peHUB Second Opinion 11.06
Deal Professor: The Second Wave of Deal Failures. Way to go, private equity, you’ve emerged unscathed. Dealbreaker: Asks, with Blackstone’s IPO, did the firm call the top or were they late to the game? Excel Spreadsheets, Probably: How will Obama prioritize his towering economic to-do-list? Daily Beast: An Obama Administration flowchart. (Potential, of course.) Thank You: Now that the election is over, can we please, please drop the clichés like Main Street, Wall Street and Joe Sick Pack? A few weeks ago the NY Times’ style editor railed against some of the worst of them, many of which are business-related. Guilty parties include “on the hook” and “doubled down.” In turn, I promise to tone down the election-news deluge on a private equity site. Deal?
