<H4><CENTER>Meet the men and minds that have ignited the greatest decade of deal making in the history of business</CENTER></H4><P>In the 1980s Tom Wolfe coined the term "masters of the universe" for hard-charging Wall Streeters. In the '90s, that term is applied broadly to the takeover pros behind a decade of stunning mergers and acquisitions. The decade produced more than $8 trillion in M&A, far more than the $2.4 trillion in the "decade of greed." Daniel J. Kadlec, <I>Time</I> magazine's Wall Street columnist, quizzed nine top guns about the strategies they used to pull off the greatest deals in history. The result is a penetrating portrait of how business is done at its highest level, with insights and lessons for everyone. <I>Masters Of the Universe</I> will open your eyes to the brave new world of deal making.</P><P>The Deal Makers</P><UL type=DISC><LI>Hugh McColl with his gripping tale of buying BankAmerica<LI>Sandy Weill on how he pulled off the Citicorp-Travelers merger<LI>Stephen Bollenbach on the rocky road to breaking up Marriott Corp.<LI>Carl Icahn with the inside story of his showdown with Texaco<LI>Gary Wilson on buying Northwest Airlines<LI>Ted Forstmann on surviving and then thriving with Gulfstream Joe Rice on his signature deal carving Lexmark out of IBM Henry Silverman on his groundbreaking purchase of Avis</LI></UL>