Le Colonel Chabert (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Traxus on Superheroes . So, "fed up with scrutiny from investors and regulators", in the last decade, big public companies have turned to private equity firms, among them the famously politically connected Carlyle. In 2005, Legendary Pictures was formed by a consortium of private equity firms, created to enter into an arrangement with Time Warner's Warner Bros....
Library Journal News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Leeds is largest U.S.-based private equity firm focused on education, training, and related business services.
Business Week (Free subscription) | yesterday
The proposal comes as the State Council concludes its test run of private-equity funds and issues four more licenses to firms with onshore investments
USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Palladium and a growing number of private-equity firms invest in what bankers call the "U.S. emerging domestic market," or ethnic ...
Direct (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
J.M. Perrone, a direct marketing services provider specializing in the higher education, nonprofit and private sector markets, was acquired by two private equity firms
Legal Theory Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Matthew T. Bodie (Saint Louis University School of Law) has posted Mother Jones Meets Gordon Gekko: The Complicated Relationship between Labor and Private Equity (Colorado Law Review, Vol. 79, No. 4) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In 2007 private...
Restaurant News Ressource (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rockfish Seafood Grill, LLC announced that substantially all of its assets relating to its Rockfish restaurants have been acquired by a group of private investors.
The Street (Free subscription) | yesterday
Private equity firms looking for a loss-sharing deal with the federal government may need to shift their strategy if a recent informal bid for failed First National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank is any indication.
The Street (Free subscription) | yesterday
Private equity firms looking for a loss-sharing deal with the federal government may need to shift their strategy if a recent informal bid for failed First National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank is any indication.
The Street (Free subscription) | yesterday
Private equity firms looking for a loss-sharing deal with the federal government may need to shift their strategy if a recent informal bid for failed First National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank is any indication.
The Houston Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rockfish Seafood Grill LLC, the parent-company of the Rockfish Seafood chain of casual dining restaurants, has been sold to three private equity firms and individual investor, Henry Leonard.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
DALLAS--()--Rockfish Seafood Grill, LLC (“Rockfish”) today announced that substantially all of its assets relating to its Rockfish restaurants have been acquired by a group of private investors. The investors are the private equity firms Charter Private Equity, LP (Dallas), White Oak Capital Partners, LP (Dallas), and Capital Point Partners (Houston), as well...
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | yesterday
Asian Investor is reporting that China's State Council is issuing four new licenses to private-equity firms for onshore investments. And China's National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC) says it is forming a task force to draft rules that will "formally recognize and regulate private-equity investments in China." According to AI the four include "a water utilities...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
EFFINGHAM, Ill., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Heartland Dental Care, Inc., ("Heartland") a dental practice management company with 235 affiliated dental offices across 12 states, announced today a significant minority equity investment in the Company made by Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC ("CHS"), a private equity investment partnership based in Chicago. The investment in Heartland represents...
Forbes (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Private-equity firm beats Q2 expectations with strength in short-term unit.
