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6 reasons why men are falling behind women

Readers weigh in with their personal observations about why American men are struggling economically.  More

20 biggest stock losers

Investors in these Fortune 500 companies took it on the chin in a year when the S&P 500 had a total return of 16%.  More

Stocks are too expensive

Equities are actually pricey, just when the "experts" are claiming they're cheap.  More

Pre-Marketing: Yahoo circling Hulu?

Also: John Doerr's plan to reclaim VC crown. Icahn eyes Dell board fight.  More

Donald Trump gets into crowdfunding

The Donald is willing to fund anything (literally).  More

CrunchFund's future

With nearly 100 portfolio companies and just two remaining partners, what is the future of Michael Arrington's venture capital effort?  More

Jamie Dimon's likely successor will not impress critics

JPMorgan Chase's likely CEOs-in-waiting come from the part of the bank that makes regulators and investors most nervous.  More

Larry Fink's radical retirement recommendation

BlackRock's CEO says that the U.S. may need to make retirement savings mandatory.  More

Apple: What it's like to drown in cash

The company has finally taken steps to distribute its unprecedented hoard, but will that be enough to revive its stock?  More

20 biggest stock gainers

Investors in these Fortune 500 companies took big risks and saw even bigger rewards in 2012.  More

El-Erian: A recipe for continued economic momentum

Friday's virtuous news cycle needs to continue if the U.S. economy is to overcome headwinds from Congressional dysfunction and Europe's malaise.  More

Exclusive: Glenn Beck's company makes how much?

Glenn Beck doesn't just hawk gold, he mints it.  More

Bonuses are toxic at start-ups

Start-ups should keep employee upside in equity.  More

Twitter banker hire doesn't mean IPO

Twitter hired a Morgan Stanley banker, but it's more about M&A than IPO.  More

Exclusive: Three Arch co-founder forms new VC firm

Veteran venture capitalist Wilf Jaeger launching new firm focused on health care services.  More

Fix Europe by fixing small businesses

The European Central Bank's move to lower interest rates won't be enough to help the small and medium-sized businesses that drive the economy in many regions.  More

How to solve the bank capital Goldilocks question

Brown-Vitter and other efforts to boost bank capital are misguided. Capital cushions provide a false sense of security.  More

Munger: It's time to break up the banks

Warren Buffett's chief lieutenant, Charlie Munger, says Brown-Vitter won't work.  More

Pre-Marketing: Neiman Marcus sale?

Neiman Marcus explores exit.  More

FHA's solvency plan is unfair to borrowers

The government insurer, which may or many not be in need of a bailout, plans to generate $10 billion by locking middle class borrowers into high fees for decades.  More

Apple ad shows why Kodak never had a chance

Kodak was killed by phones, not film.  More

DFJ's unusual exit of Polaris Wireless

No IPO? No M&A? No problem.  More

Pre-Marketing: JPMorgan perjury?

Did JPMorgan exec lie under oath? Also: An ice cream truck war goes bad.  More

Tesla backer seeking new bank

DFJ Growth raising second fund.  More

Obama has a sweet retirement package. Will you?

No one says the President doesn't deserve his benefits. But it's hard to get past his plan to limit savers to half the value of what he'll walk away with.  More

Exclusive: New York City's newest VC firm

Most of AOL Ventures team spins out.  More

Congress: No unemployment data for U.S.

Republican representatives want to gut the way we collect national economic data.  More

The investment trend hedge funds want kept secret

Hedge funds are scooping up personal property tax liens from municipalities at a quick pace after big banks decided it was too risky.  More

Exclusive: Atlas Venture raises ninth fund

Boston-area VC firm rebounds with new fund.  More

Proof that more money does in fact buy happiness

A new study debunks the theory that money doesn't make you any happier once you've passed a certain income threshold.  More

Pre-Marketing: David Petraeus to private equity?

KKR in talks with David Petraeus; Uber CEO: No, we're not raising money now; and, manufacturing data down.  More

Is J.C. Penney a better bet than gold?

Nothing lasts forever, as investors in gold and JC Penney are being reminded.  More

Study: Megabanks may disappear

Consultant calls recently proposed banking regulations such as Brown-Vitter "weapons of mass dissolution."  More

Behind the myth of the 'spring slump'

Recent economic data suggests that another spring slowdown is upon us, as we've had the past three years. But it may not be real at all.  More

Blackstone to hire 50,000 vets

Private equity giant steps up for military veterans.  More

Pre-Marketing: Deal leakage

The dark art of deal leaks. Also: CEO-to-worker pay ratios skyrocket.  More

Richard Bressler is still a buyout exec

Reports of Bressler's resignation have been greatly exaggerated.  More

Offshore account holders win a victory in government tax case

The Justice Department got a black eye last week in a case involving a 79-year old Florida widow with $43 million in offshore accounts.  More

Private equity's 'bucket' list

Big private equity firms are offering diversified products, but one size may not fit all investors.  More

Pre-Marketing: Jamie Dimon's loss

Jamie Dimon loses key lieutenant; the joys of stereotyping VCs; and, solar is about to change the world.  More

Apple proves that a lower corporate tax rate won't matter

A lower corporate tax rate won't deter companies from playing tax and accounting games. Just look at Apple's math.  More

Marc Lasry's troubled path to Paris

Why it's hard for fund managers to become ambassadors.  More

What will cause the next financial crisis? Don't ask regulators.

It's not clear regulators are taking their own worst-case scenarios list seriously.  More

Corsair opts for sale over IPO?

Private equity firm in talks to buy maker of PC gaming hardware.  More

Pre-Marketing: Reinhart and Rogoff respond

The Great Austerity Debate. Also: Why Yahoo's chairman is out.  More

New home sales: Poised to double?

More good news for the housing market.  More

Wall Street isn't bowing to caps on pay

Bonuses certainly aren't what they used to be before the crisis, but it still pays to be on Wall Street -- at least for those who've held onto their jobs.  More

Gabriel Gomez's private equity past

Senate candidate Gomez shouldn't take 'private' equity so literally.  More

Punky Brewster makes a mobile app

Former child star gets VC funding for a kid-focused startup.  More

Just how bad were clean-tech investments?

Clean-tech investments have underperformed, but that doesn't mean they're underwater.  More

Despite cautious talk, banks push risky deals

Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley preach caution, even as their bankers return to pre-crisis deals.  More

T. Rowe: We still hate Dell deal

The more things change, the more they stay the same.  More

Pre-Marketing: Dell's flawed process

Plus: Springer Science attracts 5 PE bids; Shale boom is having little econ impact; and, Clear thinking on 3D printing.  More

Marc Lasry isn't going to Paris

Hedge fund manager Lasry doesn't get ambassadorship.  More

A new plan for creating new drugs

Early-stage pharma investment is on life support. Can an innovative new partnership help?  More

More bad news for student loan borrowers

Young, educated workers were once seen by banks as the most promising borrowers. That's no longer the case, thanks to student loan debt.  More

To heat up M&A, cool the stock market

Does the M&A market need a stock market slowdown?  More

Pre-Marketing: Big bet on Microsoft

Hedge fund buys $2 billion stake in Microsoft; Fab joining billion-dollar club; and, SEC charges ex-Office Depot president.  More

There are fewer than 100 tech VCs

The VC shakeout is startling.  More

Pre-Marketing: Why Fisker crashed and burned

Also: Betfair rejects buyout. eBay recruits users vs. sales tax.  More

The IMF needs to overcome its bipolar personality

As IMF officials gather this weekend in Washington, Mohamed A. El-Erian assesses the problems and solutions to the IMF's twin personality.  More

Rob Arnott: Why I've had it with most hedge funds

Funds have underperformed at a time when they are drawing more and more money from middle class retirement accounts.  More

Q&A with SeaWorld CEO Jim Atchison

What happens when you bring penguins to the New York Stock Exchange.  More

What did (or didn't) Blackstone know?

A major discrepancy emerges in Dell timeline.  More

Young America: Victims of irrational optimism

The effects of the financial crisis are still weighing on Millennials, but policy makers and business leaders are fooling themselves into believing that opportunities are ripe for America's younger set.  More

Blackstone bails on Dell

Blackstone ends its pursuit of the PC maker.  More

The upside of China's slowdown

The news that consumer spending growth is slowing in China isn't all bad news. Just ask Burberry.  More

Blackstone: 'We're serious about tech'

Blackstone reports earnings.  More

What just happened to VC valuations?

Did venture capital valuations really fall 79%?  More

Pre-Marketing: Gunmaker shunned by Wall Street

Gunmaker gets the cold shoulder, private equity stick with energy, and the 'black box' of sell-side analysts.  More

Goldman Sachs stays mum on risky assets

Dodd-Frank requires the disclosure of a new measure of just how risky banks' loans and investments are. Goldman is the only big bank still refusing to do it.  More

7 biggest Excel errors of all time

The popular Microsoft program has been implicated in causing the financial crisis, Europe's growth problems, the U.S.'s weak economic recovery and pretty much everything else.  More

Why taxpayers may now be off the hook when a big bank fails

Under its new Dodd-Frank mandate, the FDIC has unveiled an innovative strategy to handle a megabank failure.  More

Apollo sued by ex-placement agent

Private equity's placement agent saga takes a strange twist.  More

Why gold is falling even as global economic fears intensify

Gold is usually a safe haven for investors during times of economic turmoil. Not this time around.  More

How you can help Boston

A way to help in Boston  More

Activist investing, Nelson Peltz-style

His pushes for change have propelled the stocks of Heinz, Wendy's, and Kraft. What is Peltz thinking these days?  More

Exclusive: Matrix Partners raises new VC fund

Early Apple backer raises new fund.  More

Pre-Marketing: The biggest buyout bust

Energy Future proposes pre-packaged bankruptcy. Also: Top 10 private equity tax loopholes.  More

Cost of being Too Big to Fail: Now just $28 million

A small Fed tax will do little to rein in big banks.  More

Exclusive: Bain Capital secures $3 billion

Big week for private equity giant.  More

Pre-Marketing: Dish goes hostile on Sprint

Dish launches $25 billion bid for Sprint. Also: The dark side of shareholder activisim.  More

Behind the foreclosure surge in New York, New Jersey

How did New York and New Jersey jump to the top of the foreclosure list, behind only Florida? Red tape.  More

Wells Fargo beats expectations even as home lending slows

Mortgage loans and profits fell at the nation's largest home lender.  More

Heinz: Buffett buyout gets even less Buffett-y

Heinz's new CEO Bernardo Hees comes from Burger King and, before that, Buffett's buyout partner 3G. It's another move that's outside of Buffett's playbook.  More

3 reasons why it's different for Japan this time

Japan has repeatedly tried to revive its economy, but investors might just buy it this time around.  More

The 10 stages of Jamie Dimon's blubbering London Whale grief

How Wall Street's most outspoken CEO publicly dealt with one of the largest trading losses in history.  More

Why corporate tax reform is going nowhere fast

Companies still don't have to disclose how much (or how little) federal income tax they pay. That needs to change.  More

Current fiscal policy harms U.S. competitiveness

We're focusing too much on the present, and too little on the future.  More

Morgan Stanley adjusts its Apple numbers - up and down

Raises iPad estimate 11%, lowers iPhone 11%. Revenue and EPS are both dialed back.  More

Are private equity 'clubs' back?

Have reports of the club deal's death been greatly exaggerated?  More

Debunking today's carried interest tax arguments

'Carried interest' is back on the table, and so are the private equity industry's defenders.
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Private equity's next big player

Marlin is the little private equity firm that could... get bigger.
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3 bond bubble theories that don't hold up

Top strategist at Blackrock says the economy is stronger than it looks, which will lead to rising interest rates and pain for debt investors. But the evidence otherwise is too strong.  More

In China, a little bit of financial chaos is just fine

China is sliding further along the scale of chaotic financial systems, but is not yet in the danger zone.  More

Will J.C. Penney go private?

J.C. Penney would be challenging for private equity firms.  More

Southeastern jumps the gun on Dell

Dell does not yet have any "superior offers."  More

J.C. Penney's most discounted item: Its bonds

The retailer's bonds are trading at around 70 cents on the dollar, suggesting investors think it could be headed for bankruptcy. But the value of its real estate alone is higher than all of its debt.  More

This earnings season, hope is an investing strategy

While investors brace for a slower earnings season in the first quarter, they see a turnaround later this year.  More

Wall Street remains too bullish on the job market

Economist Dean Baker, who called the jobs market correctly in March, says the outlook for hiring is likely to remain weak.  More

Rock Band redux? VC returns to Harmonix

A venture capitalist's new bet on an old gaming company.  More

CompuCom switching sponsors for $1.1 billion

Private equity firms swap CompuCom.  More

Exclusive: Accel and Sequoia vets form new VC fund

The latest micro-VC effort comes from some pretty big names.  More

Investor frenzy over housing has peaked

Signs that the big money has retreated from the foreclosure boom may be good for the housing market overall.  More

5 steps for handling an acquisition offer

Even if your company is 'going long,' you need to be prepared for possible suitors.  More

Pre-Marketing: Chinese IPO freeze

PE firms circle Yankee Candle; A few observations from the private fund space; and, Private equity's wrestling champion.  More

Forget the four horsemen

VCs need to stop blaming their IPO woes on the decade-old loss of four banks. Instead, they should look in the mirror.  More

Why the Fed can't help the long-term unemployed

The jobs report is vindication for the Federal Reserve's caution and its bond-buying spree. But those policies aren't helping those who have been out of a job the longest.  More

Crowdfunding: Where things stand one year later

Equity-based crowdfunding has yet to take shape one year after the JOBS Act was signed.  More

Report: Corzine 'sowed the seeds' of MF Global's destruction

Louis Freeh's MF Global trustee report says Corzine knew or should have known the firm was headed for a bust.  More

David Stockman's dystopia

Ronald Reagan's former budget director talks about his new book, what Republicans got wrong and why private equity is the great deformation.  More

Investors to SEC on social: 'Dislike'

The SEC showed up late to the social media party with its new guidance, and investors now have more questions than answers about how companies can share material information.  More

Libor probe continues in New York

A judge tossed many claims in the biggest Libor-related class action suit, but New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman has not given up his pursuit.  More

Pre-Marketing: Dell-fellas

Using Goodfellas to understand the Dell situation; China's export boom may be a fraud; and, What happened to the Internet productivity miracle?  More

A 4-step guide to landing a start-up job

Aim high, seek out key networking meetings and pick yourself a winner.  More

Former SEC chair Mary Schapiro's mysterious new gig

Schapiro is joining the consulting firm Promontory and says she won't lobby government officials on her clients' behalf. What will she do?  More

A prescription for growth

How an injection of foreign investment can help any economy -- including ours.  More

Pre-Marketing: Corporate tax reform backtrack

Corporations get cold feet on tax reform. Also: Apple's mysterious case of the missing moonshot.  More

SEC's new social media policy falls short

SEC identifies social media problem, but fails to propose adequate solution.  More

Does Dell deal have an HP problem?

Dell's top comp is having a tough day. Could it affect the final buyout price?  More

Jeff Skoll loses his investment manager

Stephen George leaves Capricorn to form an alternative investment firm.  More

Michael Dell lays out his plan

Michael Dell tells Dell employees what may come next.  More

Even housing bears bought big homes before the crash

Study by Princeton University economics professor letting Wall Streeters off the hook for financial crisis has a dubious premise.  More

Gemvara founder's next act

From entrepreneur to EIR to... mayor?  More

Dell tells the world it's terrible

Dell tells shareholders that it extracted a higher price from Silver Lake... and also that it's got big problems.  More

Pre-Marketing: Is Bitcoin money?

Also: Hedge funder quits to bet on baseball. And how TurboTax maker fought free, simple tax filings.  More

Should Steve Cohen shut down SAC?

A new arrest at an SAC fund brings the government closer to Steve Cohen's door. Now might be a good time to become a family office in order to avoid future scrutiny.  More
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