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Kidder, Peabody & Co. has named B. J. Megargel, 35, managing director and head of mergers and acquisitions. Megargel has been managing director and head of international M&A; for Shearson Lehman Hutton. At Shearson, Megargel worked on a broad array of transactions, including the sale of Ogilvy Group to WPP Group, Black & Decker’s acquisition of Emhart, RJR Nabisco’s proposed management-led buyout, Wagner & Brown’s attempted acquisition of Gencorp and Maytag’s acquisition of Magic Chef.