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This year Zell orchestrated the largest leveraged buyout ever when he sold his Equity Office Properties (EOP) Trust to Blackstone Group for $39 billion in a hotly contested bidding war. He also led the winning $8.2 billion bid to acquire the Tribune Co.--a deal that is yet to close. Zell won't comment on Tribune, but during a recent trip to New York City, he did sit down with TIME's Janet Morrissey to talk about the economy, the debt markets, housing and where he sees the greatest opportunities today...
Everything was turning out exactly how he had always imagined. He was in the best shape of his life, recently married and running the qualifying marathon in a bid to make the U.S. Olympic track team after suffering an injury during the 2004 trials. But 5.5 miles (9 km) into the race, Ryan Shay, one of the nation's top distance runners, collapsed in the middle of Manhattan's Central Park. While the initial autopsy was inconclusive, many suspect that the Notre Dame graduate's untimely death was caused by an enlarged heart--a condition he suffered from since adolescence...
...longer an option for the Crimson (10-3-2, 3-2 Ivy), currently ranked 15th in the nation. With losses to Ivy rivals Brown and Dartmouth already in the books, the league title is out of its reach. But with two games left to play, an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament is still a very real possibility. “With two victories, we’ll be able to convince the committee that we should play in the tournament,” coach John Kerr said. Harvard is coming off a convincing 5-1 victory over Columbia...
Advancing his bid for the Undergraduate Council’s top spot, current UC Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 has chosen fellow UC insider Randall S. Sarafa ’09 as his vice-presidential candidate, according to two current UC representatives...
...yesterday’s elections, challenger Edward J. Sullivan Jr. lost a bid to replace his cousin, recently-retired Michael A. Sullivan, according to preliminary returns released last night...