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Bain Capital, Private Equity Firms Accused of Price Fixing in Lawsuit
Mitt Romney’s presidential run has had the ancillary effect of increasing scrutiny of the private equity industry. After all, Romney founded the private equity outfit Bain Capital, and has built his case for the presidency in …
New Public-Private Partnerships: The President’s Stealth Plan To Create Jobs?
As casual reading, the Presidential Memorandum “Accelerating Technology Transfer and Commercialization of Federal Research in Support of High-Growth Businesses,” released Oct. 28, 2011, is about as riveting as the Department of …
Best Buy Can’t Stop the Bleeding
Just when it appeared things couldn’t get worse for Best Buy shareholders, this morning the firm released a downright grim earnings report showing that profit slumped a jaw-dropping 91% in the second quarter. Shares then slid …
A Lonely Voice Defending Private Equity
Over the last few weeks, the private equity industry has taken a verbal beating. Rivals of Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney have attacked his tenure leading Bain Capital, one of the industry’s most successful firms, portraying …
Former Obama Official Defends Romney’s Bain Capital Record
Steve Rattner spent three decades on Wall Street and co-founded the Quadrangle Group, a well-known private equity firm, so it’s not surprising that he might want to defend the honor of the industry that made him rich — …
Campaign Casualty: Private Equity Fights Back
Maligned by political charges related to Romney’s time at Bain Capital, the private equity industry is trying to get out of it’s own way on the PR front–and keep those profits rolling in.
