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Perella Weinberg Partners

Perella Weinberg Partners L.P. is an independent, privately owned, global financial services firm providing corporate advisory and asset management services to clients around the world.

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Talbots Shares Dive as Talks With Sycamore End

Shares of Talbots Inc plunged as much as 36 percent on Friday after exclusive negotiations with Sycamore Partners ended without an agreement for the private equity firm to buy the women's apparel retailer, which can now look for other deals.

Talbots said it remains open to pursuing a transaction with Sycamore at $3.05 per share, which would values the retailer at around $215 million, if the private equity firm can provide certainty over closing the deal and financing commitments. Talbots said Sycamore was not ready make a deal at this time.The parties' exclusivity agreement expired on Thursday.Shares of Talbots, which is looking for a successor to its current chief executive, dipped as low as $1.64 in morning trading and later traded at $1.75, down 31 percent.Talbots, which has about 540 stores in the United States and Canada, posted a slightly higher adjusted first-quarter profit on Friday as it worked on managing discounts, costs and inventory.Cash-strapped Talbots, once a popular des...

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