DealBook: Avista Hires Ex-Bush Official to Advisory Board

Avista Capital Partners, a private equity firm specializing in energy, healthcare and media investments, said on Tuesday that it has hired former Bush administration official Jim Nussle to its advisory board.

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Ninth Street Capital Partners buys pipe threading company...

...Castronics Inc. The private equity firm in Cleveland said the Nebraska company is 'well positioned to benefit from the increased inland drilling activity.'

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Jacoline Loewen Part 2

Great video on how business owners work with private equity and venture capital. Talks about a business owner and what happens when partnering with private capital.

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Congress Slays the Venture Capital Golden Goose Again

The House announced today that they will raise taxes on the carried interest of venture capital funds and other private equity and hedge funds.  For those unfamiliar with carried interest, it is essentially an allocation of capital gains from limited partners (LP) to the general partner (GP). For example, GP and LP decide to set up a partnersh

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Bulgaria Kamenitza, AB InBev Breweries Sale Completed

Anheuser-Busch InBev announced on Wednesday it has completed the sale of its operations in Central Europe and the Balkans to private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners. The deal is valued at USD 2.23 B in cash, bonds and minority shares.

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Krell Founders Sue Equity Fund To Return To Company - 2009-1

Stamford, Conn. - Krell founders Dan and Rondi D'Agostino have filed a lawsuit here against private-equity fund KP Capital Partners and current KP-allied Krell executives to regain their management roles at the high-end audio company they founded in 1980.

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Resilience Capital Partners acquires Victor Oolitic Stone Co

The private equity firm said the purchase marks the first acquisition that will be part of its industrial minerals platform, North Coast Minerals.

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This is What Equity Financing Entails

If you have established your business for a long time now and you need to increase its funding, you could invite some of your family members, friends or business suppliers to contribute capital. You could also invite venture partners who could be willing to invest in your business for a profit. This type of raising money is referred to as equity

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General News US - Gauntlet Commercial Real Estate Capital En

AP Capital Partners, LLC (APCP), a private equity firm that takes long-term assignments in exceptional enterprises, entered today into a joint venture with Gauntlet Commercial Real Estate Capital, LLC, based in Scottsdale, AZ.

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Express Energy Services Files Pre-Negotiated Bankruptcy

Express Energy Services Operating, LP and a group of affiliated entities voluntarily filed for chapter 11 protection on October 27th in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The companies, which are indirectly owned by an equity consortium including Macquarie Energy Holdings, LLC and Wachovia Capital Partners 2006..

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