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Toys "R" Us. Dunkin' Donuts. Univision. Hertz. Those are names of well-known American companies. Bain. Carlyle. Texas Pacific. KKR. Those are names of the lesser-known outfits that bought them in the past year and a half. If you thought the New York Stock Exchange was the place to invest, think again...
...places to spend the $70 billion raised so far this year, not to mention the $130 billion from last year. And they can borrow as much as $10 for every $1 they invest, meaning there aren't many companies out of reach. Says Mark Nunnelly, managing director of Bain Capital, one of the firms in the HCA deal: "Private equity is here to stay as an important player...
...commodity exports began to result in large budget surpluses for the government, that Macquarie's chief executive, Allan Moss, who had joined the bank in the sleepy Hill Samuel days, saw his big chance. "Bond markets were drying up," recalls Gary Turner, a Sydney-based financial-services expert with Bain & Co. "At the same time pension funds, which were growing because of increasing compulsory contributions, had to invest somewhere...
...protectionism. Both need to overcome enormous regional disparities of wealth and spread their growing prosperity more evenly among their populations. Davos had a well-attended session that focused on the wave of protests against corrupt officials in Chinese towns and villages. Some experts, including Orit Gadiesh, chairman of consultants Bain, says this competition misses the point: the world economy is not a zero-sum game, and both countries are likely to end up winners. "We are not hostile rivals, but we are competing with each other," said Indian Finance Minister Chidambaram, pointing to such sectors as automobile parts, leather, textiles...
Luring students with emblem-covered playing cards, glowing balls, mugs, and mouse pads, representatives pitched their companies to prospective interns at the Summer Opportunities Fair yesterday in the Graduate School of Education’s Gutman Library. Bain & Company tried to entice passing students with red plastic eggs full of silly putty, while Merrill Lynch handed out colorful dartboards. Microsoft staffers sported black t-shirts with the words “Let’s Get Nerdy” emblazoned on them. They distributed the shirts to everyone who visited their table. Students have attended this fair each year...