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...As they show, Mr Dell and his private equity partners at Silver Lake have created a $100bn juggernaut....
...“The real concern for most companies contemplating an IPO isn’t the challenge of going public, it is the obligations and opportunities that come with being public,” said Lise Buyer, a partner at Class V...
...Revitalised by its new owner, US-based private equity company EIG Global Energy Partners, it has become not only a highway to China but could soon be partly owned by Chinese companies....
...As other European nations — and some US states — boarded the green power wagon, it kindled a wave of demand for wind turbines and solar panels that helped drive costs down worldwide....
...Snapchat’s location in Venice Beach, about six hours’ drive south of Silicon Valley, gives it a different perspective, he adds....
...There are fears on both sides of the Atlantic that it could reduce choice for farmers in markets already dominated by a few large companies, and ultimately drive up food prices for consumers....
...Don Steinbrugge, managing partner with Agecroft Partners, a hedge fund marketing firm, says: “If a hedge fund [manager] is going to have a hedge fund and also a ’40 Act fund, they have to justify to clients...
...The first is that their proposal – which will not involve the two companies merging – will skirt a knotty antitrust issue that their rivals now face....
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...Thus the news last week that KKR will try to take six of its companies public is the perfect moment to give its capital markets underwriting business a test drive....
...The first big wave of international investment came in the 1980s when Japanese companies, flush with cash, beat a path to Hollywood’s door....
...The state began requiring carmakers to sell some zero-emissions vehicles in 1990, lending impetus to the industry’s first wave of electric cars....
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