DDIFO’s first National Members Meeting on September 21 at the Mohegan Sun was chock-full of valuable information for franchise owners, but perhaps the most compelling presentation -- The Franchisor In Play: Your Role … [Read more...]
Ambac Regulator Wins Support From Dunkin Brands on Plan
May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Jody Shenn of BusinessWeek reports that Ambac Financial Group Inc.’s regulator won support from Dunkin Brands Inc., Sonic Corp. and Hertz Corp. as he seeks to overcome objections from some of the insurer’s clients … [Read more...]
Policing Private Equity
May 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Portfolio.com reports that regulators, subsumed with banks, hedge funds, and trading, have gone easy on private equity. Disciplining these funds is best left to institutional investors, anyway. The private equity … [Read more...]
Rubenstein: No $10 Billion L.B.O.’s Anytime Soon
February 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
While David M. Rubenstein thinks happy days for private equity are coming again, he says one shouldn’t bet on seeing the mega-buyouts of yesteryear return anytime soon. Mr. Rubenstein, the Carlyle Group founder, … [Read more...]
The Mysterious Case of the Missing $3 Trillion
January 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The New Risk: Securitization Suzanne McGee writes at Portfolio.com that the financial crisis has changed the way people think about risk. At the end of every three-month period, data providers crunch through a … [Read more...]
Why Does Dunkin’ Donuts Lobby The Federal Reserve?
November 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Arthur Delaney writes in the The Huffington Post thagt financial firms have long lobbied the Federal Reserve, high-minded maker of monetary policy. But the Fed's foray into lending during the financial crisis this year … [Read more...]
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