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Archive for March 20th, 2007

Carlyle founder worries about leverage party hangover

20 March 2007

Since we are “on” this topic, here it is from the horse’s mouth (via FT Alphaville). And won’t the boss justifiably hate that his emails are being leaked as fast as he sends them:
Carlyle’s Conway warns on risky LBOs
William Conway, the Carlyle founder who is regarded as one of global private equity’s smartest investors, [...]

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Feds fumble finance facts

20 March 2007

There was an odd number and an associated claim in the federal government’s budget package last night, and it was repeated without question by the dead tree media, among others. Here is the excerpt from the “Creating a Canadian Advantage” section:
“Canada has almost 3,800 publicly-listed companies, far more per capita than many other developed [...]

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