Seen any good deal toys lately? As we noted in our last round-up of European deal toys, most bankers see surprisingly few—and even fewer outside their firm, office, and even their group. We’ve put together here another gallery...
Seen any good deal toys lately? As we noted in our last round-up of European deal toys, most bankers see surprisingly few—and even fewer outside their firm, office, and even their group. We’ve put together here another gallery...
Zombie Dust…Kozy Yak…Surly Darkness…Viking’s Lament… These are just a few of the (characteristically) cryptic names of craft beers. But they could also conceivably be subjects of upcoming deals. 2015 saw 19 craft-beer deals...
That place where the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos play—what’s it called again? Good question. For years the Denver Post refused to call it anything other than Mile High, even after that venue had been demolished and replaced, in...
Batman…Superman…Wonder Woman…Captain America…Iron Man. For moviegoers everywhere, 2016 holds the promise of many things, including Truth, Justice…and the continued overuse of the word “iconic”. Scheduled for release on March...
Eagles or Falcons? If we’re talking about the weekly NFL pool, you probably want to steer clear of the Eagles. And if you’re considering a code name for a deal, you may want to steer clear of both. Falcons and Eagles, in fact, figure...
Our two previous posts in this series (The Tombstone Tomb and More Tales from The Crypt) generated so much interest that we wanted to provide another installment. But not without addressing again a very basic concern: namely, that we might come...
Deal tombstones are necessarily time-bound; they commemorate the closing of a given deal, and celebrate, as well, all the time and effort that went into achieving that closing. But what about the rest of the story? What happens in the weeks,...
The tremendous response to our post several months ago on car and motorcycle deal toys prompted us to reach back again into our archives. Because let’s face it: September can be a busy month… and you may not have time this year to join the...
No, we’re not talking about New York souvenirs. Foam Statue of Liberty crowns. Big Apple shot glasses. Ceramic yellow taxi banks. Subway token ornaments… If you’re truly interested in these, there’s a guy selling all this and more...