Obama’s ties to private equity reshape his campaign pitch

Source: Kaus Files

President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally at the Paul R. Knapp Animal learning center, Thursday, May 24, 2012 in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) One of President Barack Obama’s 35 campaign “co-chairs” ...
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KKR eyes Phoenix

Source: Haaretz

this story is by The long arm of the government's competition committee has reached Yitzhak Tshuva's Delek Group, which said on Thursday that it is exploring the sale of Phoenix insurance unit to one of several potential buyers, including the ...
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The Challenge of Classing Up Go Daddy

Source: BusinessWeek

Every month, one standout Go Daddy employee puts on an apron and steps into the “cash machine.” The contraption looks something like a telephone booth, but its only function is to spray money at the person inside. The goal: Stuff as many flying, ...
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Vornado tells shareholders its in the mood to sell

Source: NorthJersey.com

Vornado Chairman Steven Roth reaffirmed Thursday that Vornado plans to shed "non-core assets" such as its 32.7 percent stake in Toys "R" Us, and reduce its enclosed mall and shopping center portfolio to streamline the company and improve per ...
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Kinder Morgan, Inc. Completes Acquisition of El Paso Corporation

Source: Business Wire

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP), which was announced in October of 2011. Combining the tw ...
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Private equity deals

Source: Street Sweep, Fortune

The latest on private equity, M ...
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Political Ads Don’t Tell Full Story on Private Equity

Source: The New York Times

In an advertisement released this month by President Obama ’s campaign, Mitt Romney and the private equity firm he co-founded, Bain Capital, are painted as vampires. They sucked the lifeblood out of GST Steel in the 199 ...
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The Case Against Tax Breaks for Private Equity

Source: Health Care For All

I wanted to wait a few days before commenting on Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s spontaneous criticism of Barack Obama for picking on Mitt Romney's experience at Bain Capital. Booker doesn’t know much of anything about private equity, ...
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Recurrent Energy Reaches Commercial Operation of 50 MW of Solar PV Projects in Sacramento County

Source: environmental-expert.com

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2012 /PR Newswire/ -- Recurrent Energy, a leading North American solar project developer, today announced that three of its solar photovoltaic projects in Sacramento County have achieved c ...
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