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, Gmail launched 10 years ago today, Jawbone buys Playground.fm, how Google fumbled Glass and why co-investing is more likely to produce poor returns.
1 min read · 01 April 2014
Rock Island Capital has put Welch ATM up for sale, according to two sources.
1 min read · 01 April 2014
TPG, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Leonard Green & Partners each stand to nearly triple their investment in IMS Health in three years. IMS, which is expected to go public on Friday, plans to sell 65 million shares for US$18 to US$21 per share. CPPIB, which had a pre-IPO ownership share of 26%, may potentially earn 2.66x its investment in the Danbury, Connecticut-based healthcare information company.
2 min read · 01 April 2014
TPG, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Leonard Green & Partners each stand to nearly triple their investment in IMS Health in three years.
2 min read · 31 March 2014
In Second Opinion, Square now accepts bitcoin for its online marketplace, Ares Management files to go public, Cloudera raises $900 million in financing and enrollment for Obamacare heads to 7 million.
1 min read · 31 March 2014
To start your weekend, La Quinta is the third hotel chain Blackstone is taking public, Amazon denies that its working up a free, ad-supported TV and music-video service and why does someone want to follow Rob Ford around with a tuba.
1 min read · 28 March 2014
In second opinion, the IRS says Bitcoin isn't a currency, is there a bubble in the IPO market, JPMorgan's loss of Mike Cavanagh to the Carlyle Group represents succession of all sorts and U.S. college students only have to pay $4.99 for Spotify now.
1 min read · 25 March 2014
The number of global secondary buyouts has actually dropped this year and some think that's a good thing for LPs.
3 min read · 24 March 2014
In Second Opinion, Aafederal jury convicts five Bernie Madoff employees of fraud, Apple is in talks with Comcast for a streaming-television service, about 36% of all Web traffic is considered fake. Plus, guess who is Business Insider's' new political columnist. Just guess.
1 min read · 24 March 2014
In Second Opinion, Cloak is the app that lets you avoid execs and coworkers you don't like, are VC mega-rounds the new normal, the top 10 twitter accounts and fake stories on the Internet this week.
1 min read · 21 March 2014
