New Labor Strikes Deals With 'Private Equity Guys'
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The Steelworkers union has an investment banker working down the hall from its president. A Service Employees International Union organizer is becoming an expert on leveraged buyouts. The Machinists are loading up their research department with MBAs.
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The backlash against the wealth being created by managers of hedge funds and private equity funds may be gaining strength.
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Two US senators have proposed a sharp rise in the tax that private equity firms have to pay.
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Private equity firms have  demonstrated strength in numbers by teaming up to make  significant acquisitions, and as some firms keep expanding,  investors say the trend toward "club" deals will help them snag  assets that once were out of their grasp.
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Expanding their criticism of US mutual fund holdings tied to Sudan's regime, activists today plan to target four more companies in hopes they will follow the lead of Fidelity Investments and sell their stakes of companies that do business there.
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DaimlerChrysler's announcement that its troubled U.S. division could be put up for sale made the past week a busy one for private-equity firms.
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The private equity industry will outline measures aimed at greater transparency to fend off mounting criticism.
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The private equity industry and its friends are fighting back against legislation that would more than double their tax rate to 35 percent, contending the proposals would hurt average Americans and not just multimillionaire fund managers.
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GoogleÂ will allow some employees to auction off their vested stock options to institutional investors, enabling workers to potentially reap greater profits from their options, the company said Wednesday.
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Private equity firms have demonstrated strength in numbers by teaming up to make significant acquisitions, and as some firms keep expanding, investors say the trend toward "club" deals will help them snag assets that once were out of their grasp.
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U.S. shareholder lawyers are pouncing on private equity buyouts of public companies, bringing a string of lawsuits claiming the deals are unfair to investors and sometimes only serve to enrich top executives.
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Private equity firms, until recently  the high flyers of finance, have had a tough summer.
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Private equity firms have found a new business where they can place their multibillion-dollar bets: gambling.
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Private equity firms are knocking on  the doors of Time Warner Inc. and IAC/InterActive, making their  case for various deals with the two conglomerates.
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The transaction, between the company and a group of private investors, would be one of the biggest deals to take a company private
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A pullback in commercial property lending has raised questions about whether a recent surge in real estate investment trust buyouts signaled a peak for private equity funds.
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The signs of labor unrest seen over the weekend may be a harbinger of things to come in an industry already buffeted by bankruptcies and structural change.