FERTILE GROUND FOR STARTUPS Who needs job security? In June 2008, as the recession was moving from bad to worse, Caterina Fake gave ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Private equity firms will need to become more like asset managers, offering buyouts as just part of their portfolio, or ...
TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital is finalizing a roughly 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) deal to buy Japanese telemarketer Bellsystem24 from Citigroup Inc <C.N>, three sources familiar with the matter said. It would be the largest buyout ...
Former Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott joins Ma. private equity firm, to help its portfolio cos grow Lee Scott, former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. CEO and president, has joined the private equity firm Solamere Capital as an operating partner and a member of its ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman <NOC.N> has agreed to sell its TASC consulting unit to two buyout firms, General Atlantic and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co <KKR.UL>, for $1.65 billion, the companies said on Sunday. The deal is the ...
A handful of folks whose technical savvy, inventive spirit and business acumen helped to enliven the IT security industry. Along with the movers and shakers who drove the development of the information security space through technological ingenuity, policy creation, standards development and ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP <BX.N> posted a forecast-beating quarterly profit on Friday and said it is gearing up for more deals and IPOs as the lending and equity markets recover. The company, which has immense real ...
Blackstone Group posts narrower 3rd-qtr loss; CEO says "the worst" of downturn is behind us Hedge fund and private equity firm The Blackstone Group LP on Friday posted a narrower loss for the third quarter, as its private equity holdings gained value ...
IMS Health to be acquired by investment funds TPG Capital, CPP Investment for $4 billion Health care data company IMS Health Inc. said Thursday it is being bought by investment funds TPG Capital and CPP Investment Board for $4 billion, in a ...
American Capital shares jump on debt deal; Private equity firm also posts positive 3Q results Shares of American Capital Ltd. rallied Wednesday after the private equity firm said it reached a deal to restructure its debt, on top of reporting positive third-quarter ...
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners said Monday it has 575 million dollars in a new fund to back promising technology startups. Greylock also announced that LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is a new investing partner in the firm. The news bodes ...
BNY Mellon Asset Management buys 20 percent state in private equity firm Siguler Guff BNY Mellon Asset Management on Monday said it bought a 20 percent stake in private equity firm Siguler Guff & Co. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ...
