Hedge fund manager and S.E.C. reach deal. | JPMorgan sued over credit card debt cases. | Enron’s Skilling strikes a deal for a shorter prison sentence. | Hedge fund impresario plays host in Las Vegas. | Errors afflict more checks issued to aid homeowners. | Small firm could turn the vote on Jamie Dimon. | New York investigates advances on pensions. | A humbled Kleiner Perkins adjusts its strategy. | Two big banks face suits in mortgage pact abuses. | Andrew Ross Sorkin says that for Warren Buffett, the past isn’t always a prologue. | A call for new blood on the JPMorgan board.
A look back on our reporting of the past week’s highs and lows in finance.
True Religion Jeans to Be Sold to Private Equity Firm | The designer denim company agreed to be acquired by TowerBrook Capital Partners for about $835 million, underscoring the rise of premium-priced jeans as a high-fashion staple and status symbol. DealBook »
Carl Icahn Proposes Rival Bid for Dell | The billionaire and Southeastern Asset Management, two of the struggling computer maker’s biggest shareholders, seek to challenge a $24.4 billion takeover that they have criticized as “the great giveaway.†DealBook »
JPMorgan Sued Over Credit Card Debt Cases | California’s top law enforcement official accused JPMorgan Chase of flooding the state’s courts with questionable lawsuits to collect overdue credit card debt. DealBook »
Small Firm Could Turn the Vote on Dimon | Governance for Owners, a London-based firm that is virtually unknown on Wall Street, has been tasked with voting the shares of JPMorgan Chase’s largest shareholder. DealBook »
Dealbook Column: For Buffett, the Past Isn’t Always Prologue | Andrew Ross Sorkin says that an investor invoked a predecessor of Warren E. Buffett when he questioned the Berkshire Hathaway chief about the company’s future. DealBook »
A Call for New Blood on the JPMorgan Board | Institutional Shareholder Services says three directors on the risk policy committee lack risk management backgrounds. DealBook »
Hedge Fund Manager and S.E.C. Reach Deal | When federal regulators sued Philip A. Falcone last summer, they claimed his actions “read like the final exam in a graduate school course in how to operate a hedge fund unlawfully.†DealBook »
SAC Is Said to Extend a Deadline for Clients | At the height of his powers, Steven A. Cohen turned away investors. These days, he is fighting to keep them. DealBook »
Hedge Fund Impresario Plays Host In Las Vegas | In an industry known for reclusive traders and math geeks, Wall Street’s Anthony Scaramucci is a P. T. Barnum in a Ferragamo tie. DealBook »
Advertising: When Madison Avenue Went Public | It’s not often that a popular television show illustrates corporate finance. But the most recent episode of “Mad Men†provided [SPOILER ALERT!] a lesson in advertising agency deal-making, circa 1968. DealBook »
Bulking Up on Bankers for Hong Kong I.P.O.’s | Faced with a declining stock market in Hong Kong, companies are hiring armies of underwriters to market new shares. DealBook »
A Humbled Kleiner Perkins Adjusts Its Strategy | After big hits in the dot-com boom, Kleiner Perkins has been sideswiped by a series of lackluster bets in green technology and missed chances in social media. DealBook »
Enron’s Skilling Strikes a Deal for a Shorter Prison Sentence | Under federal prison rules, Jeffrey K. Skilling â€" who had been sentenced to 24 years and 4 months â€" could leave prison as soon as 2017. DealBook »
Errors Afflict More Checks Issued to Aid Homeowners | Almost 100,000 homeowners got checks for less than they were owed under the settlement with the nation’s biggest banks. DealBook »
New York Investigates Advances on Pensions | The state’s top banking regulator has begun an investigation into the lenders that woo retirees to sign over their monthly checks in return for cash. DealBook »
Deal Professor: Hasty Arrangements in Depths of Crisis Return to Haunt Chrysler | Steven M. Davidoff says that in a fight over the value of Chrysler, Fiat and the United Automobile Workers union are $6 billion apart. DealBook »
2 Big Banks Face Suits in Mortgage Pact Abuse | New York says that Bank of America and Wells Fargo are violating the terms of a big foreclosure settlement. DealBook »
After Years of Battling, Bank of America and MBIA Settle Mortgage Dispute | A $1.7 billion deal ends a legal dispute over mortgage-backed securities. DealBook »
Jeweler Is Charged in KPMG Insider Case | Bryan Shaw, who has been helping prosecutors build a case against Scott London, a former KPMG executive, was formally charged. DealBook »
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Hey Soul Sister (And or Hedge Fund Titan) | Train performed at the Wall Street schmooze-fest in Sin City known as the SALT conference. DealBook »
