NEW YORK-- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said Friday that it may attempt to sell off some of the unsecured claims it has against its brokerage arm.
New York and Chicago- based Guggenheim has hired former Barclays head of investment banking for retail companies and vice chairman Andrew Taussig as well as managing directors Spencer Hart, Matthew Pilla, Ken Harada and Ryan Mash, the firm said in a press release last week.
May 7- Credit Suisse investment banker Sebastian Grigg has been appointed vice chairman of the bank's EMEA investment banking department after having spent six years at the helm of the company's UK investment banking team. Grigg, who began his career at Lazard, was hired by Credit Suisse in 2007 after having spent a decade at Goldman Sachs.
*Lazard cuts price target to $23 from $26. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
May 7- Ruckus Wireless Inc:. *Lazard cuts to neutral from buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
*Lazard raises price target to $148 from $137; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
May 6- Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp:. *Lazard cuts target price to $41 from $45; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
*Lazard starts with buy rating; price target of $32. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
PARIS, May 5- There is no need for France Telecom's Dailymotion, an online video-sharing website, to remain wholly French-owned, and all options must be studied, the junior minister for digital economy, Fleur Pellerin, told French media on Sunday.
*Lazard raises target price to $28 from $26; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
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May 3- Francesca's Holdings Corp:. *Lazard raises price target to $36 from $35. For a summary of rating and price target changes on U.S. companies: Reuters Eikon users, click on RCH/US Reuters 3000 Xtra users, double-click RCH/US Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
May 3- First Solar Inc:. *Lazard raises price target to $60 from $45; rating buy. For a summary of rating and price target changes on U.S. companies: Reuters Eikon users, click on RCH/US Reuters 3000 Xtra users, double-click RCH/US Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
*Lazard cuts price target to $65 from $75; rating buy. For a summary of rating and price target changes on U.S. companies: Reuters Eikon users, click on RCH/US Reuters 3000 Xtra users, double-click RCH/US Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
*Lazard cuts price target to $55 from $70; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
*Lazard raises price target to $20 from $15; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
May 3- MGM Resorts International:. *Lazard raises price target to $17.50 from $15; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
*Lazard raises price target to $16 from $14; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568. Reuters Station users, click. 4899.
PARIS, May 3- Entertainment group Vivendi. A consortium made up of Iliad founder Xavier Niel, Lazard banker Matthieu Pigasse and industrialist Pierre Berge has also made a bid, although at a much lower price than previously offered by U.S.-based web portal Yahoo, the website said.
Slaughter will start at Lazard on June 3. Jim Voorheis, a 23- year investment banking veteran who was most recently a managing director at Deutsche Bank, will start his new position heading up specialty finance investment banking in July.