Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds -- DealBook

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That was seen as a sign of investor confidence in the scandal-plagued bank that could help it resist predators.</p> <p>The funds help plug a gap in SocGen’s finances after it lost nearly 5 billion euros (more than $7 billion) unwinding what the bank says were unauthorized bets by a trader, Jerome Kerviel, and after 2.6 billion euros ($3.8 billion) in write-downs linked to the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080312001915/http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-France-Societe-Generale.html?scp=1&sq=societe&st=nyt">Go to Associated Press article via The New York Times</a> </p> </p> <ul class="post-tools"> <li><a class="post-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080312001915/http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/societe-generale-raises-85-billion-in-offering/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Societe Generale Raises $8.5 Billion in Offering">Link to This</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080312001915/http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/societe-generale-raises-85-billion-in-offering/#comments" class="post-comment" title="Comment on Societe Generale Raises $8.5 Billion in Offering">Comment (1)</a></li> <li> <form method="post" name="emailThis_21613" id="emailThis_21613" style="display: inline;" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20080312001915/http://www.nytimes.com/mem/emailthis.html"> <input type="hidden" name="type" value="1"/> <input type="hidden" name="url" value="http%3A%2F%2Fdealbook.blogs.nytimes.com%2F2008%2F03%2F11%2Fsociete-generale-raises-85-billion-in-offering%2F"/> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="DealBook%3A%20Societe%20Generale%20Raises%20%248.5%20Billion%20in%20Offering"/> <input type="hidden" name="description" value="%0ASociete%20Generale%2C%20seeking%20to%20restore%20its%20status%20as%20a%20top-tier%20bank%20after%20a%20massive%20trading%20scandal%2C%20said%20Tuesday%20it%20had%20raised%205.5%20billion%20euros%20%28%248.44%20billion%29%20in%20new%20capital%20through%20a%20share%20offering.%0AThe%20bank%20said%20the%20share%20issue%20was%20oversubscribed%20by%20184%20percent%20with%20total%20subscription%20orders%20of%2010.2%20billion%20euros%20%28%2415.65%20billion%29.%20That%20was%20%5B...%5D"/> <input type="hidden" name="pub_date" value="20080311"/> <input type="hidden" name="author" value="Andrew%20Ross%20Sorkin"/> <input type="hidden" name="section" value="Business"/> <input type="hidden" name="nytdsection" value="business"/> <input type="hidden" name="nytdsubsection" value="dealbook"/> <input type="hidden" name="encrypted_key" value="EoFc5BuutTPTi8UbxC1Q8Q"/> <input type="hidden" name="encryption_partner" value="about"/> <a class="post-email" onclick="s_code_linktrack('Article-Tool-Email');" href="javascript:document.getElementById('emailThis_21613').submit();">E-mail This</a> </form> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="morePosts"> <div class="story"> <h5><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080312001915/http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/bostwick-laboratories-eyes-100-million-ipo/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Bostwick Laboratories Eyes $100 Million I.P.O.">Bostwick Laboratories Eyes $100 Million I.P.O.</a></h5> <div class="meta"> <span class="timestamp">March 11, 2008 at 7:27 am</span> <span class="post-tools"></span> </div> </div> <div class="story"> <h5><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080312001915/http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/eyeblaster-launches-ipo-campaign/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Eyeblaster Launches I.P.O. 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Schwarzman of <strong>Blackstone Group</strong> is set to become the latest Wall Street heavyweight to put his name on a high-profile building. </p> <p>How much do these architectural calling cards usually cost? That depends. Henry Kravis, whose buyout firm, <strong>Kohlberg Kravis Roberts</strong>, is a fierce Blackstone rival, got his name on a wing in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for a relatively modest $10 million pledge in 1987. 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