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Recent Articles by Peter Carbonara
November 2, 2009
Sizing Up Buffett's Biggest Bet
Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) CEO and value investing demigod Warren Buffett has been hinting for some time that he was looking for a large company to buy with Berkshire's...
October 29, 2009
Banking: Mr. Cleanup
Georgia's financial crisis is making accidental heroes out of people like Jim Edwards. The 44-year-old Edwards is CEO of United Bank, a small, family-controlled outfit...
August 13, 2009
Look at All the New IPOs
After months of market turmoil, are investors finally ready for a slew of brand-new stocks? The owners of some private companies think so. In early August, Hyatt ...
July 23, 2009
Private Equity Loves Orphan Brands
Private equity players and corporate buyers are betting they can breathe new life into old brands. In recent months dealmakers have been scooping up once-mighty ...
May 28, 2009
Hedge Fund Investors Gain Power
For years pension funds, university endowments, and other big investors essentially wrote blank checks to hedge funds and private equity firms. They readily paid stiff...
May 7, 2009
How Private Equity Could Rev Up the U.S. Economy
Donald B. Marron, founder of the $3 billion private equity firm Lightyear Capital, has been eyeing financial wreckage for more than a year. In early 2008 Marron, the ...
