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  • New York-based Cerberus Capital Management LP, whose chairman, former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle, was in Istanbul yesterday to announce a joint investment initiative with Turkish broker Garanti Securities, said it's planning about 10 buyouts or stake purchases in Turkish family-run businesses with an equity size of $50 million to $250 million.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • The insolvency firm called the family-run business "a respected local brand".

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • FAMILY BUSINESS A new wave of executive-education courses aim to untangle the unique problems of family-run companies.

    The Family That Goes To School Together... Alina Dizik 2011

  • Down the street from the Indigo Grill, former fishermen are now serving seafood in restaurants that have been family-run for decades.

    Laura Lippstone: San Diego's Little Italy: That's Italian Laura Lippstone 2011

  • The shift occurred during the past two decades, when business tycoons took over established family-run houses and - with the help of bright, young talents - transformed them into publicly traded billion-dollar global luxury brands.

    Fashion designer crackups raise question: Is industry's pace too relentless? 2011

  • The family-run firm is getting $550,000 from a fund created by Mr. Perry in exchange for a commitment to create 110 jobs.

    Policy, Geography Boost Texas Job Growth Ana Campoy 2011

  • Kimberly Chauvin, owner of Mariah Jade Shrimp Company, a family-run, shrimp-trawling and seafood dock business in Terrebonne Parish, said "we were told the payments would be 'from the water first and out' geographically, but the fishermen here are being overlooked."

    Susan Buchanan: Fishermen Dismayed Over Low Payouts in Spill Claims Susan Buchanan 2011

  • Down the street from the Indigo Grill, former fishermen are now serving seafood in restaurants that have been family-run for decades.

    Laura Lippstone: San Diego's Little Italy: That's Italian Laura Lippstone 2011

  • Kimberly Chauvin, owner of Mariah Jade Shrimp Company, a family-run, shrimp-trawling and seafood dock business in Terrebonne Parish, said "we were told the payments would be 'from the water first and out' geographically, but the fishermen here are being overlooked."

    Susan Buchanan: Fishermen Dismayed Over Low Payouts in Spill Claims Susan Buchanan 2011

  • In the southern district of Croydon, Gavin Barwell, a lawmaker who represents the area, surveyed the ruins of a local landmark, the family-run House of Reeves furniture store.

    London Sweeps Up as Riots Simmer to North Guy Chazan 2011

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