Read more private equity stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/127/private-equity.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:13:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70949/simmons-bankruptcy-study-in-private-equity-run-amok.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe mattress company Simmons will be filing for bankruptcy protection soon, wiping out bondholders and jeopardizing more jobs at a company that's already fired a quarter of its work force. While Simmons watched its debts balloon nearly tenfold since 1991, a string of private equity firms bought and sold the...http://www.newser.com/story/70949/simmons-bankruptcy-study-in-private-equity-run-amok.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 7:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70497/rise-in-mergers-signals-fresh-confidence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMergers and acquisitions activity is still way down from pre-financial crisis levels, but a recent flurry of big deals suggests America's chief executives are regaining confidence in their own businesses. Recent mergers have involved strategic buys by big companies instead of the debt-fueled private equity buys seen a couple of...http://www.newser.com/story/70497/rise-in-mergers-signals-fresh-confidence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 3:00:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68305/ebay-to-unload-skype-for-2b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEBay is selling Skype, the audiovisual chat service it calamitously bought in 2005, to a group of private investors, sources tell the New York Times . Although the price is unknown, eBay recently said it wanted about $2 billion for the the company, which is expected to pull in $600 million...http://www.newser.com/story/68305/ebay-to-unload-skype-for-2b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 5:38:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61844/obama-to-launch-radical-bank-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama will unveil next week sweeping new changes to the nation’s governance of troubled financial institutions, the AP reports. Unlike Washington’s temporary ownership stake in automakers and major financial companies, the new regulatory protocol will be permanent and will present the most ambitious revision since the 1930s. Most likely...http://www.newser.com/story/61844/obama-to-launch-radical-bank-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Jun 2009 9:51:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58975/lehman-weighs-spinning-off-45b-in-assets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBankrupt Lehman Brothers is preparing to spin off a grab-bag of assets worth $45 billion in their current state but as much as $400 billion at "nondistressed" prices, the Wall Street Journal reports. The planned sale of shares in the unit—the biggest move yet to unwind the failed investment...http://www.newser.com/story/58975/lehman-weighs-spinning-off-45b-in-assets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 7:52:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58218/private-equity-players-want-in-on-banking.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven in the midst of the banking crisis, numerous entities are willing to buy the big banks, the New York Times reports. Private equity groups like J.C. Flowers & Company are itching to snap up the cash-strapped behemoths, but the Fed won’t let them. It’s worried that selling banks...http://www.newser.com/story/58218/private-equity-players-want-in-on-banking.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 9:22:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56640/prince-charles-eco-fund-whacked-by-credit-crunch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPrince Charles' dreams of eco-friendly urban regeneration have been shattered by the credit crisis, the Daily Telegraph reports. A major Middle Eastern investor has pulled out of a $1 billion property fund the prince planned to use to replicate the sustainable eco-village Poundbury, which he launched in Dorset. Supporters are...http://www.newser.com/story/56640/prince-charles-eco-fund-whacked-by-credit-crunch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 5:29:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56445/rattner-obamas-auto-chief-caught-up-in-kickbacks-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSteven Rattner, the head of President Obama's auto task force, is involved in an SEC probe of a kickback scandal involving New York state's pension fund, a source tells the Wall Street Journal . Rattner is not accused of any wrongdoing, but is believed to have directed a $1.1 million...http://www.newser.com/story/56445/rattner-obamas-auto-chief-caught-up-in-kickbacks-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Apr 2009 5:52:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54395/geithner-pitches-overhaul-of-financial-oversight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTim Geithner today proposed a major expansion of federal regulatory powers, reports the Washington Post . In testimony before Congress, the Treasury chief called for hedge funds, derivatives markets, private equity firms, and major insurers like AIG to be brought under strict federal supervision for the first time. His plan, which...http://www.newser.com/story/54395/geithner-pitches-overhaul-of-financial-oversight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Mar 2009 0:19:32 CDT