the stretch of highway between greenhill road and viking road has seen it's share of problems. kwwl's nikki newbrough is live out near that interseciton. nikki what did you find out? police tell me there was even a couple accidents here last night. and now between thanksgiving and christmas, they are on high alert in this area. some people (ding) during this holiday season, the cedar falls police department has one interesction they keep an eye on. "i'n my years working the streets yes i have, i have been there for fatalities and i have been there for personal injury accidents and regular accidents that happen." we're talking about highway 58 and viking road. police say it's been a bad intersection for a long time....always in the top ten for the most dangerous intersections in iowa. recently landing at number four. "and some of those accidents are very serious and all because of all the new businesses on the viking road area. we have a lot more traffic during that thanksgiving to christmas time." "you know just standing out intersection gets. that's why police are doing everyt

back with more in just a moment. ♪ >> greenhill ceo scott bok is still with us.m&a, financing, restructuring, and capital raising. you say the stars have aligned for megadeals. tell us about that. scott: if you look statistically, is not a big increase, in m&a in smaller transactions, but $10 billion or greater, there's a lot of it. those companies have the best access to capital, often have the largest balance sheets and cheapest borrowing rates. large cap stocks have done quite well. they are probably struggling the most to get organic growth. they are so big, how do you get it organically? they want to consolidate the industry. stephanie: if megadeals are on tap, is that bad for you,? they often need conflict financing and balance sheets, and that is what big banks can provide and you cannot. scott: we still get involved in some of them. we are advising the $40 billion deal with allergan right now. it is not great for us, in that our sweet spot is about $500 million to $5 billion. we do a lot in that category. we don't work on small things, and we don't work a

that was the greenhill ceo. for more on how they are testing -- i want toits start with scott bok and his bank. i know you been tracking this trend and the industry. why have we seen that movement from the big banks to the smaller ones? >> the past five years we've seen a lot of these major investment bankers and they have gone to these boutique banks to create their own franchises. successful.credibly the ipo market is drying up a little bit and the banks depend heavily on these ipos. the secondary also not as promising as they used to be. theirill, if you look at shares over the last few months you see the shares have been depreciating over time. this is an opportunity for scott and greenhill to buy back some shares. he has seen some departures in europe as well. if you look at companies, phenomenal bank, what happened with every core, it boutique investment banks, it requires -- it acquires isi and becomes shop worthy to investing and trading and they have equity research, havetment banking, so they a canvas,

such as cedar heights and viking road, prairie parkway off of greenhill, or even hudson road to viking. we've got you covered live in cedar falls nikki newbrough kwwl news. police say the d- o-t knows how dangerous that intersection is. there have been a few community meetings about it and relief is in sight. new details... a man is arrested and charged to a series of attacks on the university of iowa campus. university police arrested 32-year- old adam weinstein. he was arrested after he was released from university of iowa hospitals and clinics, where he was committed after being apprehended on november 10. weinstein faces multiple charges including third degree sexual abuse. the incidents sparked two hawk alerts on november 10. a fire in linn county destroys a home and a camper that was also in the 2000 block of central city road just a few miles outside of downtown central city. kwwl's kristin rogers she was in saw the damage. she joins us live from the linn county sheriff's office, who also responded to tt fire... that's right, deputies from the linn county sheriff's office were w

the stretch between greenhill road and viking road has had its share of problems. kwwl's nikki newbrough tells us between thanksgiving and christmas, this area has police (ding) some people (ding) love to shop (ding) during this holiday season, the cedar falls police department has one interesction they keep an eye on. been there for personal injury accidents and regular accidents that happen." we're talking about highway 58 and viking road. police say it's been a bad intersection for a long time....always in the top ten for the most dangerous intersections in iowa. recently landing at number four. "and some of those accidents are very serious and all because area. we have a lot more traffic during that thanksgiving to christmas time." "you know just standing out here for a few minutes you can really see how busy this intersection gets. that's why police are doing everything they can to make sure people are aware of that." the department partnered with the dot again this year to put up signs to alert this 60 mile an hour traffic to slow down. "caution ahead, heavy

you look at greenhill, right?bert greenhill took a step back, the company struggled. >> that was us -- >> that perception, i'm curious. >> like saying wynn resorts is about steve wynn. it's not. it's about developing a culture that i think will last for decades going forward. i mean, i think in 1950 goldman sach was probably about wineberg, but he developed a culture that was self-rep pri kating, dif yen rated, and that led a firm to be able to rep kate over and over again the talent that goes forward, and that is what i think we're doing in moelus and company that's different than anyone else right new. >> talk m&a. >> how many people work in your firm now? >> 650 people. >> when you started in 2007, how many people? >> well, on day one, there was one, but after that, about 15. >> right. >> something important for m&a, right, what happened in the regulators is they don't let banks do some of the services that they are doing now or the banks in order to get the services were lending money they are no longer permit