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So it was a bit jarring a few weeks back to come across a piece on Fortune.com lamenting private equity's inability to buy really large companies that just a few years ago were easily within reach.
Yvette Kantrow: Means, Ends and Money Yvette Kantrow 2011
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Private equity's inability to do megadeals is bad for shareholders of big public companies -- the piece lists investors in Microsoft, Boeing, CVS Caremark, Home Depot, Oracle and United Healthcare as examples -- "who must now content themselves with hefty dividends and steady revenue growth" rather than benefit from the quick payday that a private equity sale could bring.
Yvette Kantrow: Means, Ends and Money Yvette Kantrow 2011
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Reports of private equity's death may have been exaggerated.
Apax Could Lead Private-Equity Revival Hester Plumridge 2011
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So it was a bit jarring a few weeks back to come across a piece on Fortune.com lamenting private equity's inability to buy really large companies that just a few years ago were easily within reach.
Yvette Kantrow: Means, Ends and Money Yvette Kantrow 2011
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When public companies are on a roll, private equity's potential can seem limitless.
Private-Equity Companies Ride the Market's Wave John Jannarone 2011
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In a Wall Street Journal op-ed last year, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka warned that "private equity's wealth extraction business model" creates a "hollow economy."
Kerry Trueman: No Contract, No Cookies: Is This the Way a Country Crumbles? Kerry Trueman 2011
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Barring a significant improvement in energy prices, TXU creditors may call private equity's bluff.
Apollo, TPG Played Hand They Were Dealt John Jannarone 2010
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That leaves a challenging backdrop for raising Brit's return on equity from a five-year average of 14% to the 20% plus required to hit private equity's return targets.
Private Equity Is Hard-Pushed to Score With Brit Hester Plumridge 2010
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In a Wall Street Journal op-ed last year, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka warned that "private equity's wealth extraction business model" creates a "hollow economy."
Kerry Trueman: No Contract, No Cookies: Is This the Way a Country Crumbles? Kerry Trueman 2011
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Whether that means they would support eliminating private equity's tax exemptions or restricting banks from participating in private equity isn't clear.
Romney Problem Is the Bain of Wall Street David Weidner 2012
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