BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : APRIL 24, 2000 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Who's Prowling Europe


RAIDERS                        TARGETS

GUY WYSER-PRATTE, 53,               France's Groupe Andre,
heads New York investment firm      Societe du Louvre, Facom;
Wyser-Pratte & Co.                  Britain's Northern Electric

ASHER EDELMAN, 60,                  France's Societe du Louvre;
a U.S. arbitrageur now living       Switzerland's Baumgartner
in Switzerland                      Papiers

TIMOTHY BARAKETT, 35, and           France's Groupe Andre. Atticus          
NATHANIEL ROTHSCHILD, 28,           has raised $1 billion to go after
run NR Atticus investment fund      other undervalued European
in New York and London              companies


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