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Silver Lake Sells Stake to CalPERS

The darkening clouds looming over private equity aren't scaring off the nation's largest public pension fund.

Cisco Changes Management Structure

A "development council" composed of several executives will replace Cisco Systems Inc. CEO heir-apparent Charles Giancarlo, who has resigned.

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Blackstone IPO: Litmus test for Private Equity?
Source: metue.com

Blackstone group is expected to price shares for its IPO later today. This article looks at the IPO, which is expected to be among the biggest in history. It also looks at the private equity industry in general and lists some of the notable recent transactions

Motorola and Palm, would you say Palmorola?

Rumors can drive stock prices; this lesson can be learned from yesterday's market news that Motorola Inc., maker of mobile phones may acquire their rival, Palm Inc., maker of Treo smart phones, PDA's and handheld devices.

Private equity faces backlash as it moves into spotlight - Feb. 6, 2007
Source: CNN

Interesting article on shareholder's suscpicions of private equity groups and the group's attempts to counter the negative publicity/perception.

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