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DATE ARTICLE
11/15/2011 The WSJ: Wanted: Chief, E-Commerce
11/15/2011 Bloomberg: Citigroup Sells EMI in Parts for $4.1 Billion to Vivendi, Sony
11/14/2011 TheDeal: Sony Consortium Buys EMI Music Publishing
11/03/2011 Pharmaceutical Executive: Fortune and the Financier
11/02/2011 DBR: Where Capital Goes to Die
10/31/2011 FT: News Corp takes a bet on Christian literature
10/31/2011 The Deal: Harper Collins buys Thomas Nelson Inc
10/12/2011 TheDeal: Movers & Shakers
10/11/2011 Peter J. Solomon Company Hires Senior Banker Craig E. Barnett
10/07/2011 TheDeal: Open for business
09/27/2011 Bloomberg: Budget Constraints Drive Buying
09/09/2011 NY Times: In a Twist, Google Reviews Zagat, and Decides to Bite
09/08/2011 FT: Google courts food-lovers with Zagat deal
09/08/2011 NY Times: Google to Buy Zagat
08/23/2011 WWD: M&A Deals Roll On Despite Stock Market
08/03/2011 DBR: Future Shock
08/17/2011 TheDeal: Chico’s pays $205M for Boston Proper
08/17/2011 WWD: Peter J. Solomon Company Advises Chico’s on its Acquisition of Boston Proper
08/17/2011 Peter J. Solomon Company Advises Chico’s on its Acquisition of Boston Proper
08/08/2011 Bloomberg: S&P Seen Surrendering to Tea Party Costing U.S. Taxpayer
08/07/2011 FT: Big US chains begin to shrink their stores
06/20/2011 Bloomberg: Miller Buckfire Said to Approach Treasury’s Millstein About Role With Firm
06/14/2011 WWD: VF Corp. in $2 Billion Deal for Timberland
05/20/2011 The Deal: Deckers pays $120M for Sanuk
05/20/2011 Deckers Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Sanuk Brand
05/04/2011 DBR: The Great Housing Depression
05/02/2011 Bloomberg: PPR Buys Volcom for $607.5 Million to Expand in
05/02/2011 NY Times: PPR to Buy Volcom, a Sportswear Maker
04/14/2011 WWD: Retail Restructuring Seen Ahead
03/29/2011 FT: Ebay looks to diversify in $2.4bn GSI deal
03/29/2011 The Deal: eBay buys GSI $2.4B in bid for large retailers
03/29/2011 WWD: Ebay in $2.4B Deal for GSI Commerce
03/28/2011 eBay Inc. to Acquire GSI Commerce
03/28/2011 Irag and Afghanistan: Impressions by Peter J. Solomon
03/04/2011 Bloomberg: HCA Returning Three Times Cost Shows Timing Trumps Overhauls
02/25/2011 The Deal:Top Investment Bankers
02/16/2011 Peter J. Solomon Company’s 2010 Selected Transactions
02/02/2011 The Deal: Regis increases Provalliance stake
01/28/2011 IDD: Fashioning a Solid Transaction
01/10/2011 BioCentury: Bearing witness to Frank Baldino
11/18/2010 Cardinal Health To Acquire Kinray For $1.3 Billion
11/16/2010 Media and Communications Breakfast
11/15/2010 WSJ: P.J. Solomon’s New Restructuring Head Counsels Bankruptcy Avoidance
11/08/2010 Reuters: Genzyme’s future in hands of arbitragers: banker
11/03/2010 DBR: Road to Hell....The Sequel
09/30/2010 WWD: Fashion’s M&A Game Heats Up
09/17/2010 The Deal: Top Investment Bankers, by volume (Second Quarter 2010)
08/05/2010 The Deal: Regis explores options
08/02/2010 WSJ: A&P Mulls Selling Food Emporium Chain
07/21/2010 Daily Bankruptcy Review: Beware Zombie Credit Markets
06/30/2010 Sanofi-aventis To Acquire TargeGen, Inc.
06/30/2010 Reuters: Biogen bets scientist has right formula for growth
06/21/2010 Bank Report:Bridge to Somewhere Banks See HY Return
06/10/2010 PJSC Is The #1 M&A Advisor To Retail Companies
05/27/2010 The Deal: Top Investment Banker
05/19/2010 DBR: Housing And The Economics Of Sand Castles
05/11/2010 Dow Jones LBO Wire: Golden Gate is Zale’s Best Friend
05/05/2010 Embracing Conflicts – A Bad Business Strategy by Peter J. Solomon
05/01/2010 Institutional Investor: Finance in Fashion
04/30/2010 IDD: A Call to Action by Peter J. Solomon
04/19/2010 WSJ: Tracking the Fallout on Goldman
03/31/2010 Sanderson Farms, Inc. Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering
03/16/2010 Bloomberg: Ice Cream Seals $3 Billion Tommy
03/15/2010 Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation to Acquire Tommy Hilfiger B.V. for Approximately $3.0 Billion
03/15/2010 NY Times: Junk Bond Avalanche Looms for Credit Markets
02/26/2010 EchoStar to Acquire Mexican Satellite Operator SATMEX
02/17/2010 NY Times: Walgreen to Buy Duane Reade
02/17/2010 WSJ: Walgreen to Acquire Drugstore Chain Duane Reade
02/16/2010 PJSC Media Communications Advisory Practice Tombstones
02/11/2010 Leveraged Finance News/Bank Loan Report: M&A Looks Different on its Return
02/10/2010 Dallas News: Struggling Zale hires firm to explore strategic options
01/21/2010 IDD: Distressed Investors Keep Hunting for Yield
01/19/2010 AMC Entertainment® And Kerasotes Theatres Announce Entry Into Definitive Agreement
01/13/2010 Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Hearing - Testimony of Peter J. Solomon
01/10/2010 Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Announces Full Witness List for First Public Hearing
01/07/2010 WWD: Fashion’s M&A Scene Heating Up
01/05/2010 The Deal: Building Materials finishes Ch. 11 construction
01/04/2010 Bank Loan Report: New York Promises Slower HY Market
12/29/2009 Hollywood Media Corp. Announces sale of Broadway Ticketing Division
11/23/2009 NY Times: Executives Kept Wealth as Firms Failed
11/01/2009 Excessive Compensation – An Unintended Consequence by Peter J. Solomon
10/21/2009 The Second Act by Peter J. Solomon
09/10/2009 WSJ: Finance Overhaul Falters as 08 Shock Fades
08/03/2009 Recent Consumer & Retail Assignments
07/23/2009 The Deal: A&P to receive $175M from Yucaipa, Tengelmann
07/16/2009 WWD: Sheldon Joins PJSC
07/14/2009 Peter J Solomon Company Hires Veteran Banker John S. Sheldon
06/25/2009 The Deal: Apparel seller Dress Barn dons Tween Brands
06/23/2009 The Deal: BC Partners bets $350M on Office Depot
06/15/2009 Bloomberg: Obama’s Bank Revamp May Stall as Congress Tackles Rival Issues
06/09/2009 WWD: Quicksilver Refinances, Restructures
06/09/2009 PEHUB: Rhone Backs Quicksilver
05/18/2009 PJSC-JOSS Real Estate Partners I May 18th 2009 Investor Presentation
04/16/2009 The Consumer-In-Chief
04/07/2009 Portfolio.com: Predicting the Retail Bounce Backs
03/27/2009 CNN Money: Dream-team investment banking
03/26/2009 NY Post: Designer Hangs By A Thread
03/23/2009 BioCentury: Solomon’s baby
03/20/2009 CNN Money: Health cares dealmaking couple is back
03/18/2009 WSJ: Lehman Brothers’ Last Partner Finds New Firm at Age 76
03/18/2009 Peter J Solomon Company Announces Frederick Frank and Mary Tanner Will Join The Firm
03/15/2009 Crain’s New York Business: Back to where he began
03/11/2009 Freddie Mac Names CEO and Chairman
02/28/2009 NY Times: Latest Citigroup Resue May Not Be Its Last
02/23/2009 Shopping In Your Closet by Peter J. Solomon
02/20/2009 WSJ: Why a 61-Year-Old Banker Still Loves His Job
02/18/2009 Peter J Solomon Company Hires Veteran Banker Frederic M. Seegal
02/16/2009 IDD: PE To Go Corporate
02/16/2009 IDD: Changes Coming To SEC Blackstone
02/11/2009 Bloomberg: Nike, VF May Accelerate Acquisitions in Recession
02/09/2009 Peter J Solomon Company Hires Senior Banker Richard S. Brail
02/09/2009 NY Times: Peter Solomon Hires New Media Team Head
01/23/2009 NY Times: Another View: A More Radical Plan for Bank Stability
01/23/2009 WSJ: At Merrill, Focus Returns to Survival
01/23/2009 WSJ: Dubai May Opt to Bag Barneys
01/22/2009 "Bank Stability: A More Radical Solution" by Peter J. Solomon
01/14/2009 WWD: NRF Advises Prudent Approach in 2009
01/14/2009 WSJ: Liz Claiborne Warns of Loss
01/07/2009 “PJSC-JOSS Real Estate Partners I Investor Conference Call”
11/26/2008 WWD: Small M&A Deals Changing Seventh Avenue
11/25/2008 NY Times: Another View: TARP Is an Incipient Disaster
11/25/2008 WWD: Beauty Report: Santa to Keep Low Profile
11/17/2008 Family Business Agenda: Protecting Your Legacy
11/10/2008 IDD: High-End, Or Dead End?
11/08/2008 Strategic Finance: Just the Beginning
11/06/2008 Dow Jones: Small Investment Banks Hope Agility Trumps Size In Crisis
11/05/2008 Peter J Solomon Co. to Focus on Restaurants
10/21/2008 Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs Paydays Suffer on Lost Leverage With Fed Scrutiny
10/21/2008 Peter J. Solomon Company Advises Walgreen Co. On Its Acquisition Of McKesson’s Specialty Pharmacy Business
10/20/2008 High Yield Report: Banks Shift To Restructuring And Recovery
10/15/2008 WSJ: In This Securities Industry, No Room for Superheroes
10/13/2008 A New Administration - The First 30 Days by Peter J. Solomon
10/13/2008 WWD: Financial Meltdown Might Shrink Fashion
10/08/2008 "LEADERSHIP = CONFIDENCE = CREDIT" by Peter J. Solomon
10/02/2008 Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?
10/01/2008 Reuters: Agricultural sector to feel pain if bailoutfails
09/30/2008 Peter J Solomon Company Advises Athleta Inc. In Its Sale To Gap Inc.
09/25/2008 Peter J. Solomon & Anders J. Maxwell: “It’s Credit – Stupid!”
09/25/2008 WSJ: U.S. Firms Gird for Hits and Draw On Credit Now
09/19/2008 The Deal: Estate matters
09/03/2008 Washington Post: Lehmans Senior Statesman
08/19/2008 TJX Announces sale of Bob’s Stores
07/18/2008 Treasury and Federal Reserve - Exercise Leadership Now! by Peter J. Solomon
05/28/2008 Portfolio.com: Buying Chanel (All of It)
05/02/2008 The NY Sun: Let Losers Lose
04/15/2008 Bloomberg: Bankruptcies Rise for Firms
03/26/2008 WSJ: P&G Buys Luxury Hair-Care Brand
03/25/2008 WSJ: Bear Bid Was Fair At $2 and $10
03/25/2008 The Deal: The coming catastrophe
03/17/2008 Peter J Solomon Company Advises Walgreen Co.
03/17/2008 The Deal: Ch. 11 never an option
03/12/2008 WWD: The Gusher Dries Up
02/08/2008 WWD: Remember Recessions
01/28/2008 WWD: Brands Bracing for a Slowdown
01/24/2008 WSJ: Luxury Labels Hit in the Pocketbook
01/22/2008 WSJ: Fed Flailing At Ailing Credit Market
01/21/2008 IDD: High-End Dealmaking
01/19/2008 Institutional Investor: The Retail Doctor Is In
01/09/2008 Perry Ellis Ups Womens By Buying C&C
12/10/2007 WWD: The Vision Thing
12/10/2007 IDD: 40 Under 40
11/28/2007 WSJ: Why Some LBOs Are Collapsing
11/01/2007 PJSC Special Committee and Fairness Opinion Practice
10/10/2007 Directorship: Tales from the Deal World, Verbatim/Peter Solomon
09/11/2007 The Deal: PPR to buy United Retail
09/11/2007 Redcats Group to Acquire United Retail Group
08/10/2007 WSJ: Istithmar Wins Battle to Buy Barneys
08/10/2007 NY Times: The Feud Behind the Sale of Barneys New York
07/13/2007 WWD: A Jolt at Jones: Boneparth Checks Out, Card Named New CEO
07/02/2007 The Deal: Walgreen to buy Option
06/27/2007 Bloomberg.com: Guitar Center to be Bought by Bain for 1.9 Billion
06/25/2007 WWD: Barneys Sees International Growth With Dubai Owner
06/23/2007 NY Times: Dubai Government Buys Barneys for $825 Million
06/22/2007 The Deal: UBS runs to Finish Line
06/18/2007 Dow Jones: Finish Line Sets Deal to Buy Genesco for About $1.5 Billion
06/11/2007 High Yield Report: Anders Maxwell Ready For The Next Downturn
05/21/2007 High Yield Report: Bonds Move on Housing /LBO News
05/21/2007 WWD: Beauty Firms, Teen Retailers Alter M&A Game
05/01/2007 The Deal: Fabrikant can auction assets
04/30/2007 Michael Sherman Joins Peter J. Solomon Company
04/27/2007 NYTimes: The Pressure of Great Expectations
04/22/2007 CrainsNY: NexCen aims to buy, rejuvenate retail lines
04/04/2007 NY Times: Masters of the New Universe
03/27/2007 Hedge Funds See Profit Potential In Bally Debt Restructuring
03/21/2007 The Deal: Apollo wins Claire’s Stores
03/01/2007 CFO.com: Restructuring Redux?
02/23/2007 The Deal: Is the end near
02/07/2007 WWD: New Year Brings New Breed of Acquisitions
02/06/2007 WWD: Lambertson Truex Aiming High
02/03/2007 NYTimes: From Raider to Activist, but Still Icahn
01/26/2007 The Deal: Angling for Business
01/24/2007 MR Magazine: Randa Buys Badanco Luggage
01/12/2007 The Deal: Mirant Taps Maxwell’s Smarts
12/20/2006 New York Times: Deal Maker’s 3-Day Tally_ $37 Billion .pdf
12/20/2006 WSJ: Harrah’s Accepts Buyout Offer Proceeds With Internal Revamp
12/12/2006 Peter J. Solomon Company was pleased to advise Tokyo Electric Power
11/15/2006 WSJ: Solomon Hires Ex-Chief of NASD
11/14/2006 Former NASD Chairman - CEO Robert R. Glauber Joins Peter J, Solomon Company
11/13/2006 Dick’s Sporting Goods press release
11/09/2006 Wave of corporate bankruptcies on way
11/08/2006 Liz Claiborne Inc. Agrees to Acquire Kate Spade LLC
11/03/2006 WWD: Neiman’s to Buy Rest of Spade
11/01/2006 Corporate Governance
10/11/2006 PJSC advises Phillips-Van Heusen
10/01/2006 Daily Bankruptcy Review’sTREND WATCH
09/18/2006 Bloomberg: Big Five May Earn $28 Billion; Wall Street Juggernaut Continues
09/18/2006 WWD: M&A Flurry Expected to Continue
09/11/2006 Time Magazine: Bon Business
09/05/2006 The Deal: Been down so long, it looks up to me
08/14/2006 WWD: Beauty Shares Fall on Duty Free Woes
08/10/2006 WWD: At Work With
07/24/2006 NY Post: Holding A Spade
07/21/2006 The Deal: Niagara falls to Kohlberg
07/18/2006 WWD: Loehmann’s Sold for $300M
07/11/2006 Peter J Solomon Company Advises McKesson Corp
06/29/2006 PJSC’s Leveraged Company Watchlist
06/23/2006 WSJ: Federated Sets Lord & Taylor Deal
06/08/2006 The NY Times: Morgan Lures Back a Defector of Rank
05/17/2006 Peter J Solomon Company Advises Office Depot on its Acquisition of Allied Office Products
05/03/2006 The Deal: Marsh clinches Sun Capital deal
03/20/2006 WWD: Merger Mania Continues
03/03/2006 The NY Sun: Solomon Saw India’s Potential Early On
02/23/2006 Peter J Solomon Company Announces New Restructuring Co-Head
02/06/2006 J. Jill Press Release
02/06/2006 WSJ: Talbots Unveils Deal To Buy J. Jill Group
02/03/2006 The Deal: Jeans maker goes to Berkshire
02/03/2006 WWD: Citizens of Humanity in Berkshire Deal
01/15/2006 When Good Mergers Go Bad
01/10/2006 The New York Times: Saks Trims Top Ranks, Spurring Talk of Sale
01/04/2006 The Deal: Mirant emerges from Chapter 11
12/06/2005 The New York Times: J.Jill Says It Will Consider Buyout Offers
12/02/2005 The Deal: Mirant wins plan confirmation
12/02/2005 The Atlanta Journal: Mirant on the verge of ending bankruptcy
11/18/2005 WWD: Analyst Raises Price Target on Sears Holdings
11/17/2005 WWD:Weintraub Conference Discusses Ins and Outs of M&A
10/15/2005 WSJ: Refco Starts to Unwind
09/28/2005 Shareholder urges Niagara to sell
09/27/2005 Crain’s New York Business: Kate Spade hires retail M&A expert for review
09/27/2005 WWD: Kate Spade Hires Bank for Possible Sale
09/09/2005 WWD: Hell’s Kitchen
08/22/2005 WWD: Nordstrom Buys Jeffrey Designer Stores
08/10/2005 Centene Inhales AirLogix in Latest DM Industry Acquisition
07/26/2005 Peter J. Solomon Company Names Michael J. Crames New Senior Advisor
07/12/2005 The Deal: Fitness video maker does belly flop
07/11/2005 Peter J. Solomon Company advises Centene
07/05/2005 WWD: The Dismantling of Saks: After Department Stores, Is SFA Next on the Block?
06/28/2005 The Deal: Physicians Formula up for sale
06/28/2005 WWD: IPO Timing Should Be Right for DSW
06/16/2005 Wall Street Journal: Apparel Firms Gird for Possible Merger Wave
06/15/2005 The New York Times: New Direction or Better Execution
06/15/2005 Newsday: Buying the brand adds flavor to Phillips-Van Heusen
06/10/2005 The Integration Solution
06/10/2005 The New York Post: Cornered Capital
06/07/2005 PJSC Names New Senior Advisor
05/10/2005 The Deal: Untangling Instinets Advisers
05/03/2005 The New York Times: Neiman Marcus Deal Disappoints Investors
04/14/2005 The New York Times: In A Shopping Frenzy
03/07/2005 Newsday: Retail Merger Mania
03/02/2005 WWD: Building New Titans
03/01/2005 Wall Street Journal: Combined Federated May Could Stress Apparel Makers
03/01/2005 The New York Times: A Soloist Holds Forth on Retailing
02/22/2005 WWD: So What Is a Secondary Stock Offering
02/14/2005 Investment Dealers Digest: No Sale for Street on Most Retail Deals
02/08/2005 WWD: Wall Street Catwalk Fancy
02/08/2005 Wall Street Journal: Pressure on Saks
01/31/2005 PJSC Advises Del Laboratories
01/27/2005 Financial Times: Boutiques Still not quite the obvious choice for loans
11/16/2004 Fortunoff, Legendary New York Retailer, Partners With Trimaran Capital For Future Growth
11/16/2004 The New York Times: Jones bid for Barneys
11/15/2004 WWD: Era of the New Deal
11/12/2004 WWD: Barneys to Jones
11/12/2004 The New York Times: Potential Buyers Turn Attention to 3 Store Chains
11/11/2004 The New York Times: Jones Buys Barneys in $400 Million Deal
11/09/2004 PJSC Advises Dimon Inc.
10/05/2004 Peter J Solomon Company advises Barnes and Noble
07/02/2004 DEL LABORATORIES INC. TO BE ACQUIRED IN $465 MILLION TRANSACTION
07/01/2004 The New York Times: Barneys New York Seeks a Buyer Willing to Expand the Operation
06/30/2004 Barneys New York, Inc. Announces Retention of Investment Banking Firms
06/17/2004 New York Times: Read Our Article, and Purchase Our Hair Color While You’re at
04/05/2004 WWD:Rationalizing Big Box Realty
03/28/2004 The Washington Post: A Lesson From Wal-Mart
03/24/2004 New York Daily News: Jones Gets Hostile in Bid for Shoe Biz
02/09/2004 The Washington Post: Time for Outside Regulators at the NYSE
06/13/2003 The New York Post: Home For Kasper
06/13/2003 WWD: Chasing Anne Klein: $163M Kellwood Bid, But Others in the Race
06/09/2003 Corporate Acquisitions: On the Move: Mickey Mouse, the FCC, and Other Media Titans
02/25/2003 WWD: Delia ’s Licensing Deal Adds $16.5M in Cash
02/11/2003 WWD: Consolidation Fever: Which Store Logos Could Vanish Next?
02/10/2003 The New York Times: The Race to Think Like a Teenager
02/10/2003 Crain’s New York Business: Investors team up for Delia’s deal
01/06/2003 WWD: Peter Solomon’s Ringside Seat

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