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- Under Romney, Bain Generated Major Gains and Some Busts, WSJ Says; Plus "When Mitt Romney Came to Town" Video
There's one day left to go until the New Hampshire primary and Mitt Romney is dominating the news. Romney, who founded Bain Capital in 1984 and is the former governor of Massachusetts, is expected to win easily tomorrow in N.H. With such a large lead, the Bain founder has a bulls eye on his back which makes for some interesting news. First up is The Wall Street Journal, which analyzed 77 businesses that Bain Capital invested in under Romney's tenure from 1984 to early 1999.
- Poll Results: Mitt Romney's Political Ascent Voted Top Story of 2011
In a surprise (for me), peHUB readers have chosen Mitt Romney's political ascension /130309/dealmakers-pick-romney-over-obama-as-best-to-help-us/ as the biggest PE story of the year. Nearly 28% of voters picked the Bain Capital founder as 2011's top story. The plunge in M&A and fundraising during the second half of the year came in second with about 22% of votes. And, the fact that PE firms are actually interested in bidding for Yahoo came in third place with 19.6% of voters.
- Salesforce, Medtronic Drove Corporate-Backed M&A
Data and analytics, social media, online gaming and cloud computing are expected to remain hot in 2012
- Optimism Rises in Parts of Latin America
Mexico and Colombia could be this year’s VC darlings, thanks to favorable regulatory environments and the emergence of new funds