Guillaume d’Hauteville, vice chairman for investment banking in Europe at Nomura Holdings, sat down with DealBook to discuss the state of mergers and acquisitions in Europe, the demise of Lehman Brothers and the future of the euro zone. Read more..

By CHRIS V. NICHOLSON - The New York Times

General Motors’ anticipated initial public offering may be a hard sell. After all, the automaker burned investors with its Chapter 11 filing a little over a year ago. But companies that emerge from bankruptcy can significantly outperform the stock market. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

The deal is the latest effort in BP’s plan to sell up to $30 billion of assets to cover costs related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Read more..

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - The New York Times

Donald Trump and the promoters of his Trump SoHo hotel-condominium were sued by buyers who accused them of fraudulently touting out-sized sales figures to encourage them to buy units and inflate the project’s financial health, Reuters reported. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

A former Deloitte & Touche partner and his son will pay more than $1.1 million to settle claims they illegally traded on inside information about the audit firm’s clients, federal regulators said on Wednesday. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

Vanity Fair has published a profile of Steven Rattner, whose talents led him from reporting to private equity to a position as car czar, but could not save him from the pay-to-play imbroglio that engulfed the New York establishment early last year. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

GM Ventures, the recently-created venture-capital arm of General Motors, has made its first investment by taking a minority stake in electric vehicle company Bright Automotive, CNET News reported. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

The commission accused Intel of illegally using its dominance to block customers from buying competitors’ products. Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

Bank of New York Mellon has named BlackRock’s Curtis Arledge as chief executive of its asset management unit, filling a role left vacant by the departure of Ronald O’Hanley. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

An important test of financial regulators’ resolve will come as the S.E.C. finalizes new rules for nominating directors to corporate boards. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times