Banks May Shed Private Equity Assets in Obama Plan

U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to limit financial risk-taking could force banks, such as Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan , to shed parts of their private equity operations.....A number of banks have sizeable private equity interests, for example, JPMorgan's One Equity Partners, manages $8 billion of investments... "It's an opening salvo," said one p

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GM picks company to dismantle Saab, but studies new offers

Luxembourg equity group partners with Formula One's Bernard Ecclestone to make a bid for the Swedish car company. Dutch super-car maker Spyker submits new proposal.

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Challenges for Successful Private Equity Investments in Braz

From the TriCap Partners, as firm with over 20 years Brazilian private equity space, we are happy to publish part one of their comprehensive report covering all the basic, need-to-know information regarding private equity investment in the region.

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"Living Bling, Going Green" in Denver, CO

A short blog about our Green the Block panel on eco-equity on 9/11 - includes thoughts on using spirituality as a tool for cultivating green in communities of color, critical thoughts on policy and co-oped culture, and a video from local artivist, Ietef Vita. Partners: Blue and Yellow Logic, Flobots.org, Power of One Fnd, Pan African Arts Society.

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Live Well Financial :: Partners

Live Well Financial is one of the largest lenders of FHA-Insured HECM reverse mortgages in the United States. The most common program offered by Live Well Financial is the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage. With a reverse mortgage, homeowners 62 and older can leverage the equity in their homes as they see fit without the hassle of mont

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Pirate Bay Acquisition Hits Iceberg In Stormy Weather

From the moment it was announced, the Pirate Bay acquisition by Global Factory Gaming (GGF) has been surrounded by controversy. Now, less than a week before the deal is supposed to go through, GGF’s CEO is accused of not paying a former director and one of its potential partners. As a result, the equity marketplace shut down trading of GGF’s stock.

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Broken Dreams and Cookie Crumbs

When Brynwood Partners in 2006 took over the Stella D'oro factory in the Bronx, the Wall Street private equity firm had every reason to believe it would be easy to slash the wages, pensions, holidays and sick pay of the 136 bakery workers. But the takeover brainos forgot one important fact: The workers are represented by a union.

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Hulu locking up streaming video market, one deal at a time

Disney, owner of the ABC television network, has now joined Fox and NBC by becoming an equity partner in Hulu, which is now positioned nicely to be the go-to place for streaming video.

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Private equity boss orders partners to eat burgers

Damon Buffini, the millionaire chairman of private equity firm Permira, gave partners in his firm a dressing down and ordered them to eat burgers after one of them complained about the standard of food at a five star hotel.

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Macrovision Sells TVGuide For Up To $300M; Also Sells Online

Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) is almost done with most of its dispositions, and after selling off its TV Guide magazine for $1 to OpenGate Capital, is getting considerably more for the namesake TV network and the online part: it has sold off TV Guide Network to Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners for about $255 million...

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