private equity firms

The merits of private equity firms like Marc J. Leder’s Sun Capital are the subject of renewed debate because of the presidential race.

This is wonderful news for a select group of private equity firms! Why? Two reasons: 1) Alibaba , the company buying those Asian assets, will be borrowing money from PE firms to complete the deal 2) Alibaba can't just pay Yahoo in cash.

I spend most of my time digging into Wall Street, hedge funds and private equity firms, looking for both the good and the bad.

GoDaddy might be transferring ownership soon. The Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing “people familiar with the matter,” that private equity firms KKR & Co.

NEW YORK -- U.S. President Barack Obama's executive order freezing $30 billion in assets of Muammar Gaddafi, his family and the Libyan government could impact several U.S. banks and private equity firms, including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and the Carlyle Group.

The Obama administration described it as the largest seizure of foreign funds in U.S. history.

Investors are running up the price of Yahoo Inc. shares after a report saying AOL Inc. and a group of private equity firms may bid for the Web company.

Only on Wall Street could you have too much money.

Washington (PRESS RELEASE – May 29, 2010) — The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) called on Congress to oppose proposed legislation to dramatically increase taxes on carried interest.

Such legislation, if enacted, would deal a severe blow to minority-owned private equity firms and all private equity investors in small businesses.

New York (PRESS RELEASE – April 21, 2010) — Ernst & Young LLP is calling for applications for its third annual Entrepreneurial Winning Women competition, a program designed to accelerate the growth of high-potential businesses founded by women entrepreneurs.

To obtain an application form, or to nominate a deserving woman entrepreneur, visit: www.ey.com/us/entrepreneurialwinningwomen.

The application deadline is June 30, 2010.

The huge buyout of TXU, a power company, grew complicated when natural gas prices plunged and banks asked private equity firms to share the pain.