Private Equity
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All Equity is not Equal?
“Forget Bain — Obama’s public-equity record is the real scandal.” He describes outlandish examples of how the taxpayers’ money that has gone down the tubes at private firms, including Solyndra, of course. Others investment failures include Raser Techno...
Exclusive - The Vetting - Obama Praised Private Equity When He Needed Cash
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President Barack Obama has attacked Gov. Mitt Romney's record in the private equity industry as CEO of Bain Capital. But ten years ago, as he struggled to raise funds for his long-shot U.S. Senate campaign, then-State Senator Obama decided to embrace t...
The Latest Private Equity Pictures
One of Obama ’s top campaign spokesmen is a private equity manager whose firm has shut down several factories and laid off hundreds of people amid a stalled economy. Federico Pena’s role at Vestar Capital Partners has e...2 opinions2012/05/25 15:25:20
The state workers in Wisconsin need our support. So do the state workers in Ohio who are about to come under the budget knife. WE DEMAND EQUITY FOR STATE AND FEDERAL WORKERS, and I mean EQUITY WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR CO...6 votes2011/02/19 00:07:12
One of Barack Egobama's top campaign spokesmen is a private equity manager whose firm has shut down several factories and laid off hundreds of people amid a stalled economy. Federico Pena’s role at Vestar Capital Partners...3 opinions2012/05/25 14:07:33
As Democrats convene in Charlotte this week, they likely will double down on their claim that Bain Capital is really the Bain Crime Family. They will accuse Republican nominee Mitt Romney and Bain’s other “greedy” co-fo...0 opinions2012/09/17 09:54:46
Call it cynical, call it "pragmatic", call it what you will. Obama is taking campaign money from the folks whose actions he decried as orchestrating "less than reputable deals" in the private equity business. On the sa...141 opinions2012/05/23 05:03:18
2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has been campaigning hard against government spending... criticizing the Obama administration for providing economic development subsidies. Romney has blasted the “endless subsidie...4 opinions2012/06/06 18:11:27-
President Obama, Executive in Chief of criticizing the cruelties of private equity, is more than happy to plead for donations from people who make their money in the industry. During daylight hours, he’s America’s “Robin H...1 opinion2012/05/24 19:34:57
by Neil Munro One of President Barack Obama ’s top campaign spokesmen is a private equity manager whose firm has shut down several factories and laid off hundreds of people amid a stalled economy. Federico ...2 opinions2012/05/25 13:30:19
A lot has been made about Mitt Romney’s career in private equity, which started in 1984 at Bain Capital and ended in 1999 when he left to run the Salt Lake City Olympics. This calculator shows that the annualized return of...2 opinions2012/10/08 13:50:11
Obama campaign airing 1st ad critical of Romney’s role in private equity firm-Romney the Job killer.
R omney made his money by hiding it and on the back of hard working Americans. How can anyone vote for this sleaze. Time after Time he closed factories and businesses to line his own pocket. he didn't care then what happen...2 votes2012/05/17 19:32:16
If Obama had Any sense, he would be embarrassed to let this be known! http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Pena.jpg Obama national co-chair works in private equity, like Romney Read more: http://dailycalle...6 opinions2012/05/25 21:50:42-
If Romney’s record in private equity is fair game, then so is Obama’s record in public equity — and that record is not pretty. Since taking office, Obama has invested billions of taxpayer dollars in private businesses, in...1 opinion2012/05/26 20:02:20
By Marc A. Thiessen , Published: May 24 Despite a growing backlash from his fellow Democrats, President Obama has doubled down on his attacks on Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital. But the strategy ...3 opinions2012/05/26 23:03:19
Government Motors As we wait on the news from Super Mario in Europe about his new “save the continent of Europe” plan, which will be giving more debt to the outrageously indebted nations of Sp...0 opinions2012/09/06 14:06:02
"The private forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers estimates that "sequestration would cost roughly 700,000 jobs (including reductions in armed forces)" and add a quarter of a point to the unemployment rate." So let's...59 opinions2013/03/02 16:00:45
Carolina Journal Exclusives Dems Target Private Retirement Accounts Democratic leaders in the U.S. House discuss confiscating 401(k)s, IRAs http://www.carolinajournal.com/articles/display_story.html?id... By Karen McMaha...21 opinions2008/11/07 01:42:55
Republicans love socialism, as does big business, but they only love socialism that helps them, not the little people that work for them. There is a phrase called privatize the gains and socialize the losses. This was a fa...2 opinions2012/07/17 15:39:36