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.
TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners will likely be using an IPO to recoup the rest of their investment in J. Crew.
2 min read · 27 February 2014
Happy Hump Day! Today we have word that Google is now claiming it didn't bid for WhatsApp, the House proposal to raise taxes on carried interest and J. Crew to go public again.
1 min read · 26 February 2014
A spate of large PE deals appears to be boosting healthcare valuations, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
3 min read · 25 February 2014
In Second Opinion, Blackberry CEO John Chen says he would take $19 bln for BBM's messaging service, Lululemon will no longer ban customers who resell their clothes and tech writer Sarah Slocum says she was attacked while wearing Google Glass.
1 min read · 25 February 2014
Today in Second Opinion, Mr. Moviefone is shutting down its line, Dropbox does indeed raise $325 mln, FB CEO Zuckerberg says WhatsApp was worth more than $16 bln and Taco Bell's breakfast waffle taco goes national next month.
1 min read · 24 February 2014
Apollo Global Management has waited a long time to cash out of Berry Plastics, but the global buyout fund appears to have nearly quadrupled its investment in the company.
3 min read · 24 February 2014
Today in Second Opinion, we have Apple buys Burstly, Amazon is readying a set-top box competitive with Apple TV and Roku’s product, Steve Jobs will be immortalized on a postage stamp in 2015 and Google's WiFi app that promises to make connecting to hotspots easier.
1 min read · 21 February 2014
Today in Second Opinion, GrubHub may go public, Google offered to buy WhatsApp for $10 bln, pitching your company to Venture Capital investors is like competing in the Olympics, lawsuit claims JPMorgan execs knew about Madoff fraud and Canada's women hockey team has won the gold.
1 min read · 20 February 2014
Private equity isn't known for investing in the wedding banquet sector but that didn't stop Prospect Partners.
2 min read · 19 February 2014
Today in Second Opinion, Facebook agreed to buy WhatsApp, which VC was lucky enough to invest in WhatsApp, Gap raises the minimum wage in the U.S. and Russia's hockey team is out of the Olympics.
1 min read · 19 February 2014
