Tag: Private Equity
How Private Equity Lobbying Watered Down the Corporate Minimum Tax
WASHINGTON — An hour after Democrats released the text of their climate and tax legislation, Washington lobbyists for…
A Warren Buffett Protégée Strikes Out on Her Own
By 15, Ms. Britt Cool was president of the local farmers’ market, collecting dues from dozens of vendors.…
Even Among Corporate Raiders, Elon Musk Is a Pirate
The history of mergers and acquisitions is filled with ruthless corporate raiders, bruising wars of words and people…
Can Elon Musk Make Twitter’s Numbers Work?
Still, the interest rates on the loans reflect the risk that they might not get paid back. The…
Elon Musk Races to Secure Financing for Twitter Bid
Elon Musk is racing to secure funding for his $43 billion bid to buy Twitter.Morgan Stanley, the investment…
Apollo Said to Be Weighing Participating in Twitter Bid
The private equity firm Apollo Global Management is considering participating in a bid for Twitter by offering debt…
How Roman Abramovich Used Shell Companies and Wall Street Ties to Invest in the U.S.
In July 2012, a shell company registered in the British Virgin Islands wired $20 million to an investment…
Private Equity Is the New Financial Supermarket
Three decades ago, Jonathan Gray might have been an unlikely candidate to become Blackstone’s president and expected successor…