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	Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the ...
		The escapades of such Debtor Barons as Robert Campeau are depicted against the backdrop of national ardor for acquiring debt that characterized the 1980s.
		Campeau was summarily thrown out and the major business players in Canada quickly got together and bought up all the outstanding shares of Royal Trustco to thwart his plan.
		Campeau never found the "synergy between real estate and retail" he promised the shocked and angry management and employees of the two companies.
	www.beardbooks.com /beardbooks/going_for_broke.html (677 words)

	Robert Campeau - Search Results - MSN Encarta
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	Robert Campeau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Campeau retained famous banker Bruce Wasserstein to assist with the transactions.
		In 1996, Campeau and his wife separated, he first lived in Berlin (presidential suite of Four Seasons Hotel) and then he returned to live in Ottawa in 2001, where he lives now with Christel Dettmann, a former East German politician, with whom he had carried on an affair for several years.
		He sued his wife Ilsa for her part of the assets after they signed an agreement as to how the assets should be divided.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Campeau (705 words)

	BC Justice - Real or Imagined
		"Robert Campeau, who once ran a multi-billion-dollar real estate and retailing empire, is having trouble collecting on a court ruling that says he is owed $25,000 in monthly spousal support payments, his lawyer says." That quote from National Post of 07 December 2004.
		Campeau is using her ability as a high-roller to jet back and forth between Europe and Canada and thumb her nose at the court-ordered spousal support.
		Campeau has been in and out of care" due to his ongoing health problems, he has not been working and his only income is from his pension.
	www.senioryears.com /bcjustice.html (1836 words)

	After Campeau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Campeau was ousted from the firm and bankruptcy was officially declared for Federated and Allied.
		Although the quixotic developer/retail magnate wannabe Robert Campeau left financial havoc behind him in Canada that stretched far beyond Toronto's borders when his Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores filed for Chapter 11 in 1990, he somehow managed to emerge with much of his personal wealth still intact.
		Campeau had been living since 1991 in a $10 million chateau in the Austrian countryside.
	www.icsc.org /srch/sct/current/sct9809/21.htm (1246 words)

	Amazon.com: Going for Broke: Books: John Rothchild (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Campeau turned to Wassertein as a consultant bridging the channel to First Boston; Security Pacific wanted in on the funding but was not selected; the era of mergers represented millions of dollars in fees for funding institutions, large lawyer staffs, and expensive documents.
		Campeau was distained by the bankers and the author shows no reservation in vocalizing his hatred of Campeau.
		Campeau's plan was keep the most profitable divisions of Allied, put his own people in senior management, centralize the computer and accounting systems, downsize the staff, and increase profitablity.
	www.amazon.com /Going-Broke-Campeau-Bankrupted-Americas/dp/0140173161 (924 words)

	The New Financial Capitalists: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Creation of Corporate Value
		Baker and Smith, who are economists, were commissioned by George Roberts of KKR to write the history of the firm's investments.
		Robert Campeau believed he could realize a major gain in value for the corporation with a change in management.
		While financially the LBO of Federated was a failure Campeau was able to bring about some adjustments before the collapse that improved the performance of the company.
	www.applet-magic.com /newfincap.htm (790 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The brief also stated Campeau could suffer "substantial injury" if forced to wait for assurance of financing before pressing its lawsuit, and such assurance would do little or nothing to clarify the constitutional issues in the case.
		Campeau challeged the takeover law as an unconstitutional interference with interstate commerce and an infringement on federal regulatory authority.
		Campeau also has filed suit to challenge Federated's "poison pill" takeover defense, but that issue was not addressed by the SEC brief issued Thursday.
	www.cse.iitb.ac.in /~sanjeet_khtn/trecdocs/AP880212-0125.txt (510 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The law, which takes effect immediately and expires July 1, was prompted by Campeau Corp.'s billion bid to acquire or merge with Federated Department Stores, Inc., Celeste said.
		Campeau is headquartered in Toronto; Federated is based in Cincinnati.
		Campeau's $5.4 billion, $61-per-share offer to merge with Federated was made as an alternative to its outstanding $4.2 billion hostile tender offer.
	www.cse.iitb.ac.in /~sanjeet_khtn/trecdocs/AP880212-0162.txt (265 words)

	BUSI 2206 Chapter 20 Solutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		DiBartolo's last bid of $68 was topped by Campeau at $69, an amount which many observes thought was too high for Campeau to fund, but he was able to fund it.
		Campeau's advisors and interim financiers were paid some $300 million in fees.
		Campeau faced the need for the same two things that most takeover artists face: good financing and quick restructuring to make the acquired firm's remaining assets more productive.
	plato.acadiau.ca /courses/busi/newcore/2206/CH20SOLS.htm (6162 words)

	TIME.com: How Do You Spell Relief? -- Jan. 22, 1990 -- Page 1
		Campeau's American operations are tottering near bankruptcy, and the Bloomingdale's chain is up for sale.
		But while the raids made Campeau a high-rolling business celebrity, they left his Toronto-based Campeau Corp. with more than $10 billion of leveraged-buyout debt and interest charges so high that the stores could not produce enough income to meet them.
		Campeau Corp. managed to scrape together $100 million last week to meet the deadline for paying suppliers who shipped the 257 U.S. stores everything from tank tops to tiaras.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,969222,00.html (739 words)

	Former Allied prez forces Gold Circle bidding war - Robert H. Morosky Discount Store News - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Jack Smailes, vice chairman of Gold Circle, who along with president Robert Glass is spearheading the management-led LBO, told DSN that he is aware of Morosky's interest.
		Campeau would have wanted to clear up the process, but instead his strategy has been to institute an auction process," Smailes added.
		However, when Robert Campeau, chairman of Campeau Corp., acquired Federated Department Stores, he made it clear he wanted to unload the Worthington, Ohio based discounter, along with other Federated divisions, in its entirety, not piecemeal.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n15_v27/ai_6511886 (751 words)

	fedsid0 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But after Campeau won a bidding war for Federated and then forced it into bankruptcy, Federated was forced to slash extraneous operations to pay the huge debt.
		Jim Selonick, who had just retired as a real-estate executive at Federated when Campeau took it over, said he and other former employees lost most of their pensions in the bankruptcy.
		He also said Campeau ruined a company that had been the training ground for many in the retail industry, and a significant philanthropic force in Greater Cincinnati.
	www.cincypost.com /news/1998/fedsid070398.html (296 words)

	Ottawa Business Journal - News Story
		Paradis was an executive with Campeau Corp. during the developer's height and a former president of the Ottawa Home Builders Association.
		His other community endeavours included serving on the board of governors of the University of Ottawa and on the boards of the National House Builders Association, the Ontario Land Corporation, the Council of Canadian Unity, the Community Foundation of Ottawa and the Riverside Hospital Foundation.
		He went on to play a significant role with Campeau Corp. over the next 30 years as it went from being a small company to a builder of up to 1,000 residential units a year.
	www.ottawabusinessjournal.com /282043372216991.php (253 words)

	Fault Lines. \| Management from AllBusiness.com
		Such was the case with Campeau Corporation, led by Robert Campeau.
		Campeau was a highly commercial real estate developer, but little known outside of the Bay Street investment community.
		The combination of the overwhelming debt and Campeau's eccentric management practices resulted in the bankruptcy of both acquisitions and also dragged down the corporation.
	www.allbusiness.com /management/362989-1.html (683 words)

	Robert Campeau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Campeau returned to real estate, taking a more cautious approach to investment
		Going for broke: how Robert Campeau bankrupted the retail industry, jolted the junk bond market, and brought the booming eighties to a crashing halt (1991) by John Rothchild
		Allied, Federated, and Campeau : causes, consequences and implications (1991) by Daniel M. Raff and Walter J. Salmon
	particle.physics.ucdavis.edu /bios/Campeau.html (209 words)

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		Such was the case in 1988 when Robert Campeau made a tender offer for Federated Department Stores.
		Campeau offers to pay $105 per share for the first 50% of the shares, and $90 for the remainder.
		Campeau finally won out (not by a two-tiered tender offer, however) but paid $8.17 billion for the stock of a company with a pre-acquisition market value of $2.93 billion.
	webpage.pace.edu /pviswanath/class/648/notes/introduction.htm (1463 words)

	Place de Ville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When the streetcar system was shuttered, the land was purchased by developer Robert Campeau.
		That same year Campeau began lobbying to build the much taller Tower C. Originally hoping to build a 475 foot tower (which would have made it about 42 storeys) the city allowed it to only be 342 feet (29 storeys), but it still was, and remains, the tallest building in the city.
		Campeau's business empire was also struggling and after failed expansion attempts in the United States his company collapsed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Place_de_Ville (488 words)

	fedtim0 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		December 1986: Robert Campeau buys Allied Stores Corp., owner of Brooks Bros. and other retail chains.
		February 1988: After Federated rejects the offer, Campeau increases his bid to $61 per share and then $66 per share.
		April 1988: Federated accepts Campeau's offer of $73.50 per share, with Macy's buying the Bullock's and I. Magnin divisions.
	www.cincypost.com /news/1998/fedtim070398.html (218 words)

	Common Mistakes & Rational Framework - Ground Zero Bistro
		Campeau had the desire to win at any cost and that caused him to not develop a rational negotiation strategy.
		Robert Campeau with the Federated Merger in 1987 had two previous great examples that he could have learned from.
		It talked about why Robert Campeau continued to acquire Federated even though the bid was outrageous and did not make very smart business sense.
	riccistreet.net /riccigreen/bistro/Forum126/HTML/000024.html (3438 words)

	Pritzl Family Journal: CAMPEAU Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		OBIT - Robert "Pierre" Campeau - Coon Rapids, Minnesota On-Line - by RJ Pritzl, 9/05
		Robert Campeau - Funeral service for Robert "Pierre" Campeau, 67, took place Sept. 27 at Epiphany Catholic Church, Coon Rapids.
		He was born Dec. 21, 1936 in St. Vincent and was a truck driver.
	www.strato.net /~rpritzl/d1/i0021104.htm (130 words)

	Robert Campeau - MSN Encarta
		Campeau, Robert, born in 1924, Canadian financier, born in Sudbury, Ontario.
		Campeau left school at 14 to work as a machinist and in 1949 became a...
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	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577681/Campeau_Robert.html (44 words)

	Sloan: Another Tale of Corporate Tax Dodging - Newsweek Allan Sloan - MSNBC.com
		If you get out your compounding calculator and assume that money costs IP about 7 percent a year, you see that deferring a $1 billion obligation for 10 years is worth about $500 million.
		That analysis is courtesy of Lehman Brothers tax expert Robert Willens, who discussed the IP deal in a recent report.
		The law came as a response to a Forbes magazine story describing how corporate raider Robert Campeau got IOUs as payment for some department store chains that he had taken over, then monetized the notes and deferred the taxes due on the gain.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/12273409/site/newsweek/page/2 (645 words)

	Welcome to myfoodcount.com - Measure your Health - Famous Bipolar - Robert Campeau
		Welcome to myfoodcount.com - Measure your Health - Famous Bipolar - Robert Campeau
		In 1996, Campeau and his wife separated and he returned to live in Ottawa in 2001, where he lives now with Christel Dettmann, a former East German politician.
		He sued his wife for her part of the assets after she attempted to maintain control of them.
	www.myfoodcount.com /healthylife/famous/bipolar/robertcampeau.html (665 words)

	People & Places
		Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Brokerage has appointed Robert M. Campeau as vice president, announced President John Monroe.
		Campeau specializes in property/casualty insurance for medical device companies.
		Campeau has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry.
	www.insurancejournal.com /magazines/west/2004/11/08/people/49616.htm (934 words)

	Ilsa Campeau
		It is after long deliberation and after discussing it thoroughly with my children that I have decided to set the facts straight as far as my divorce from Robert
		It is after long deliberation and discussing it thoroughly with my children that I have decided to set the facts straight as far as my divorce from Robert Campeau and the other law suits he has brought against me in Canada are concerned.
		I am awed by the fact that the judicial system of a democratic country can be manipulated by people lying and perjuring themselves the way Robert Campeau and certain people around him have done.
	www.ilsa.at (201 words)

	Campeau rounds bend in fight for Federated. (department stores) (column) Daily News Record - Find Articles
		Campeau Rounds Bend In Fight for Federated Robert Campeau, the determined chairman of Campeau Corp., has developed a secret formula for successful takeovers--he pays more than anybody else.
		According to a source familiar with the Federated Department Store's negotiations with Campeau and others, there were no other cash offers much above $60 a share.
		When Campeau Corp. came up with the $770 million in additional financing that would come from the plan to sell Brooks Brothers to Britain's Marks and Spencer Ltd., and then offered $68 a share, that pretty much locked up...
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_hb4298/is_198802/ai_n14983921 (247 words)

	Going For Broke - How Robert Campeau Bankrupted The Retail Industry, Jolted The Junk Bond Market, & Brought The ...
		Going For Broke - How Robert Campeau Bankrupted The Retail Industry, Jolted The Junk Bond Market, and Brought The Booming Eighties To A Crashing Halt by Rothchild, John
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		Looks at how Robert Campeau helped precipitate the junk bond crisis.
	www.biblio.com /books/14216669.html (185 words)

	If Campeau knew about direct marketing. \| Marketing & Advertising > Direct Marketing from AllBusiness.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Maybe the recent Robert Campeau retail calamity happened, in part, because the investment bankers who financed the deal believed that a successful real estate investor knew something about the retail store business.
		In our business, we do small deals; through testing of measurable promotional variables (such as lists, packages, postage, etc.), enormous profit opportunities are created with little downside risk - and the results go right to the bottom line on the income statement.
		If Campeau knew about direct marketing and bought a mail order company instead, he would have had an idea of a) how much
	www.allbusiness.com /marketing/direct-marketing/114970-1.html (677 words)

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