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    Dell Shares Rise on News Company May Go Private

    January 14, 2013 Public investors are excited about the prospect of Dell going private. Shares of Dell spiked nearly 13 percent on Monday after Bloomberg News reported that the beleaguered…

    Reader’s Digest Files for Bankruptcy, Again

    February 18, 2013 Executives at Reader’s Digest must be hoping that the magazine’s second trip to bankruptcy court in under four years will be its last. The magazine’s parent, RDA…

    Fed Transcripts Reveal Concerns About Private Equity Boom

    January 18, 2013 As the private equity bubble inflated during the first half of 2007, a period defined by record acquisitions by the world’s largest buyout firms, the Federal Reserve…

    C.E.O.’s Now Free to Tweet

    April 3, 2013 Sites like Twitter and Facebook are now considered legitimate ways for chief executives to communicate with their investors, but within certain limits. The Securities and Exchange Commission…

    With or Without Bailout, Cypriots Lose Trust in Banks

    March 25, 2013 NICOSIA, Cyprus — With her wedding day three months away, Despina Charalambous is desperate to gain access to her savings, which have been frozen at the Bank…

    Euro Zone Crisis Has Increased I.M.F.’s Power

    April 17, 2013 FRANKFURT — When Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister and war horse of European politics, celebrated his 70th birthday at a theater in Berlin last September, two…

    Deutschland und Indien: Ein Reger Austausch

    Indien, mit seinen 1,2 Milliarden Einwohnern, ist ein Land der extremen Gegensätze. Für die internationale Politik spielt es als Stabilitätsanker in der Region eine wichtige Rolle. Das Land ist die…

    Wie soll die Energiewende Finaziert werden?

    Investitionssicherheit und innovative Lösungen Der geplante grundlegende Umbau des Energiesektors in Deutschland wird einen erheblichen Investitionsbedarf auslösen. Verschiedene Studien rechnen bis zum Jahre 2020 mit einem Volumen von rund 200…

    Equistone invests in Meilleurtaux.com

    16 April 2013 BPCE has announced the completion of the sale of its 100% holding in Meilleurtaux.com (“the Company”) to funds managed by Equistone Partners Europe Limited (“Equistone”). Founded in…

    Cetera Financial Group Inc. added over 13 Billion US Dollars in assets

    Lightyear Capital has raised more or less 3 billion US Dollars since it was incepted across its two funds. Lightyear closed on its first fund, in May 2002. The fund…