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Masayoshi Son in a black suit.

SoftBank Vision Fund Posts Record Loss Despite Masayoshi Son Foreseeing Disaster

SoftBank entered a "defense mode" last year in preparation for market turmoil. Turns out it's not enough to save the company from record losses.
By Sissi Cao
Jack Ma in a black jacket and Masayoshi Son in a gray suit.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Is Giving Up On Jack Ma’s Alibaba

SoftBank has reduced its ownership in Alibaba to less than 4 percent from 25 percent in less than a year.
By Sissi Cao
Elon Musk wearing an "Occupy Mars" t-shirt.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Courting Two Middle Eastern Investment Powerhouses

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and an Abu Dahbi investment giant are interested in SpaceX.
By Sissi Cao
A vet gives a cat a rabies vaccine.

Veterinary Practices are Increasingly Corporately Owned, and Pets Owners Pay the Price

By Linda Carroll
Profile shot of Thomas Lee dressed in suit and tie, wearing glasses

Billionaire Thomas H. Lee, a Private Equity Pioneer, Dies at 78

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Elon Musk

Want to Own a Piece of SpaceX? A Crowdfunding Campaign Is Raising $25 Million Hoping to Impress Elon Musk

By Sissi Cao

Carlyle CEO Kewsong Lee Steps Down Unexpectedly

By James Ledbetter

Research Shows Investment Firms “Run Toward the Storm,” Despite Crashing Valuations

By James Ledbetter
Now hiring sign at a senior care center

U.S. Nursing Homes Are Facing a Staffing Crisis With No Easy Solutions

By Linda Carroll

Hedge Fund Mogul Defends His Infamous Coronavirus ‘Profiteering’

By Sissi Cao

Private Equity Buyer Loses Interest in Victoria’s Secret As COVID-19 Hammers Business

By Sissi Cao

Airbnb Gets $1 Billion Lifeline Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Raising IPO Hope

By Sissi Cao

Google’s Waymo Raises $2.25 Billion From Unexpected Sovereign Investors

By Sissi Cao

Les Wexner Strikes Private Deal to Sell Victoria’s Secret After Epstein Scandal

By Sissi Cao

Warren Buffett Failed to Spend His $128 Billion Cash Pile in Unusual Bid

By Sissi Cao

Microsoft, Apple Take the Place of Saudi Royals in SoftBank’s 2nd $100 Billion Fund

By Sissi Cao

Billionaire Art Collector Leon Black Reveals Private Equity’s ‘Scream-Worthy’ Problem

By Sissi Cao
Ali Rashid

Former Apollo Partner Ali Rashid Busted for Fraud—Again

By Sissi Cao
David Rubenstein steps down as co-CEO of The Carlyle Group after a 30-year tenure.

C-Level Shakeups at Carlyle: David Rubenstein, William Conway Step Down

By Sissi Cao
Thanks to A-list investors and new partnerships, JetSmarter is flying high.

Breaking: Jay Z, Saudi Royals Invest Another $105 Million in Private Jet App

By John Bonazzo
Goldman report adds fuel to the firestorm storm of confusion and speculation surrounding bitcoin's value. [Antana, CC BY-SA 2.0]

Goldman Sachs Report Won’t be the Death of Bitcoin

By Jack Smith IV
Dan Quayle announcing his brief, unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1999. (Photo: Getty)

How Dan Quayle Helped Make Adam Lanza's Assault Rifle

By Hunter Walker

Private Equity Firms Invested Most in New York’s 14th Congressional District

By Patrick Clark

Veritas Capital Founder Robert B. McKeon Dead in Apparent Suicide

By Daniel Edward Rosen and Patrick Clark
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