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Hedge funds crowd first-time buyers out of housing market
David Weinberg Dec 10, 2012
Hedge funds and private-equity funds are buying up hundreds of foreclosed homes at a time, turning them into rentals, crowding out first-time home buyers looking for bargains.
Explaining dividend recapitalization
Paddy Hirsch Oct 24, 2012
Dividend recapitalization: private equity shenanigans or sound common sense? Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains how it works.
Cancer ad prompts GOP attack
Alexandra Duszak Aug 10, 2012
Republicans attack Obama over Bain cancer ad
Private equity firms: Job creators or job destroyers?
Jeff Horwich Jul 16, 2012
We'll likely hear more this week about when, exactly, Mitt Romney left his top job at Bain Capital. But here's the question that will persist: Job creator, or job destroyer? And that question's bigger than Bain, bigger than Romney -- bigger than any one election.
Report: Mitt Romney stayed at Bain longer than he's claimed
Jeremy Hobson Jul 12, 2012
The Boston Globe is reporting this morning that government documents show GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney remained CEO and chairman of the private equity firm Bain Capital for three years after he has said he left Bain.
Romney's role in pioneering the outsourcing of jobs
Chris Farrell Jun 27, 2012
The presidential campaign has returned to the issue of private equity and the outsourcing of jobs. President Obama has latched onto a Washington Post report that says private equity firm Bain Capital, which Mitt Romney used to run, helped pioneer the outsourcing of jobs.
Private equity and the campaign
David Gura May 17, 2012
Here's a topic you'll hear a lot about in the general election: private equity. And you can thank one of Mitt Romney's Republican opponents for that.
Guitar Center strums a new tune
Eve Troeh Apr 19, 2012
The national music instrument retailer opens more stores. Bain Capital took Guitar Center private five years ago. What's the secret to its growth?
The influence of Mitt Romney's business background
Jeremy Hobson Mar 21, 2012
What drives the Republican presidential candidate, and what's more important than the simple fact that he has wealthy friends.
How Romney made money after retirement
Mitchell Hartman Jan 26, 2012
Bain Capital may sell companies years after buying them, then partners get their share of profits.
