Anatomy Of A Corporate Take-Over

Anatomy of a Corporate Take-OverRichard G. Rosenthal--Rosey to his longtime friends--was uncharacteristically edgy as he sat at his desk overlooking the cavernous trading floor of Salomon Brothers, the investment-banking firm, on this blustery Monday afternoon in mid-January 1978. The weekend had been a wipe-out. A blizzard, one of the heaviest in years, was blanketing the Eastern Seaboard. Rosenthal had not been able to log his customary twin-engine flying time, a pursuit that helps him achieve...