Private Equity stories:
eBay completes sale of Skype at $2.75 billion valuation
Nov 20th, 2009 - VentureBeat
eBay said it has completed the sale of a 70-percent stake in Skype communications service for an amount that values the company at $2.75 billion.
The buyer is an investor consortium led by Silver Lake Partners, the private equity buyout firm...UPDATE 1-Conn privatizes highway rest stops, no cash payment
Nov 19th, 2009 - Reuters
(Adds Carlyle comments, paragraphs 3-8, 11) NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Connecticut RepublicanGovernor Jodi Rell said on Thursday that the state agreed to a35-year public-private partnership to upgrade service plazasalong major highways.
Blackstone in deal for Birds Eye as M&A thaws
Nov 19th, 2009 - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) is to buy frozen foods maker Birds Eye Foods through its portfolio company Pinnacle Foods in a $1.3 billion deal, the companies said on Thursday.
China-US relationship called 'most important' in world
Nov 16th, 2009 - CNN
(CNN) -- The relationship between China and the United States is "the most important" bilateral relationship in the world, a former Chinese foreign ministry official said Monday.
Victor Zhikai Gao...Dollar General, rue21 make strong debuts
Nov 13th, 2009 - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two private equity-owned U.S. retailers, discounter Dollar General Corp (DG.N) and youth apparel chain rue21 Inc (RUE.O) rose in their trading debuts on Friday...
Private Equity videos from YouTube:
4:53The future of private equity - a failure of will?
Professor Karel Williams from Manchester Business School discusses the Future of Private Equity and the role of academics in the recent financial crisis. Is it technically difficult to reform financial institutions or is it a failure of will?
4:4216. Private Equity, IPO, Public Equity
Equity can either be private or public and these terms are often used in the press. In the transition from the former to the latter there is typically an IPO. Public equity is also known as stocks or shares.
55:11Private Equity: The Return of the Masters of the Universe
In this Tulane University video, Lawrence Schloss, co-founder and CEO of Diamond Castle Holdings,LLC., discusses the rapid expansion of the private equity market. What is fueling this extreme ...
1:28How the private equity buyout industry works
warongreed.org Jeff Faux, author of The Global Class War, explains how the private equity buyout industry works, and how it hurts American workers and our economy.
Private Equity from WikiPedia:
In finance, private equity is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange. Investments in private equity most often involve either an investment of capital into an operating company or the acquisition of an operating company. Capital for private equity is raised primarily from institutional investors. There is a wide array of types and styles of private equity and the term private equity has different connotations in different countries.
Among the most common investment strategies in private equity include leveraged buyouts, venture capital, growth capital, distressed investments and mezzanine capital. In a typical leveraged buyout transaction, the private equity firm buys majority control of an existing or mature firm. This is distinct from a venture capital or growth capital investment, in which the private equity firm typically invests in young or emerging companies, and rarely obtain majority control.
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