Private equity defends job record
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Research suggests that companies bought by private equity firms are not massive destroyers of jobs.
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Monster Worldwide Inc. , owner of the most-used online job-listing service, said it overstated earnings by $271.9 million in the past nine years because of improperly recorded stock option grants.
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A slew of private equity deals already under financing pressure from the credit crunch now face added concerns over a potential recession.
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Business & money: PM-in-waiting challenged to curb private equity.
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The second-quarter report, a record for the firm, potentially augurs a good week for Wall Street earnings reports.
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Let's face it. Private equity firms hogged the deal-making spotlight in 2007, first with their high-flying buyouts and then with their frantic efforts to salvage them. But corporate acquirers, otherwise known as strategics, weren't exactly on vacation. Just ask Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corporation pulled off an audacious takeover of Dow Jones that many said was [...].
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Merger and acquisition activity in the first six months of 2007 hit a record, boosted by the battle for Dutch group ABN Amro and rapid growth of the private equity sector, a study showed on Friday.
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Signs are appearing that private-equity groups may be having more difficulty making deals.
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Treasury Minister Ed Balls Thursday called for private equity groups, whose role in company takeovers have been heavily criticised by trade unions here, to propose arrangements that would increase transparency in the sector.
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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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NEW YORK - The stock market that meandered through September could gain some direction in the week ahead as the Labor Department releases its latest report on job creation.    For all the economic data that Wall Street parses and analyzes every day, the jobs report, scheduled for release Friday, is one of the few that seem to encapsulate the economy as a whole...
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There are two topics most venture capitalists hate to discuss: companies they invested in that tanked, and companies they didn't invest in that soared.
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Private equity firms have demonstrated strength in numbers by teaming up to make significant acquisitions, and as some firms keep expanding, investors say the trend toward "club" deals will help them snag assets that once were out of their grasp.
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Business & money: Private sector competitors see 'extraordinary' demand.
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Comment is free: Polly Toynbee: The private equity sector, with its attendant risks to employees, pensioners and tax revenue, should be reined in and regulated.
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As the housing boom continues, housing stocks are reporting record earnings. Neither is sustainable.
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U.S. private sector wage growth  should continue to accelerate in the months ahead on the back  of a healthy employment climate, according to a survey released  on Tuesday.