Lazard &#39;appoints Goldman Sachs to oversee possible group float ...
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Lazard, the world&#39;s largest independent investment bank, has appointed Goldman Sachs to advise on a possible Â£1.7bn initial public offering, or potential spin-off of its asset management or UK broking arms, it has been reported.
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JC Flowers steps up its efforts to take control of embattled Northern Rock, securing a management team should a deal go through.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who will be appointed to head the I.M.F. on Friday, will inherit an organization struggling to find a purpose in a vastly changed financial world.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Lazard on Monday confirmed the possibility of an initial public offering filing, but cautioned that it won&#39;t do so &quot;if it is not in the best interest of the firm and its partners.
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Directors of the brokerage firm have begun to consider whether to replace the embattled E. Stanley OâNeal, and with whom.
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The New York state pension fund and three other public pension systems, trying to boost the independence of Disney&#39;s board, filed a proposal to give shareholders the right to nominate some of its directors.
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The head of French bank Societe Generale   has hired investment banks to advise on the  possibility of a merger with larger domestic rival BNP Paribas  , Les Echos newspaper reported on Friday.
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Los Angeles - Walt Disney&#39;s board of directors on Tuesday said it will consider both external and internal candidates to replace outgoing chief executive Michael Eisner, and that it plans to find a successor by June 2005.
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Private investment bank Lazard said  in a regulatory filing on Friday that the NASD and SEC are  investigating the company over gifts and gratuities.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may be in talks with the founding family of top Japanese consumer finance firm Takefuji Corp. for a stake of over $2.
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Bruce Wasserstein, head of Lazard, could reach an agreement as early as this week with Michel David-Weill, the chairman, extending the deadline for
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Bruce Wasserstein&#39;s plan to sell shares of Lazard LLC, the world&#39;s largest closely held investment bank, may face opposition from the firm&#39;s 11-member board tomorrow at a meeting in Paris, people familiar with the matter said.
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Goldman, Sachs & Co. is planning to  build a $1.8 billion headquarters in downtown Manhattan, New  York Gov. George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced  on Thursday.
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Henry Paulson, the Goldman Sachs  Group Inc.  chairman chosen by President George W. Bush  to be his third Treasury secretary, brings Wall Street luster  to the top economic spokesman&#039;s role.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Lazard, the last major privately held European investment bank, filed late Friday with US regulators to raise up to $850 million in an initial public offering, apparently a victory for dealmaker Bruce Wasserstein.
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THE board of investment bank Lazard meets today to consider a float on Wall Street that could value the firm at Â£1.7bn, according to reports.
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JC Flowers steps up its efforts to take control of Northern Rock, securing a management team should a deal be done.