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BusinessWeek
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As recession looms, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Slide are taking a go-easy approach before selling shares to the public
During the Web's heyday, a profitable Internet company nearing $100 million in annual sales while luring a million new customers a month..
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BusinessWeek
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After churning out nearly 500 offerings over two years, the market for initial public stock offerings has ground to an almost complete halt. The stock market's sharp decline has been particularly unkind to these IPOs, and many recent ones trade below the..
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BusinessWeek
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The master of "Astroturfing" has a second firm that shapes public opinion for corporations
David Axelrod has long been known for his political magic. Through his AKP&D Message & Media consultancy, the campaign veteran has advised a succession of Democr..
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BusinessWeek
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The USDA wants to change how it inspects poultry, focusing on microbial testing. Critics say the move could pose serious public health risks
Public interest in food inspection spikes whenever illness or death highlights the danger of bacterial contamin..
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BusinessWeek
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Public health officials want caloric content listed on menus. The restaurant business is biting back
A battle is brewing over control of one of the hottest pieces of real estate in the restaurant business: the menu. On one side are public health offici..
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BusinessWeek
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Not all initial public offerings are created equal. Here's what investors should look for when buying newly issued shares
It's been less than a week since the Blackstone Group's (BX) much-vaunted initial public offering, and other private equity firms..
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BusinessWeek
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How New York's Mike Bloomberg is creating a new model for public service that places pragmatism before politics
The American businessman-politician has a long and storied history. From Alexander Hamilton (industrialist) to Herbert Hoover (mining consul..
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BusinessWeek
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The pair's confidential joint statement rejects public financing of the project for a European satellite navigation system
The European Union's planned satellite navigation system Galileo is in trouble. Agreement seemed to be reached Friday on bailing..
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BusinessWeek
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As buyout firms hunt for underperforming public companies, many are trying to boost their stocks with asset sales, spin-offs, and restructurings
Private equity firms are on the hunt like never before. With increasing amounts of cash at their disposal,..
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BusinessWeek
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Two profitable Chinese outfits are going public, but sunstruck investors should remember last year's disappointing ethanol offerings
Around this time last year, corn-based ethanol sprouted into investor's minds. Stock in agriculture giant Archer Daniel..
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BusinessWeek
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With so many other ways to set the time on electronics, there's little need to rely on the local public broadcaster anymore
Michael Wilson still uses a video cassette recorder but is having trouble setting the time:
While I love my TiVo (TIVO), I st..
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Washington Post
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The co-founder of the Carlyle Group, the giant District private-equity firm that invests tens of billions of dollars on behalf of pension funds and other investors, said over the weekend that he expects most of the major firms in his industry to become pu..
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USA Today
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By Marcy Gordon, Associated PressWASHINGTON Echoes of the 2002 business scandals reverberate through a case before the Supreme Court that could make it tougher for shareholders to win lawsuits against public companies.
Justices are hearing arguments..
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BusinessWeek
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The agreement to ban smoking in public places allows exceptions that the country's states may choose to include in their laws
Germany's states have reached an agreement on banning smoking in public places. Bars and restaurants will soon be smoke-free...
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BusinessWeek
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The private equity firm plans to raise $4 billion in its initial public offering, but vows not to change its management approach
The Blackstone Group made it official late on Mar. 21, filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission to raise $4 billion..
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Washington Post
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The private-equity giant Blackstone Group said yesterday that it would allow the public to invest in the company, which has generated big returns for large institutions and wealthy investors.
Blackstone said it would seek to raise $4 billion through an..
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Denver Post
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Lawyers for Joe Nacchio suggested Tuesday that this case is just one horrible misunderstanding. Apparently the government doesn't know the difference between a public document and a motivational speech.
Opening statements are supposed to be an overview..
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Washington Post
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You've got to be kidding me. That may be the only appropriate response to the news that the kings of "private" equity, Blackstone Group, may soon take their own company public.
Private-equity houses, you see, always talk up the joys of being private, a..
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www.macnn.com
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Last week it was the music labels, this week it was teacher unions. Apple cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs on Friday spared no words in criticizing the state of public schools and the teacher unions, saying that schools were never likely to improve until prin..
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BusinessWeek
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The market for tech offerings is stronger and other youth-oriented carriers are cutting into Virgin's lead, so there might not be a better opportunity Is the clock ticking on a Virgin Mobile USA public offering? Talk that Virgin Mobile USA would go..
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