New Labor Strikes Deals With 'Private Equity Guys'
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The Steelworkers union has an investment banker working down the hall from its president. A Service Employees International Union organizer is becoming an expert on leveraged buyouts. The Machinists are loading up their research department with MBAs.
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The private equity industry agrees to form a voluntary code to try and improve its disclosure.
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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - As venture capitalists shift their focus to later-stage deals with more mature technology companies, a growing and increasingly organized class of private investors known as "angels" has been picking up the slack in funding smaller start-ups.
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DaimlerChrysler's announcement that its troubled U.S. division could be put up for sale made the past week a busy one for private-equity firms.
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Private-equity firms have been picking off companies faster than bankers can draw up the papers. The targets are varied: Clear Channel Communications, Equity Office Properties, Harrah's Entertainment, the Hilton Hotel chain.
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A new trading tactic that could tip takeover battles has emerged from the hedge fund industry, sparking outrage among some investors and corporate governance experts.
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The initial public offering by Blackstone Group today could reshape the booming buyout industry, spurring other firms to register for IPOs while provoking a backlash that might boost the taxes of wealthy managers of "private equity" funds that buy or invest in companies.
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The deal is the latest example of a big publicly traded company being swallowed by private equity.
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Business & money: Â·  Rebels want cash payout from American spin-off Â·  Fresh row likely over executive remuneration
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The private equity industry and its friends are fighting back against legislation that would more than double their tax rate to 35 percent, contending the proposals would hurt average Americans and not just multimillionaire fund managers.
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The Texas Pacific Group is demonstrating how private equity financiers have become catalysts in reshaping business in Europe.
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Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill on Friday that would more than double taxes on the pay of managers of private equity funds, hedge funds and other investment partnerships.
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After years of supersize private equity deals, investors have begun to push back at several prominent transactions.
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Private equity firms, until recently  the high flyers of finance, have had a tough summer.
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The backlash against the wealth being created by managers of hedge funds and private equity funds may be gaining strength.
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Are Private equity firms profiting from their own overreaching?
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Two private equity groups are now dueling to take over Freescale Semiconductor for more than $16 billion, people involved said.