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The intense scrutiny of Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital has thrust private equity firms into the spotlight, as the presidential campaigns battle over whether such companies are good for the economy or only good for their shareholders.
May 25, 2012 at 09:37 | Source: FOX News
Private student lenders are stepping up their game to compete directly with government loans. For several years, private lenders offered mostly variable-rate loans that students used as gap funding to cover their needs above what they could get ...
May 22, 2012 at 23:52 | Source: Businessweek
China will encourage greater private investment in banks as it seeks to fuel growth in an economy that’s losing steam and to aid small businesses that are short of funds. Qualified companies can buy into lenders through private stock ...
May 26, 2012 at 14:01 | Source: Businessweek
(Reuters) - China's top economic planner has signaled it wants to boost private investment in its key industries, putting heavy emphasis on the energy and financial sectors. China will lay out detailed rules and directions to encourage private investment ...
May 28, 2012 at 03:36 | Source: msnbc.com
A private spacecraft connected to the International Space Station on Friday, a milestone in a new era of commercial space flight. It happened just before 10 a.m. ET when the station's robotic arm captured the unmanned SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
May 25, 2012 at 15:42 | Source: CNN
Red-faced, Yahoo has released a new version of its Axis browser to fix a serious security flaw that would have allowed attackers to build malicious extensions for Web browsers. If you downloaded the Chrome extension immediately after its launch, you should ...
May 25, 2012 at 18:20 | Source: PC Magazine
More on the continuing rumble over private equity. Noah Smith defends private equity by arguing that without it, we'd resemble the Japanese, with their entrenched corporations and oppressive, male-dominated salary men corporate lifestyles. Paul Krugman ...
May 27, 2012 at 19:50 | Source: Huffington Post
"Forty years ago, corporate America was bloated, sluggish and losing ground to competitors in Japan and beyond. But then something astonishing happened. Financiers, private equity firms and bare-knuckled corporate executives initiated a series of reforms ...
May 23, 2012 at 10:58 | Source: NPR News
(Reuters) - A private detective working for Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers used a legally questionable tactic to obtain a hotel bill that a New York financier ran up at one of London's swankest hotels, records reviewed by Reuters show.
May 28, 2012 at 08:22 | Source: Reuters
National Australia Bank is winding down its private equity arm, marking the death knell for Australia’s big four banks’ foray into the sector. Integrated Capital Solutions will be closed after NAB suffered a 25 million Australian dollar (US$ ...
May 28, 2012 at 07:10 | Source: Wall Street Journal