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How private equity changed the world
21+ hour, 12+ min ago (630+ words) The 50th birthday of New York private-equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts " founded with $120, 000 by the cousins George Roberts and Henry Kravis and now holding $758 billion of assets under management " is a moment to ask whether the modus operandi the firm pioneered…...
Making Tax Difficult: another Whitehall farce
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (328+ words) Welcome to the new tax year, with its overflowing hamper of half-baked, growth-eating, enterprise-crushing Labour measures. And if you happen to be one of the 4. 4 million self-employed who scrape an independent living despite rising costs and red tape, welcome to…...