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.
In Second Opinion, ex-Time executive Fran Hauser is a VC now, Portillo's Hot Dogs is on the block, the world's biggest private equity firms and Snapchat's big update disrupts a high school classroom.
1 min read · 02 May 2014
Tailwind Capital is seeking bids of 8 to 10x for VersaPharm, sources told peHUB.
1 min read · 01 May 2014
In Second Opinion, Amazon same-day delivery is available in San Francisco, New York City wants to use its aging pay phone infrastructure to build a citywide WiFi network and AT&T is considering buying DirecTV.
1 min read · 01 May 2014
In Second Opinion, crowdfunding is just as hard for women to get as elusive venture capital, Oprah is interested in bidding for the Clippers and Facebook may crush Twitter.
1 min read · 30 April 2014
Sun Capital Partners, which is out fundraising, is exiting Cornerstone Research & Development after two years.
1 min read · 29 April 2014
In Second Opinion, Twitter's Q1 results beat expectations but the stock still dives, it seems like everyone wants to buy the Los Angeles Clippers and RadiumOne explains why it took so long to fire its CEO,
1 min read · 29 April 2014
Go Daddy, which is expected to go public later this year, plans to pay a $350 million dividend to its investors.
2 min read · 29 April 2014
In Second Opinion, Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy is now expected Tuesday, GoDaddy to pay out a dividend before going public, Apple is raising $17 bln in debt and a pro golfer knocks a drone out of the sky with a golf ball.
1 min read · 28 April 2014
In Second Opinion, RadiumOne's abusive CEO needs to go, the bankruptcy filing from Energy Future Holdings could come as early as Monday evening, Amazon's new smartphone will have a unique wireless data plan and Netflix is coming to cable.
1 min read · 25 April 2014
In Second Opinion, Jet Blue is open to charging for first checked bags next year, Facebook is buying ProtoGeo, Amazon is testing its own delivery network and Vic Gundotra, who launched Google+ in 2011, has quit.
1 min read · 24 April 2014
