Private Equity Suitors Line Up for Bausch Lomb Eyecare Auction

TPG and Blackstone team up to bid for eyecare group Bausch + Lomb

Deal could be among year’s largest private equity buyouts as contact-lens maker looks to split from indebted parent

Business - Financial Times - October 14

Mubadala Capital sees chance to buy up large private equity stakes

Emirati unit raises $3.1bn for its latest fund hoping to appeal to groups looking to raise cash

Business - Financial Times - October 22

Carried interest: private equity’s tax break

The lower-taxed performance fee has helped buyout firms’ executives amass personal fortunes

Business - Financial Times - October 27

Private equity eyes a deal with Reeves on carried interest

Labour’s agenda highlights tension between raising taxes and courting internationally mobile financiers

World - Financial Times - October 29

Why These Fast-Growing Companies Turned to Private Equity

PE firms get a bad rap. These CEOs partnered with them anyway.

Business - Inc. - 2 days ago

Private equity management fees fall to lowest level since records began

Fund managers are fighting to secure investors’ money in a tough environment

Business - Financial Times - October 22

Senators take aim at big private equity landlords as rents soar

With home and apartment rental costs soaring, four Democratic senators are calling for more scrutiny on Wall Street financiers snatching up rental homes.

UK tax raid on private equity could raise £1bn, say researchers

Analysis of HMRC data by Centre for the Analysis of Taxation comes as industry braces for Budget changes

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Japanese lift maker Fujitec explores sale to private equity

Talks with multiple groups including Sweden’s EQT have taken place in recent months

World - Financial Times - October 30

UK hits wealthy with raids on non-doms, private equity and estates

Chancellor pressed ahead with contentious changes to offshore trusts used by rich foreigners

Business - Financial Times - October 30

How will UK tax rises on private equity’s carried interest work?

Changes unveiled in Rachel Reeves’ Budget mean the performance fee will be treated as income from 2026

Business - Financial Times - October 31

18th-Century Perfume Bottles Come Up for Auction

The 100-piece collection has been praised for its size, variety and representation of all major European porcelain makers of the era.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 25

World's largest autograph collection up for auction

Globetrotter Joseph Mikulec spent his life walking the earth, collecting the signature of just about everyone he met — from everyday civilians to world leaders. Now, what can be described as the ...

Long and winding road that took a recording console from Beatles session to the skip

A Hertfordshire father and son have been able to restore the console used on the Beatles' last album.

Secondary sales of private equity stakes set for record levels amid cash crunch

Once-niche market sees surge in activity with investors looking for an exit from ageing assets as deal activity slumps

Business - Financial Times - October 16

How private equity convinced Labour to go easy on its multimillion pound tax perk

The lobbying coup of the decade saw a major climbdown on the chancellor’s planned raid on carried interest. Nils Pratley: Rachel Reeves’s most irritating manifesto fudge “I’m glad I don’t have ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Economists warn Trump’s policies will trigger inflation

US president-elect won on claims he could rid of high prices yet many analysts think he will do the opposite

World - Financial Times - 3 days ago

How to devalue the dollar (a guide for Trump)

Greenback attack

World - Financial Times - 3 days ago

"Wizard of Oz" ruby slippers up for auction 19 years after being stolen

Judy Garland's iconic ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" are on the auction block nearly two decades after a thief stole the iconic shoes, an attempt to pull off "one last score."

Ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz up for auction 20 years after theft

The shoes at the heart of the musical were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Minnesota, but recovered by the FBI 13 years later. A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped ‘banana’ artwork estimated to fetch up to US$1.5m at New York auction

The viral artwork, involving a banana stuck to a wall, is once again in the spotlight, as Sotheby’s prepares to auction it for an eye-watering sum. Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan ’s notorious ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

The pick-ups 'saving lives on the front line' in Ukraine

Donated trucks, taken in convoy from Scotland and around the UK to the war-torn country, have been involved in multiple rescues.

Rangers Blow Up Offensive Lines In Hopes For Improvement

Peter Laviolette made some drastic changes to the offensive lines with their game in need of a jumpstart.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 2

Polls open in Pennsylvania, voters line up in Pittsburgh

Election Day is upon us and voters have begun to line up in the important battleground state of Pennsylvania. CBS News campaign reporter Allison Novelo reports from a polling place in Pittsburgh ...

Boeing’s bonds signal view that company has bought time with credit-raters to avoid slide to junk

Boeing Co., under pressure to boost liquidity, filed a $25 billion shelf registration Tuesday to offer equity or debt over the next three years and announced a new credit agreement with lenders.

Business - MarketWatch - October 16

‘Used like taxis’: Soaring private jet flights drive up climate-heating emissions

Analysis of 19m flights between 2019 and 2023 reveals 50% rise in emissions, condemned as ‘gratuitous waste’. Private jet flights have soared in recent years, with the resulting climate-heating ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

True Value declares bankruptcy, lines up sale to rival hardware chain

True Value, a national hardware brand founded in 1948, said it has a deal to be acquired by rival Do it Best.

Boeing Seeks to Line Up Billions in Financing as Strike Goes On

The aerospace giant said it could raise as much as $25 billion in debt or equity over the next three years, including a $10 billion line of credit.

Business - The New York Times - October 15

Bottom Line: ActBlue lobbies up on online donation overhaul bill

Elections The Democratic online fundraising platform ActBlue hired Covington & Burling LLP to lobby on issues related to the Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations Act, a House bill that ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Disney rolls out line-skipping park passes costing up to $449

Disney parks are adding a top-tier, line-skipping upgrade with a whole new world of pricing: as much as $449 per person on top of park admission, Walt Disney Co.

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Private equity management fees fall to lowest level since records began

Senators take aim at big private equity landlords as rents soar

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UK hits wealthy with raids on non-doms, private equity and estates

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Long and winding road that took a recording console from Beatles session to the skip

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"Wizard of Oz" ruby slippers up for auction 19 years after being stolen

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