Defending private equity; Firms provide flexible form of ownership.(OPED)

The Washington Times;  June 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......companies owned and operated by private equity firms. Private equity is a frequently...Alternative Minimum Tax. Private equity firms play an important and positive...wants to see the kind of role private equity firms play in our economy, one...

Secretive sector in the spotlight; IN ASSOCIATION WITH Rensburg Sheppards...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  February 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......trade unions, who regard private equity firms as nothing more than greedy...last year. Mr Maloney said: Private equity firms seem to think they have carte...payments on the loans taken by private equity firms. It is looking for a Parliamentary...

Private equity hitting warp speed: buoyed by a flood of investments...

Financial Executive;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......selling out completely to private equity firms or partnering up with them. Increasingly, private equity firms are combining or rolling...middle-market companies to private equity firms, says that as recently as...

BCG Finds Private Equity Firms Beat the Fade'

Daily News;  February 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ...BOSTON (HedgeWorld.com) - Private equity firms are struggling with the credit...available and the fact that private equity firms are focusing more on fundamental...weren't enough, the large private equity firms that went public this year...

IN ASSOCIATION WITH Rensburg Sheppards Sainsbury's move shows private...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  February 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......trade unions, who regard private equity firms as nothing more than greedy...last year. Mr Maloney said: Private equity firms seem to think they have carte...payments on the loans taken by private equity firms. It is looking for a Parliamentary...

No company is safe from a pack of hungry private equity firms.(Business...

The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  November 19, 2006 ;     658 words ...In the near future private equity firms will have enough funds to...this. Earlier this year, private equity firms raised $33 billion for a...given the recent activity of private equity firms in South Africa, where they...

LESSONS FOR TYCO IN PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS

The Boston Globe;  October 20, 2002 ;     624 words ......business: the turnaround masters at private equity firms. The world's leading private equity firms have performed at twice the rate of...management disciplines practiced by top private equity firms. Successful private equity managers...

OPINION: Private equity firms go on hunt for bigger game in Europe.

Sunday Business (London);  October 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Ben Wright Oct. 17--Private equity firms are traditionally thought...set to accelerate. French private equity firms are currently lobbying the...the year all be circled by private equity firms and private financiers such...

THE BOUNTY HUNTERS; Ruthless, secretive and rich, they are seen as raiders...

The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  October 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......forays into British business, private equity firms now own companies that employ...management brought in by the private equity firms to run the company they have...Management Buyouts says that private equity firms exited companies to the value...

Quest for returns boosts private equity: leveraged buyouts and other deals...

Financial Executive;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......prospects than ever, say private equity firms, the buyouts are more expensive...in shopping companies to private equity firms are Harris Williams in Richmond...confidential marketing documents, private equity firms often tout internal rates...

Private equity firms in Europe buff image Task force considers disclosure...

International Herald Tribune;  March 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Tribune 03-06-2007 European private equity firms are trying to rescue their...of cutting too many jobs, private equity firms are offering to hold meetings...debate would make it seem private equity firms are insensitive,'' said Scott...

Ball sings praises of private equity firms.(news)(Francis Ball of...

Grocer;  May 19, 2007 ;     210 words ......emerged as a champion of the private equity firms currently eyeing up vast...contribution to the economy made by private equity firms justifies their involvement...Woodward Foodservice owned by private equity firms. Ball made his comments to...

Private equity firms: Silicon Valley's rich new players: FORMERLY...

San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA);  June 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......in valley companies among private equity firms reflects the maturing of...with triple-digit growth, private equity firms tend to go into more companies...hardware companies, which so far private equity firms have mostly managed to avoid...

Start-ups' new buyer: private equity firms: VENTURE CAPITALISTS FIND AN...

San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA);  December 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Constance Loizos Dec. 22--Private equity firms, already reshaping wide swaths...equity have rarely interacted. Private-equity firms typically buy mid-size to...overshadowed by ever-ballooning private equity firms and believe it's inevitable...

'Toothless' code of conduct for private equity firms criticised.(Business)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 21, 2007 ;     511 words ......disclosures of pay of executives in private equity firms. He said the reason the sector...that of public companies as private equity firms could have up to 150 partners...stressed in his report that private equity firms should communicate effectively...