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Giving Credit To GM's Turnaround (GM)
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 3:57pm | 279Days before General Motors' (NYSE: GM) long-awaited IPO, the New York Times ran a piece by Andrew Ross Sorkin, in which Sorkin discussed who should receive the credit for GM's turnaround. In particular, he takes issue with Malcolm Gladwell's review of Steven L. Rattner's book about his tenure as...
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Andrew Ross Sorkin Sheds Light On Financial Crisis and Too Big To Fail
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 5:35pm | 852The Lehman Brothers collapse impacted not only its employees and investors, but it also had ramifications beyond what anyone could have contemplated. It began a domino effect in the market — an effect to which no one was immune. At the time of the Lehman failure, Andrew Ross Sorkin had already...
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Andrew Ross Sorkin: From Copy Machines to Too Big To Fail
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 5:00pm | 735The common saying in the business world is that no one will take you seriously until you're 40. Well, don't tell that to Andrew Ross Sorkin, the editor of Dealbook and the financial columnist for The New York Times. It's hard to imagine that Sorkin was once just an intern for the Times, Xeroxing,...
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Too Big To Fail - Interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin - Zing Talk
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 2:06pm | 2203Hello and welcome to Zing Talk, where Benzinga brings you the biggest names and brightest minds from Silicon Valley to New York City. Direct Download Subscribe in iTunes Today our guest is Andrew Ross Sorkin, a journalist, and columnist for The New York Times as well as the founder and editor...
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Burger King May Go To 3G Capital (BKC)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 11:09am | 139It looks like the King may be gone after all. Earlier, it was reported that Burger King (NYSE: BKC) was in reports to sell itself to a group of private equity firms, including 3i Group PLC, a British private-equity firm. Approximately a half hour ago, 3i came out and said it was not in talks with...
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Andrew Ross Sorkin Says Burger King Is In Talks With 3G
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 11:09am | 70NY Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin says Burger King (NYSE: BKC) is in talks with a private equity firm called 3G not 3I. Sorkin also said that JPMorgain (NYSE: JPM) would handle the financing for Burger King PE takeout. Get trading ideas that can bring you a 100% return.
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Wall Street Hates Obama
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 10:29am | 496Wall Street Democrats are turning on President Barack Obama, especially those that helped him the most. In a column on his blog in the NY Times, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes that hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb had written a note to investors damning Washington for its "bash Wall Street tactics",...
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Financial Headlines: Goldman Sachs, Capital One, Marsh & McLennan
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 7:50am | 230Financial Headlines Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) – Goldman's customers remain loyal despite all the recent headlines – per Andrew Ross Sorkin in NYT – “there’s an inconvenient truth that’s been largely ignored: Most of Goldman’s big customers are not bolting” NYT -Capital One (NYSE: COF) – credit...
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Andrew Ross Sorkin Slams US Banks (C, WFC, BAC)
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 8:37am | 175The New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin has noted that leading banks like Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) and the Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) have raised over $50 billion in new capital to repay the money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program....