July 18, 1974 - Morgan Stanley advised International Nickel Company (INCO, $1.5 billion in sales) on  $28/share ($157 million) bid for ESB (formerly Electric Storage Battery Company, battery maker, world's largest battery-maker, Philadelphia's 11th largest company, $400 million in sales, stock had closed at $19.50); attempt to diversify from cyclical nickel industry, smooth earnings; July 24, 1974 - INCO raised bid to $36/share; ultimately bid $41/share ($227 million); Goldman Sachs advised ESB (target company); first hostile-takeover bid for company, with no forewarning; first takeover contest initiated by major strategic buyer; diversification attempt failed; consumer goods company couldn't compete with Duracell, Eveready in development of long-life dry-cell batteries; 1981 - INCO divested ESB in four parts; lost more than $220 million.

October 4, 1979 - Salomon Brothers and Merrill Lynch co-underwrote a $1 billion IBM debt issue of 9.5% notes to finance new generation of computers (IBM, 20-year client, triple-A rated client of Morgan Stanley had asked that Morgan accept Salomon Brothers as co-manager of largest industrial offering in history; Morgan had a 'sole lead manager' policy, refused; IBM chose Salomon Brothers and Merrill Lynch to co-manage issue); beginning of end of relationship banking (Gentle Bankers Code) on Wall Street.

October 15, 1987 - Imperial Savings Association, subsidiary of Imperial Corp. of America, filed for $500 million shelf offering of medium-term collateralized notes through Drexel Burnham Lambert; first issuance of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs); one of California's largest savings institutions, industry's second-largest junk bond investor; February 23, 1990 - seized by the U.S. Government's Office of Thrift Supervision; June 22, 1990 - Resolution Trust Corporation became receiver; 1995 - CDO issuance rose to $5 billion; 2000 - rose to $80 billion (source: Moody's Investors Service).

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(theGlobe.com), Stephan Paternot with Andrew Essex (2001). A Very Public Offering: A Rebel's Story of Business Success, Excess and Reckoning. (New York, NY: Wiley, xxx p.). Co-Founder of theGlobe.com. Paternot, Stephan, 1974- ; Theglobe.com; Internet industry--Finance; Going public (Securities); Electronic commerce--United States--Finance; Electronic discussion groups--Management--Case studies; Electronic games industry--Management--Case studies; Businessmen--United States--Biography.

Philip Augar (2005). The Greed Merchants: How the Investment Banks Exploited the System. (New York, NY: Portfolio, 288 p.). Former Head of Schroders Securities. Investment banking--Corrupt practices--United States; Investment analysis--United States. 

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P. L. Cottrell (1985). Investment Banking in England, 1856-1881: A Case Study of the International Financial Society. (New York, NY: Garland, 877 p. (2 vols.)). International Financial Society--History--19th century; Investment banking--England--History--19th century.

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Kris Fenton (2004). All My Men on Wall Street: A Maine Girl's Story of Manhattan's Glitz and Grind. (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 291 p.). Former Investment Banker (Salomon Smith Barney and Merrill Lynch). Fenton, Kris; Investment bankers--New York (State)--New York--Biography; Investment banking--New York (State)--New York--History; Wall Street--History. 

Paul Ferris (1984). The Master Bankers: Controlling the World's Finances. (New York, NY: Morrow, 285 p.). Investment banking; International finance; Bankers.

Samuel L. Hayes III and Philip M. Hubbard (1990). Investment Banking: A Tale of Three Cities. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 424 p.). Investment banking--New York (State)--New York; Investment banking--England--London; Investment banking--Japan--Tokyo; Banks and banking, International.

Paul Hoffman (1984). The Dealmakers: Inside the World of Investment Banking. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 230 p.). Investment banking--United States.

Michael C. Jensen (1974). The Financiers: The World of the Great Wall Street Investment Banking Houses. (New York, NY: Weybright and Talley, 340 p.). Investment banking--United States; Capitalists and financiers--United States; Wall Street.

Jonathan A. Knee (2006). The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 272 p.). Senior Managing Director (Evercore Partners). Investment banking--United States. Deal-making era in free-wheeling Internet economy; dramatic upheaval when bubble burst.

Robert Lawrence Kuhn (1990). Investment Banking: The Art and Science of High-Stakes Dealmaking. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 420 p.). Investment banking.

Ed. Robert Lawrence Kuhn (1990). The Library of Investment Banking. (Homewood, IL: Dow-Jones Irwin, 7 vols.). Investment banking. 

Thomas K. Liaw (1999). The Business of Investment Banking. (New York, NY: Wiley, 337 p.). Associate Professor of Finance (St. John's University). Investment banking. 

John F. Marshall, M.E. Ellis (1994). Investment Banking & Brokerage: The New Rules of the Game. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 357 p.). Professor, and Associate Professor, of Finance, Graduate School of Business (St. John's University). Investment banking--United States; Securities industry--United States. 

Robert C. Perez (1984). Inside Investment Banking. (New York, NY: Praeger, 204 p.). Investment Banking, Venture Capital.

Nomi Prins (2004). Other People’s Money: The Corporate Mugging of America. (New York, NY: New Press, 324 p.). Formerly of Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and Chase. Investment banking--Moral and ethical aspects--United States; Corporations--Moral and ethical aspects--United States; Corporations--Corrupt practices--United States; Stock Market Bubble, 1995-2000; Capital market--United States--History--20th century.

Roy C. Smith (1993). Comeback: The Restoration of American Banking Power in the New World Economy. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 357 p.). Investment banking--United States; Investment banking--European Economic Community countries; Investment banking--Japan; Banks and banking, International.

Ingo Walter and Roy C. Smith (1990). Investment Banking in Europe: Restructuring for the 1990s. (Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 169 p.). Investment banking--European Economic Community countries. 

Merwin H. Waterman (1958). Investment Banking Functions: Their Evolution and Adaptation to Business Finance. (Ann Arbor, MI: Bureau of Business Research, School of Business Administration, University of Michigan, 190 p.). Investment banking -- United States.

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