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• Earnings Preview: Blackstone Group (BX)

  Published: August 10, 2007, 3:22 pm

  Tags: Earnings, Private Equity

  has wrecked havoc on private equity leveraged buyouts in the last few weeks. Shares are also down considerably from the IPO pricing and post-IPO open. The good news is...

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• A glimpse into the Private Equity future for EMI

  Published: August 21, 2007, 4:41 pm

  Tags: Terra Firma, Emi, Private Equity, Saatchi Saatchi

  As it prepares to disappear into the clutches of Terra Firma, EMI has outlined what the future holds. They're going to take the music that means something to people, and whore it out until it's an empty husk:"Our back catalog is so prestigious and so rich in heritage in its impact on pop culture that half our effort is reminding people and

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• The Best of Bad Times

  Published: September 17, 2007, 12:03 am

  Tags: Xconomist Forum, Private Equity, Tech, Deals

  Private Equity, Tech, deals Howard Anderson wrote:Could the recent meltdown of the subprime lending market be good for tech? Let me argue a domino effect: subprime markets crater, which precipitates a pull-back on banks financing mid-tier debt for private equity, which means lower returns. The allocation of money to private equity slows,

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• Class War: The Poors To Protest New York's Richest At Waldorf-Astoria At Noon

  Published: September 19, 2007, 9:20 am

  Tags: Acorn, Carlyle Group, Class War, David Rubenstein, Private Equity, The Poors, The Riches, Top

  White financiers are all flooding up to the Waldorf Astoria this morning for the opening of today's Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst confab! The topics and the attendees are undeniably sexy; Paul...

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• Green Private Equity Fund, With a Hockey Twist

  Published: September 25, 2007, 9:24 am

  Tags: Alternative Energy, Private Equity

  Michael Richter, former All-Star goalie for the New York Rangers, has announced the formation of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Green Private Equity Fund, With a Hockey Twist

  Published: September 25, 2007, 9:24 am

  Tags: Alternative Energy, Private Equity

  Capital Partners, LLC as a private equity firm focused exclusively on the environmental industry. "ECP" has formed a relationship with New York Private Bank & Trust to invest $100 million in middle-market green companies. Sectors of particular interest for the firm include: Green consumer products, Eco-friendly building materials, Alternative

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• Clear Channel starts the long, slow fade-down

  Published: September 25, 2007, 2:36 pm

  Tags: Radio, Private Equity, Clear Channel

  for the sale of itself to a private equity partnership, Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and Bain Capital Partners LLC, with a plan for the new CC to slim down by selling off its television holdings and 440 of its smaller radio stations - roughly a quarter of its total. It still owns more stations than anyone else, but at least there's a bit of room

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• Sallie Mae Knows Her Merger Is Toast (SLM, JPM, BAC)

  Published: September 26, 2007, 3:59 pm

  Tags: Mergers Buy Outs, Private Equity

  SLM Corp. (NYSE:SLM), or Sallie Mae, has announced that it has been informed by a representative of the buyer group led by J. C. Flowers, Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) that the buyer group does not expect to consummate the acquisition of Sallie Mae under the terms of the merger agreement. Sallie Mae firmly believes that

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• Sallie Mae Knows Her Merger Is Toast (SLM, JPM, BAC)

  Published: September 26, 2007, 3:59 pm

  Tags: Mergers Buy Outs, Private Equity, Slm

  SLM Corp. (NYSE:SLM), or Sallie Mae, has announced that it has been informed by a representative of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Mergers Closing For Vote (FLEX, SLR, PYX, ENR, NWRE, HPQ, AGE, WB, AV, RARE, DRI)

  Published: September 26, 2007, 10:06 pm

  Tags: Calendar, Mergers Buy Outs, Private Equity

  This week we have many mergers coming up for approval from shareholders, and many of these will no... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Mergers Closing For Vote (FLEX, SLR, PYX, ENR, NWRE, HPQ, AGE, WB, AV, RARE, DRI)

  Published: September 26, 2007, 10:06 pm

  Tags: Calendar, Mergers Buy Outs, Private Equity

  This week we have many mergers coming up for approval from shareholders, and many of these will no longer be trading after this week. Here is a partial list of the more active stocks up for shareholder approval this Thursday and Friday: Flextronics (NASDAQ:FLEX) and Solectron (NYSE:SLR)... Election Deadline 5:00 P.M. EST on Thursday, September 27,

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• Acxiom's Hopes Of Another Offer Seem Dim (ACXM)

  Published: October 1, 2007, 11:10 am

  Tags: Mergers Buy Outs, Private Equity, Acxm

  It is of little surprise that shares of Acxiom Corp. (NASDAQ:ACXM) are hitting new 52-week lows... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Acxiom's Hopes Of Another Offer Seem Dim (ACXM)

  Published: October 1, 2007, 11:10 am

  Tags: Mergers Buy Outs, Private Equity

  fears have come true and the private equity acquisition is terminated. Shares are down 24% at $15.05 on the day, well under the $18.75 to $28.25 trading range over the last 52-weeks. ValueAct and Silver Lake were even able to negotiate a lower $65 million termination pact (under the $110 million stated at the merger announcement). Both of these

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• Private- Equity Tax Hike Falters

  Published: October 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Private, Equity, Tax, Hike, Falters, Harry Reid, Charles Rangel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Amp Feld Llp, Patton Boggs Llp, The Blackstone Group Lp, Capitol Hill, Jim Manley, Bloomberg Lp, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, The Carlyle Group Llc, Carol Guthrie, David M Rube

  Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) has told private-equity firms in recent weeks that a tax-hike proposal they have spent millions of dollars to defeat will not get through the Senate this year, according to executives and lobbyists.

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• Private- Equity Tax Hike Falters

  Published: October 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Private, Equity, Tax, Hike, Falters, Harry Reid, Charles Rangel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Amp Feld Llp, Patton Boggs Llp, The Blackstone Group Lp, Capitol Hill, Jim Manley, Bloomberg Lp, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, The Carlyle Group Llc, Carol Guthrie, David M Rube

  Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) has told private-equity firms in recent weeks that a tax-hike proposal they have spent millions of dollars to defeat will not get through the Senate this year, according to executives and lobbyists.

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