A look back on our reporting of the past week’s highs and lows in finance.
FRIDAY
Jos. A. Bank to Buy Parent of Eddie Bauer in Deal Worth $825 Million | The transaction appears to be an effort by Jos. A. Bank to blunt a $1.6 billion hostile takeover bid by Men’s Wearhouse. DealBook »
THURSDAY
Industry Shifts May Aid Comcast in Takeover Bid | Comcast’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable will face extensive scrutiny. DealBook »
Comcast Path: Daring Deals to Add Reach | The deal for Time Warner Cable solidifies Comcast’s reputation as an enterprise with grand, even audacious, ambitions. DealBook »
In Matter of Weeks, Meeting of Minds on Cable Giants’ Deal | How Comcast’s $45 billion deal for Time Warner Cable came to be. DealBook »
Banks in London Devise Way Around Europe’s Bonus Rules | Big banks operating in London are adhering to the bloc’s rules on banking bonuses by revamping the way they pay top employees so they still receive the extra money. DealBook »
French Bank Is Suspected of Violating Blacklistings | BNP Paribas is suspected of violating American rules against doing business with countries like Iran and Cuba. DealBook »
WEDNESDAY
Comcast Deal Seeks to Unite 2 Cable Giants | Comcast has announced an agreement to acquire Time Warner Cable for more than $45 billion in stock, a deal that would combine the biggest and second-biggest cable television operators in the country. DealBook »
After Changes, Volcker Rule Suit Dropped | The American Bankers Association announced on Wednesday that it was dropping its lawsuit to block parts of the Volcker Rule from going into effect after regulators modified what the group found most objectionable. DealBook »
Former S.E.C. Enforcer Returns to Milbank | George Canellos, the latest Wall Street regulator to switch sides, will start his new job in mid-March, two months after leaving the Securities and Exchange Commission. DealBook »
Société Générale Reports Profit in Fourth Quarter | The French bank’s earnings of 322 million euros, or $439 million, rose across the board and were more than double the market consensus. DealBook »
Grupo Bimbo to Acquire Canada Bread | Bimbo agreed to pay $1.67 billion for Canada Bread, which is based in Toronto and is 90 percent owned by Maple Leaf Foods. DealBook »
TUESDAY
U.S. Targets Buyers of China-Bound Luxury Cars | Federal prosecutors in six states have filed actions against businesses that buy luxury cars at domestic dealerships and then send them to China. DealBook »
Charter’s Bid for a Deal in Cable Heats Up | In its most aggressive move to take over Time Warner Cable, Charter proposed a full slate of directors to its target’s board. DealBook »
Barclays to Cut 12,000 Jobs in Face of Steep Losses | The British bank announced the job cuts, part of a continued restructuring, as it posted a fourth-quarter loss of £514 million, or about $843.9 million. DealBook »
UBS Suspends 2 Bankers in Inquiry Into Hiring Practices in China | UBS has placed two bankers on leave as it investigates its hiring the daughter of the chairman of a Chinese chemicals company that is considering a share sale the bank has sought a role in. DealBook »
Volatility In Market, And Losses, Close a Fund | Brevan Howard Asset Management is reportedly closing down the $2 billion fund after it lost 15 percent last year as emerging markets from Brazil to Turkey were rattled by tightening United States monetary policy. DealBook »
Deal Professor: S.E.C.’s Review of Trading Will See Some of Its Own Work | The S.E.C. may have helped create the problem it is now hoping to solve â€" where institutional investors say they are outgunned by high-frequency traders and individual investors are adrift, Steven M. Davidoff writes. DealBook »
MONDAY
Some Errors in Software at Exchange for Bitcoins | Mt. Gox, once the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world, said its problems had been caused by a previously undetected glitch in the basic Bitcoin protocol that made it possible for users to falsify transactions. DealBook »
DealBook Column: AOL’s Error Leads to a Study in ‘I’m Sorry’ | Tim Armstrong, the chief executive of AOL, apologized Saturday for his public remarks about two employees’ “distressed babies.†Andrew Ross Sorkin asks if his apology was authentic. DealBook »
Icahn Ends Call for Apple Stock Buyback | The activist investor Carl C. Icahn’s six-month campaign for Apple to increase shareholder payouts ended as other major investors voiced opposition, but Mr. Icahn still claimed a victory of sorts. DealBook »
Lawsuit Challenges Government’s Deal With JPMorgan Chase | According to a lawsuit that a nonprofit group filed against the Justice Department on Monday, the crucial details of the deal were for the government’s eyes only. DealBook »
Court Rejects Apple Appeal in E-Book Case | Apple appealed the placement of a monitor to ensure compliance with federal antitrust laws. DealBook »
SUNDAY
Chinese Official Made Job Plea to Chase Chief | Federal authorities are also investigating whether at least six other big banks hired applicants explicitly to win business from Chinese companies. DealBook »
The New Normal for Tech Companies and Other: the Stealth I.P.O. | Start-ups and much larger companies are taking increasing advantage of a 2012 law that allows them to file for public offerings while slowing the release of financial information. DealBook »
Barclays and Regulators Look at Possible Theft of Customer Data | The bank and British regulators are looking into the possible theft of personal data concerning at least 2,000 clients after a British newspaper report. DealBook »
New York City Comptroller Resists Investor’s Calls for Apple Buyback | Scott M. Stringer will urge investors to vote against a proposal for a stock buyback worth $50 billion, arguing that Apple’s management should make such decisions itself. DealBook »
SATURDAY
In the SAC Saga, It’s Hard to Chase a Shadow | For traders at SAC Capital Advisors, it was another trial, another conviction. But its chief, Steven A. Cohen, remains out of range. DealBook »
WEEK IN VERSE
“Winterlong†| We’re listening to Neil Young’s timeless winter tune instead of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s snow day feud with Al Roker. YouTube »
