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KKR Don't Need No Stinkin' Leverage (Other Government Cheese OK)
May 22, 2009, 10:21am
Posted by Equity Private
It must be a measure of the times that a firm that regards itself with such favor would deign to even consider participating in something so base as a government recovery program, much less discuss it on the record. Or...
Bottom Line In The Sand
May 11, 2009, 11:40am
Posted by Equity Private
The timing seems unusual, what with Dubai's burdensome debt load (think whole number multiples of GDP) the collapse of construction, abysmal human rights conditions for workers (stolen passports, indentured servitude) and increasingly obvious issues with the Dubai judicial system. Dubai...
Just Not Quick Enough On The Trigger
Nov 03, 2008, 10:40am
Posted by Equity Private
I fear I have bad tidings, everyone. KKR's much anticipated IPO is... delayed. It brings me great sadness to bring you the news. Truly. If nothing else, we were really looking forward to the speculation that was sure to swirl...
The Only Thing Worse Than A Backhanded Compliment Is A Crabhanded One
Sep 08, 2008, 1:34pm
Posted by Bess Levin
LAST month, as Henry R. Kravis, the co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, and his wife, Marie-Josée, took their seats at the Water Cube in Beijing for a session of synchronized diving at the Olympics, they quickly recognized a...
Union Activists Plan Protests Against KKR
Posted in Private Equity, Jul 17, 2008, 8:42am
Posted by John Carney
Union activists plan to demonstrate outside of the New York headquarters of private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co today, calling for higher taxes on buyout firms, better treatment of workers and more attention to environmental concerns. The protest...