If you've got a Liberal government ready to give you pharmacare and a winking "money is no object" patronage to the equity-seeking groups it targets at election time and they're an incumbent "progressive" government trying to hold down the fort from the scary Conservatives why do you need a Liberal-lite NDP?
Yields across the U.S. bond market have been weak since investors have been pulling money from equities, seeking safer options during the global economic slowdown.
Investors are now fixated on hopes of multibillion-dollar takeover offers from private-equity groups.
Loffles has raised about $500,000 from private equity groups and individual investors.
The company was financed with $87 million from private equity groups, the second-highest amount for a startup airline, Mr. Spurlock said.
Last month, the magazine's parent, Industry Standard Communications, raised $30 million from private equity groups to expand the business.
Yell is buying TransWestern, based in San Diego, from the private equity groups Thomas H. Lee Partners, CIVC Partners and Providence Equity Partners.
In the wake of the collapse of the equity markets in 2000, many investors in private equity sought an early exit from their outstanding commitments.
Cision, which is controlled by US private equity group GTCR, acquired media monitoring group Gorkana from private equity group Exponent for £200m last year.
This allows entrepreneurs to "crowdfund" by raising equity from groups of non-accredited investors.
Separate acquisition offers from International Power, private equity group Texas Pacific, and a private equity backed bid from Constellation Energy were rejected for undervaluing the company.
