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Debt Linked To Buyouts Tightens Economic Vise

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03-Nov-2008 6 related
        

Private equity firms embarked on one of the biggest spending sprees in corporate history for nearly three years, using borrowed money to gobble up huge swaths of industries and some of the biggest names - Neiman Marcus,...

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Private Equity Draws the Cold Shoulder

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04-Nov-2008 3 related
        

Endowments, Pension Funds Rebuff Calls to Make Investments as Some Aim to Offload Stakes Large institutional investors that provided much of the capital that put some of America's best-known companies into private hands are...

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EQS/Original-Research: Fortress Paper Ltd. (von GSC Research GmbH): Kaufen

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03-Nov-2008
        

DJ EQS/Original-Research: Fortress Paper Ltd. (von GSC Research GmbH): Kaufen Original-Research: Fortress Paper Ltd. - von GSC Research GmbH Aktieneinstufung von GSC Research GmbH zu Fortress Paper Ltd. Unternehmen: Fortress...

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Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 11/03: STEM, HIG, EYE, TVL Higher; VSE, ATRC, NSTC, FIG Lower

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03-Nov-2008 1 related
        

StemCells (Nasdaq: STEM) 53.5% HIGHER; not hearing any news from the company, but the stock is seeing extremely heavy volume this morning: the stock has already traded about 5 million times, which compares to its average daily...

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IPO Report: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts initial public offering delayed

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03-Nov-2008 43 related
        

KKR initial public offering delayed until next year By Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The initial public offering of legendary private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has been pushed back until...

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Barbarians Must Wait

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03-Nov-2008 1 related
        

In April 2007, Henry Kravis declared that private equity was in "a golden age." Soon afterward, of course, the buyout business entered an ice age. So it's hardly surprising that the initial public offering of the private equity...

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For Fortress, big bet on mortgages goes bad

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31-Oct-2008
        

Among other missteps, the big fund manager tried, and failed, to call a bottom in the market for real-estate securities. Private-equity and hedge-fund manager Fortress Investment Group made a highly-publicized bet several...

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Newcastle to Announce Third Quarter Earnings on November 7, 2008 (PR Newswire)

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31-Oct-2008
        

Thursday October 30, 4:07 pm ET NEW YORK, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Newcastle Investment Corp. (NYSE: NCT - News ) announced today that it will release its third quarter financial results for the period ended September...

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Fortress to get help from Quicken for mortgage investments

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30-Oct-2008 2 related
        

Hedge fund, private-equity firm to get help with mortgage investments SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Fortress Investment Group unveiled a joint venture with Quicken Loans Inc. that will help the firm with its mortgage portfolios...

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Fortress International Group Inc. to Report Third Quarter Financial Results on November 11, 2008

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30-Oct-2008 1 related
        

COLUMBIA, Md., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fortress International Group Inc. , a company providing comprehensive services for the planning, design, development and maintenance of mission critical facilities and...

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