Topic: Private Equity

Facebook increases IPO range, Groupon beats estimates, Moody’s downgrades Italian banks, Tepper’s Appaloosa files 13F, private equity titan pays record price for Manhattan co-op.   Read More

Can the average stock market investor make money investing in Wall Street's exclusive private-equity and debt trading clubs?   Read More

AT&T said Monday it agreed to sell a majority stake in its Yellow Pages business to the private-equity firm Cerberus Capital for $950 million.    Read More

In its bid to shave costs, Sears is reported to be shopping its Land’s End brand, but there’s a catch, the retailer wants to still sell Land’s End items in its stores.    Read More

Here’s a look at 5 recently IPO’ed stocks that could face pressure if private-equity shareholders were to look for a speedy exit.   Read More

Are big Dunkin’ Brands investors — Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and Thomas Lee Partners —selling too much, too fast?   Read More

If you think that private equity fund managers are under-taxed because carried interest is considered a capital gain rather than income, you should probably also advocate higher taxes for the founders of companies.   Read More

As venture capital and private equity continue to make news headlines, some entrepreneurs may find it challenging to distinguish fact from fiction.   Read More

San Francisco’s Warren Hellman, a pioneer of private equity and co-founder of Hellman & Friedman, died on Sunday night. A man who came from wealth and gave much of it away, Hellman did not take himself too seriously.   Read More