Sentence examples for on a private equity from inspiring English sources

The Skype investment is one of the largest capital gains made on a private equity investment, the source said.

But Reuters reports that Citigroup analysts threw cold water on a private equity player rushing in to buy Burberry.

This is not the first time the S.E.I.U. has used the power of the Internet to focus attention on a private equity firm.

Last week I reported on a private equity company promising an 18% return on investment in children's care homes, the sales representative relishing how the "naughtier children pay more".

The SEIU, and other critics, point out that many wealthy private equity investors pay taxes at lower rates (because the majority of their income is derived from carried interest, payments received from the profits on a private equity fund's investments) than many of the rank and file employees of a private equity firm's portfolio companies.

Directories group Yell moved 11p higher to 508.5p on suggestions of a private equity bid or even interest from Google, which said at its annual meeting yesterday it would consider making large acquisitions.

But Micro Focus International has climbed 27.6p to 397.4p on hopes of a private equity bid battle for the IT business.

Whitbread rose 35p to £16.82 on suggestions of a private equity break-up bid, which coincided with an investor day for its Costa Coffee division, while Shire ended 49p higher at £19.49 following the $750m purchase of US group Advanced BioHealing.

"The only £250,000 watch I've seen in my life was on the wrist of a private equity person," a banker said recently, on condition of anonymity.

The ad notes that Mr. Hagel sits on the board of Chevron, which has received numerous Pentagon contracts, and that he "even sits on the board of a private equity firm with investments in Iran".

On Monday, Steven Rattner, co-founder of a private equity firm, the Quadrangle Group, was named an adviser to the Treasury on the auto industry.