Private Equity
Hear that, cable?: Streaming subscribers are now driving Netflix’s growth Not Again!: NY and the East Coast take a weather wallop Banking M&A: Moelis & Co. snaps up Asia Pacific Advisers in Hong Kong How Bad Do You Want It?: Genzyme CEO Henry Termeer isn’t going to take his Sanofi-Aventis bid behind the woodshed, and into a proxy fight
1 min read · 27 January 2011
Mea Culpa: Some of you took umbrage to my poking fun at Detroit’s reputation in a prior post regarding Tom Gores acquiring the Pistons (who are, just to be clear, still awful). Those of you who did write in, will be happy to know that today’s lunch was crow Downshifting: More bad news for Toyota Snitchin’: The House of Raj is comin’ down! I’ll Take the Over, Thanks: Analysts’ iPhone sales estimates for ’11 with dual carriers are out
1 min read · 27 January 2011
2 min read · 26 January 2011
1 min read · 26 January 2011
PE Mega-Deal: AlpInvest Partners is sold to Carlyle in €32.3B deal Going Public: Nielsen, and at a higher price than initially anticipated It’s Venture Capital!: It’s speed dating! It’s both! Make your pitch to the pros Nobody Doesn’t Like Sara Lee: But that doesn’t mean Sara Lee’s got to like you back, PE Murdoch: The media titan flakes on Davos as his BSkyB bid is threatened
1 min read · 26 January 2011
Fit to be TiEd: The TiE network launches an angels investment group in Boston Next Up: Rep. Paul Ryan will rebut the President’s State of the Union address Oscars!: The King’s Speech is up for the most hardware Icahn Wins (It Seems): Dynegy’s got until midnight to find a better bid than Carl Icahns—which trumped Blackstone’s take-private offer by 10 percent Hiring!: Well, just with GTCR and TA Associates
1 min read · 25 January 2011
2 min read · 25 January 2011
Take Your Vitamins: Or, someone else will. Goldman, CVC Capital, Advantage Partners eye Everlife Eat Up: SAC Capital snacks on Domino’s shares Barriers to Entry: Davos isn’t cheap In Demand: Credit analysts Dealing: Google buys fflick for $10M
1 min read · 25 January 2011
Tragedy: A suicide bomber reportedly strikes in Moscow Jobs: The picture brightens Fit to the End: Jack LaLanne passes away at 96 Rahm’s Run Roiled: The Chicago leadership index (Cutler, Emanuel) takes back-to-back hits 12,000!: Not quite yet, but the Dow is breathing down its neck
1 min read · 24 January 2011
1 min read · 24 January 2011
