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    Dell Nears a Buyout of More Than $23 Billion

    February 4, 2013 Lucas Jackson/ReutersDell’s founder, Michael S. Dell, attended the unveiling of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system last year in New York. Dell Inc. neared an agreement on Monday…

    Major Companies Push the Limits of a Tax Break

    January 6, 2013 It began more than 90 years ago as a small tax break intended to help family farmers who wanted to swap horses and land. Farmers who sold…

    In Europe, Mounting Debt May Push Companies to Public Markets

    February 18, 2013 LONDON — The steady revival in European stocks is offering hope to the region’s highly indebted companies seeking to raise money on the public markets. As concerns…

    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…