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One more reason for Buffett to hate private equity
Dan Primack 2010-10-19 01:02Warren Buffett recently said that Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) hasn't "bought a single company from an LBO operator," because such sellers only focus on ...
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Why private equity is in a deep freeze
財富中文網 2009-07-29 05:20Buyout firms with huge stockpiles of cash aren't making new deals. The reason? They're too focused on trying to manage the companies they've already g...
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Private equity is a man's world... seriously
Dan Primack 2011-02-11 06:56Are you a woman who wants to succeed in private equity? Here's some free advice: Learn about sports. And don't get pregnant. In fact, it might be best...
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5 private equity story-lines for 2011
Dan Primack 2010-12-31 01:282010 was a comeback year for private equity. Deal volume nearly doubled, portfolio values were boosted by public market comps (thanks, FAS 157!) and P...
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The 5 best and 5 worst private equity funds
Dan Primack 2010-09-21 01:00The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) has the nation's largest private equity portfolio, and recently updated fund-by-fund perfo...
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Private equity's blue light special
Dan Primack 2010-09-10 01:32BC Partners is offering prospective investors a sweet deal. So why might it backfire?British buyout firm BC Partners is raising €6 billion for its new...
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The best private equity deal to ever fall apart
D.M. Levine 2010-05-27 01:27When news started to trickle out two weeks ago that a consortium of private equity firms were in talks to buy up a Fortune 500 provider of real estate...
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More direct secondary funds arrive, including another one for Facebook
Dan Primack 2010-10-29 08:08A few weeks back, I wrote about an emerging class of funds that were designed to let investors buy up shares of private Internet wunderkids like Faceb...
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One more worry for banks: Wal-Mart
Kit R. Roane 2010-06-25 01:18America's biggest banks are in retreat, tightening lending, increasing fees, and closing branches. But one company still wants to become your neighbor...
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What's costlier than a government run prison? A private one
D.M. Levine 2010-08-23 06:10Early this month, three convicted murderers escaped from a prison in Kingman, a small town along Route 66 in northwest Arizona. According to reports, ...
