I've been a business reporter for a while. I've covered Wall Street, venture capital and now private equity. I'm always looking for a scoop or something to talk about. I'm the eternal optimist and am still waiting for the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series. Yes, I believe.
American Capital said late Wednesday that its board has approved a plan to split into three companies.
1 min read · 05 November 2014
In Second Opinion, Sean Rad is out as the CEO of Tinder, Pimco's flagship Total Return Fund suffered a record $27.5 billion in withdrawals and Twitter is building a skybridge.
1 min read · 05 November 2014
In Second Opinion, Red Lobster's comeback plan includes more lobster, Google rolls out a redesign of its Gmail app that supports non-Gmail accounts , the Apple Watch is scheduled to launch in the Spring and Happy National Sandwich Day.
1 min read · 03 November 2014
In Second Opinion, a Virgin Galactic spacecraft crashes, divorce case spurs Jefferies bankers to take drug tests, it's supposed to snow in Chicago tonight and an Amazon exec admits they bumbled the pricing for their Fire Phone.
1 min read · 31 October 2014
Two private equity executives told peHUB that PitchBook Data is on the block, but the CEO of the research company said it is not for sale.
2 min read · 31 October 2014
In Second Opinion, we have Apple CEO Tim Cook's big announcement, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will host a public Q&A session on Nov. 6 and you can get Ebola from a sneeze
1 min read · 31 October 2014
Aquiline Capital Partners, the financially focused private equity firm, is officially out in the market for its next fund.
2 min read · 30 October 2014
In Second Opinion, Warburg Pincus is already gearing up for its next fund, WhatsApp intends to launch voice calling services in Q1, Prudential Financial replaces Pimco as subadviser on a $6 bln fund and its National Cat Day.
1 min read · 29 October 2014
Aquiline Capital Partners, the financially focused private equity firm, is officially out in the market for its next fund.
1 min read · 29 October 2014
In Second Opinion, Facebook Q3 earnings beat expectations with $3.2 bln revenue, HBO is laying off more than 150 employees this week, and the second U.S. nurse who was infected with Ebola has been declared free of the virus.
1 min read · 28 October 2014
