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Entrepreneur September 2003 C.J. Prince	Got Leverage? If you're ready to sell, you've got the upper hand. Large buyout firms will be looking to entrepreneurs.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2006 Tom Taulli	Embarcadero's Crackup The private equity firm Thoma Cressey Equity Partners agreed to buy Embarcadero Technologies for $234 million, or $8.38 per share. But now, both parties say the deal is off. As a result, the stock price plunged 17%.
The Motley Fool March 22, 2005 Tom Taulli	Change of Heart at SunGard SunGard thought about splitting itself up; now it looks like management wants to sell everything. On the news, the company's stock price rose 24% to $31.07.
BusinessWeek September 11, 2006 Peter Burrows	The LBO Gang Storms The Valley High-powered private-equity players are talking frustrated techies into the idea of going private - and making billions.
The Motley Fool May 30, 2007 Tom Taulli	The VIP Ticket to a Buyout Deal Private equity firms are allowing shareholders to take part in mega-buyouts. Despite the advantages, investors need to realize that equity stubs are fairly rare for public shareholders.
The Motley Fool March 7, 2007 Tom Taulli	SafeNet Sells for Peanuts The network security firm's new private-equity owner scores a steal of a deal. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek October 8, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Private Equity's Public Moves With big buyouts in the doldrums, firms are picking up small pieces of companies.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2006 Tom Taulli	Open Solutions Is Going Dot-Com This nice growth business that provides software to financial institutions is so nice that two top private equity firms will buy it out. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2006 Matt Koppenheffer	The Softer Side of Private Equity Today, leveraged buyout shops have reincarnated themselves under the uber-generic "private equity" moniker and in the past couple years have started a full frontal assault on the public markets. What does it mean for every-day investors?
BusinessWeek November 5, 2007 Crockett & McGregor	Buyout Shops Are Still Buying Talent Recruitment of managers for LBO companies is going strong.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 David Meier	LBO Madness? Leveraged buyouts are not a bad thing, but companies -- and investors -- should proceed with caution.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Dan Caplinger	The Lure of Private Equity The fact that private equity deals have become commonplace shows that private equity provides benefits to investors as well as to companies and their corporate managers.
Knowledge@Wharton February 12, 2003	Hard Days and Sleepless Nights for Private Equity Firms Today's business environment is similar in ways to the early 1990s when private equity firms rose up to restructure mountains of bad debt and went on to cash out in the ensuing bull market. But while opportunities exist, it is harder to make deals work than it was a decade ago.
BusinessWeek May 15, 2006 Roben Farzad	KKR: Barbarians At Your Gate Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. opens itself up to the public. Here's why that may be a red flag.
BusinessWeek May 16, 2005 Justin Hibbard	Tech: The Allure Of The Mature Now, as private-equity firms amass huge war chests and scour Corporate America for deals, the tech sector has landed in the crosshairs of some of the largest buyout shops in the world.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2006 Aswath Damodaran	The Return of Leveraged Buyouts Investors, get up to speed on this resurgent financial trend. Several key consequences for investors, positive and negative, emerge from these buyouts.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	A New Home for Equity Inns Equity Inns will follow many other hotels properties and go private later this year. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2006 Tom Taulli	Home Depot: The $100 Billion Dream Deal? No company seems immune to a buyout -- including Home Depot. Yet for wise investors, such considerations are little more than noise.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2007 Tom Taulli	Quick Take: How to Spend $20 Billion? Goldman Sachs seeks even more companies to buy. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Tom Taulli	Claire's Stores Shops Itself Buying Claire's stock on the possibility of a buyout is fruitless for now. Patience makes a lot more sense.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2007 Tom Taulli	China's Private Equity Dynasty? In the past, Chinese government regulation has prevented foreign private equity firms from buying companies, however, China now apparently recognizes the need for a domestic private equity industry.
InternetNews May 29, 2007 Paul Shread	Takeover Talk Drives Techs Higher Tech stocks rose Tuesday after takeover speculation boosted a number of names in the sector... VeriSign shares climbed on a change at the top... CT Communications soared on a buyout offer... etc.
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Emily Thornton	Private Equity Goes Public Firms like KKR are buying stakes in public companies and pushing, gently, for change.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2004 Mark Mahorney	EDS Earnings an Epitaph? Every report out on Electronic Data Systems' first-quarter earnings talked about its troubles with several of its largest contracts. Its financial difficulties are making it hard for the second-largest information technology (IT) outsourcing firm to sign large contracts.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2007 Tom Taulli	Quick Take: Moody's Gets Moody About Private Equity What about the debt? And who benefits from a quick flip? Let's face it, the role of a private equity firm is to generate competitive returns for its investors. It's not about improving Corporate America.
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Entrepreneur October 2007 Lee Gimpel	An Equity Fund of Their Own As private equity heats up, a new breed of smaller funds is taking center stage in today's market.
Knowledge@Wharton	"Venture Capital Has Gone From One Unreality to Another" If one industry has been severely mauled following the twin dot-com and telecom debacles, that industry is venture capital -- or private equity, as it is sometimes called. So what lies ahead for venture capital?
The Motley Fool October 14, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Does This Really Spell Doom for the Market? Private equity giant Blackstone is selling investments; does that mean you should run for the hills?
The Motley Fool February 20, 2007 Tom Taulli	Thomas Weisel: Loaded on Tech Thomas Weisel's focus is tech, and if the sector continues its comeback, it could be a good year for the company's shareholders.
The Motley Fool April 6, 2005	Return on Equity: The Basics A company's return on equity (ROE) reflects the productivity of the net assets (assets minus liabilities) a company's management has at its disposal. Let it be your crystal ball when evaluating stocks.
BusinessWeek July 2, 2007 David Henry	KKR: A Deal Too Far? Wall Street is waiting to see if investors balk at its ultra-risky bid for First Data.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2008 Toby Shute	Private Equity Is Still Flying Oil platform-oriented services firm CHC Helicopter announces that it has agreed to a $1.5 billion buyout from First Reserve, showing that private equity has not completely crashed.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	EDS Looking for Answers EDS considers cutting dividend, raising capital, to avoid debt downgrade.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2008 Mac Greer	Fool Video: 3 Tech Stocks for Now Is it time for investors to buy tech? This question is discussed in this video.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2007 Tom Taulli	Dueling Fools: Private Equity Bear The private equity and M&A space is red-hot, but the risks are major for individual investors.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2006 Dan Caplinger	The Lure of Private Equity -- Part 2 As one can infer from the increasing trend toward private equity investments, the use of private equity provides advantages over other methods of raising corporate capital.
Inc. April 2006 Dalia Fahmy	Want Money and Power? Recapitalizations let business owners raise capital without losing control.
Entrepreneur December 2007 Rosalind Resnick	Two's Company If you're willing to put in the hours, maybe a partner will fork over the dough.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 Emil Lee	Investing the KKR Way Although they operate on opposite ends of the capital-structure spectrum, private equity firm KKR and Warren Buffett have more in common than you might think. They invest in good companies led by talented managers.
BusinessWeek November 19, 2009 Maria Bartiromo	Steve Schwarzman Starts Warming Up The author talks to Blackstone's Steve Schwarzman about the state of the private equity market, changes on Wall Street, and the outlook for various types of investments.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2007 Tom Taulli	Is Tech Ready to Go Deal-Crazy? Over the past couple of months, tech companies such as SAP, McAfee, Microsoft, and Oracle have made some interesting M&A deals. Is this the start of a major trend?
BusinessWeek May 10, 2004 Jack Ewing	Wanted: European Buyout Targets Private equity deals are picking up on the Continent -- but is a surge really ahead?
BusinessWeek February 26, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Hedge Funds Jump Into Private Equity Eager to boost performance, hedge funds are entering the market at a risky moment.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Dueling Fools: Private Equity Bull Is the head-on private equity assault on the public markets good for investors?
Entrepreneur March 2002 Jennifer Pellet	Out of Stock When your stock price is stalled and you can't hope to improve it, is it time for your company to quietly step back into private life?
BusinessWeek July 2, 2007 Maria Bartiromo	Bashing Private Equity Congress is contemplating tax changes that would have a significant impact on private equity profits, and criticism of the buyout juggernaut is gaining ground in both the U.S. and Europe.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2007 Tom Taulli	Did Stub Equity Sink Harman's Deal? For once, this financial trend may actually stay dead. On its face, the Harman stub equity deal sounded like a good idea.