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BusinessWeek February 27, 2006 Emily Thornton	Going Private Hotshot managers are fleeing public companies for the money, freedom, and glamour of private equity.
CFO April 1, 2007 Joseph McCafferty	The Buyout Binge Private-equity firms are gobbling up everything in sight. How long can it last?
The Motley Fool March 22, 2005 Tom Taulli	Change of Heart at SunGard SunGard thought about splitting itself up; now it looks like management wants to sell everything. On the news, the company's stock price rose 24% to $31.07.
BusinessWeek March 7, 2005 Justin Hibbard	Rescuing Tech's Orphans Call it salvage capital. More private equity is flowing into struggling companies. By fixing up these neglected outfits, Garnett & Helfrich Capital and other buyout firms plan to give these tech companies a new lease on life.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2006 Matt Koppenheffer	The Softer Side of Private Equity Today, leveraged buyout shops have reincarnated themselves under the uber-generic "private equity" moniker and in the past couple years have started a full frontal assault on the public markets. What does it mean for every-day investors?
The Motley Fool December 27, 2005 Tom Taulli	A Private Matter at ACS Affiliated Computer Services appears to be in play for a private-equity buyout. On the rumors of the deal, the stock increased 5% to $61. However, buying now is really a speculation.
BusinessWeek September 4, 2006 Roben Farzad	Sign Of An Apocalypse In Private Equity? In Private Equity? The notion of a Microsoft buyout may signal a market gone batty.
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Emily Thornton	Private Equity Goes Public Firms like KKR are buying stakes in public companies and pushing, gently, for change.
BusinessWeek October 8, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Private Equity's Public Moves With big buyouts in the doldrums, firms are picking up small pieces of companies.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2004 Tim Beyers	IT Is Baaaack Uh-oh. Information technology is leading the economy, again. Production of computer and office equipment rose 2.1% in February, far outpacing last month's total manufacturing increase of 0.7%.
BusinessWeek October 30, 2006 Emily Thornton	Gluttons At The Gate Private equity are using slick new tricks to gorge on corporate assets. A story of excess.
InternetNews November 11, 2005 Paul Shread	Tech Giants Reach Maturity Add two more names to the list of once high-flying tech stocks that have reached maturity: Cisco and Dell... Stocks added to recent gains Friday... Net2Phone jumped on a buyout offer... Serena slipped on plans to be acquired ... etc.
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 Jack Ewing	Beware Of These Buyouts Private equity firms are buying other firms' buyouts. Private equity is doing much to drive corporate restructuring in Europe. That important process, rather than recycling assets, should continue to be its focus.
Entrepreneur September 2003 C.J. Prince	Got Leverage? If you're ready to sell, you've got the upper hand. Large buyout firms will be looking to entrepreneurs.
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BusinessWeek May 9, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	A New Dawn For Sun Microsystems? Although its steep sales slide is over, most analysts are still cool to Sun. But maybe not for long.
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The Motley Fool September 7, 2006 Aswath Damodaran	The Return of Leveraged Buyouts Investors, get up to speed on this resurgent financial trend. Several key consequences for investors, positive and negative, emerge from these buyouts.
BusinessWeek March 14, 2005 Emily Thornton	Don't Blink -- You'll Miss The IPO Buyout firms are taking companies public soon after acquiring them -- and raking it in. The trend is the latest twist in an escalating battle on Wall Street between buyout firms and their hedge-fund rivals.
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The Motley Fool October 5, 2004 Tom Taulli	SunGard Unleashes Value The company puts business know-how to good use. It gave Wall Street what it wanted by announcing a spinoff. The stock was up 10.57% to $27.00 on the news.
CFO February 1, 2006 Ronald Fink	Bondholder Backlash Leveraged buyout debtholders are getting tougher about protecting their interests.
CFO December 1, 2006 Roy Harris	What Lies Beneath Private-equity firms know how to make companies look good. But this buyer knows how to look more closely.
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The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 Emil Lee	Investing the KKR Way Although they operate on opposite ends of the capital-structure spectrum, private equity firm KKR and Warren Buffett have more in common than you might think. They invest in good companies led by talented managers.
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BusinessWeek July 4, 2005 Justin Hibbard	Why All That VC Cash Is Causing Jitters A surfeit of money could drive up the costs of startups, and depress returns.
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HBS Working Knowledge October 11, 2006 Sean Silverthorne	The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts Reverse leveraged buyouts in general outperformed other IPOs and the market as a whole. Quick flips, however, are another story.
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