12:28PM: If you're thinking of rolling the dice on Japan, the betting just got a little easier. More
Ascend Learning, a portfolio company of Providence Equity Partners, has acquired PrepMe, a Chicago-based developer of a adaptive learning platform and virtual classroom. More
Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL) has agreed to acquire water treatment company Nalco Holding Co. (NYSE: NCL) for around $5.4 billion, or $38.80 per share (34 premium to yesterday's closing price). More
Essence Group Holdings Corp. has raised $61 million in new funding from such firms as Camden Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. More
Private equity firm Berkshire Partners has raised $4.5 billion for its eighth fund.
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Our recent analysis of the U.S. bailout caused quite a ruckus. Here is our response to the critics who say we omitted some key details.
Encouraged by a revitalized IPO market, venture capitalists opened up the spigots in Q2.
The media giant used to require board members to have a stake in the company's stock, but the requirement has since disappeared. And some board members are beginning to shed their holdings.
When the unemployment rate soared during his first term, President Reagan backed a government program to train one million workers in new job skills.
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We know how the U.S. can lose its top-notch credit rating. The question is how do we restore it? The answer isn't so simple.
Did the U.S. economic expansion wilt this past spring, allowing another recession to take root?
Foreigners continued to buy American in May.
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