Defunct Lehman
Lehman and Lazard have been rivals for decades. It looks like Lazard’s got the last laugh. MORE
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Wall Street Whispers: Taxpayers Overpaid in Citi Bailout
Until the extent of “bad bank” assets are counted and valued, taxpayers will stay in the dark and... MORE
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Obama Gives Wall Street the Cold Shoulder
By tapping Geithner and Summers to drive economic policy, Obama breaks a long chain of Wall Street... MORE
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The Man Who Saw the Crisis Coming
'No elbows' Fed president is the best pick to run Treasury, Wall Street historian says. MORE
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Worst Little Bank in Texas
The brains behind the subprime market sees his own Franklin Bank succumb to a government takeover. MORE
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Obama's Council of Elders
How octogenarians Paul Volcker and Felix Rohatyn found their way back into the White House power... MORE
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Meet The One Guy Who's Making Money Right Now
Invest in a sinking regional bank and make money?... MORE
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The Meltdown Thumps the Magician Bruce Wasserstein
The decline in mergers and acquisitions has endangered the venerable 160-year-old M&A and asset... MORE
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Paulson's Puzzling New Strategy: Save the Rainforests
Given the credit crisis and the country's much-depleted treasury these days, are debt-for-nature... MORE
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A $125 Billion (Taxpayer) Gamble
The rules of economics, and the court of public opinion, dictate that Wall Street must act... MORE
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How Much Will Goldman Sachs Give Out In Bonuses?
Despite the bailout, there is still an army of overpaid troops out there. MORE
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Why Sarkozy Is Smarter Than Bernanke
Americans can thank Europe's leaders for putting some grease back into the frozen credit machinery. MORE
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The Other Market Casualty
The upside of the downturn is that the capitulation can come and the system—including the egos that... MORE
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Does Goldman Sachs Really Rule the World?
Some myths refuse to die—like the one brewing now about Goldman Sachs pulling strings in the market... MORE
