Private equity escapes statutory scrutiny
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Business & money: Â· Walker review opts for voluntary code of conduct Â· Takeover firms are urged to be more open
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We track the week in private equity in search of Rule Breakers of the future.
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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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Thereâs something not quite kosher about some private equity dealings, or so it seems to me. But I could be wrong.
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Some exchange-traded funds aren't for anyone.
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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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Profits abound, but free cash flow goes missing.
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Sale process for stricken bank in disarray as private equity firm fails to submit an offer
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A wave of business scandals in the past few years has focused much more attention on how companies are run, but even many investor watchdogs don't exactly agree on how to assess corporate governance.
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While the credit squeeze is keeping private-equity firms from making big commercial real estate plays, it may soon create an opening for buyers less reliant on borrowed cash.
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Investors did not give the company a ringing endorsement today.
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Private equity markets in Europe have faced the same issue of private equity taxation with fiery debate and quiet lobbying.
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But the story's not in the GAAP profits.
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A pullback in commercial property lending has raised questions about whether a recent surge in real estate investment trust buyouts signaled a peak for private equity funds.
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Business interests, seizing on concerns that a law passed in the wake of the Enron scandal has overreached, are advancing a broad agenda to limit government oversight of private industry, including making it tougher for investors to sue companies and auditors for fraud.
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Business & money: PM-in-waiting challenged to curb private equity.
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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.