Private equity payouts fell 50% short in 2024

Value of investments cashed out lingers well below historic average for third consecutive year

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Looking for Private Equity (or a Merger) in 2025? Here’s What You Should Know

Trump’s deregulatory push, interest rate cuts, and the PE ‘bullwhip effect’ are expected to influence M&A in 2025.
Inc. - 7h
Sephora Promo Codes and Deals: Save Up to 50%

Find best-selling cosmetics, fragrances, and beauty products for up to half the price at Sephora.
Wired - 10h
Biden signs 50 bills into law on Christmas Eve

Among the new laws signed by President Biden are Paris Hilton's bill to protect institutionalized teenagers and a bill to address hazing on college campuses.
CBS News - 20h
FirstFT: Private equity groups unable to sell or list China-based portfolio companies

Also in today’s newsletter, picks for France’s new cabinet, and Russian cargo ship sinks in the Mediterranean Sea
Financial Times - 1d
Private equity investors trapped in China as top firms fail to find exit deals

Sales and listings of Chinese companies by world’s biggest buyout groups have ground to a halt, data shows
Financial Times - 1d
How we fell out of love with dating apps

The biggest online dating companies are in crisis, as women and younger users look elsewhere, towards niche sites or real-life meets
Financial Times - 1d
Mahomes: Ankle should be OK during short week

With the Chiefs on a short week ahead of their Christmas Day game vs. the Steelers, Patrick Mahomes said his injured ankle is in "a lot better place."
ESPN - 1d
Your Call: Should a team ever willingly flex into a short week?

The Broncos agreed to flex their game against the Chargers to Thursday night ... and lost. Was that the wrong call?
Yahoo Sports - 1d
Nordstrom to go private in $6.25 billion deal with founding family, Mexican retailer

Nordstrom on Monday announced it will become a private company after it agreed to a buyout deal valued at roughly $6.25 billion from Nordstrom’s founding family and Mexican department store El ...
NBC News - 2d