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Private equity firm Cerberus Capital management is providing the world with yet another example of how the past year’s record inflation has been largely caused by corporate greed and excessive profits. On January 17, the Washington…
Sterigenics Agrees to Pay $408 Million to Settle Hundreds of Claims of Cancer-Causing Emissions Private-equity-owned medical sterilization company Sterigenics has agreed to pay $408 million to settle hundreds of cases alleging that its ethylene oxide emissions caused cancer and…
Los Angeles, CA: Tenants from Alexandria, VA and San Diego, CA addressed the University of California regents during the board’s quarterly meeting January 17-18 at UCLA. Tenants spoke about the increase in eviction filings at apartment complexes owned by…
The CIM Group is a private equity real estate firm based in Los Angeles, CA. The last four CIM real estate funds have underperformed their peers, posting returns in the third and fourth (i.e. bottom) quartiles. For instance, CIM Fund VIII…
Private equity firms and the companies they own come in contact with students, teachers, administrators, and families in a variety of ways in the education sector. With the power to create educational content and administer tests, hire school staff, manage…
PE firms bought at least $25 billion in fossil fuel assets from public markets, KKR grabs biggest deals In 2021 and 2022 private equity firms have acquired at least $25 billion of oil and gas assets from the public markets.
The Carlyle Group enters 2023 facing challenges as its efforts to raise new funds and search for a Chief Executive Officer both drag on. The Financial Times reported in…
No Surprises Here Private equity-backed companies are among the top initiating parties in the No Surprises Act Independent Dispute Resolution process In December 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a report containing initial data (covering…
PESP response to NY nurse strike Private equity and the need for better pay and safer staffing in the nursing field 7,000 nurses from two NYC hospitals went on strike Monday, calling for…
In October 2022, grocery giant Kroger announced plans to buy competitor Albertsons for $24.6 billion. Albertsons announced an additional $4 billion dividend payout to investors, which would primarily go to a group of private equity and…
People’s Action’s Homes Guarantee campaign has drafted an executive order for President Biden, with the hopes of addressing the nation’s housing crisis. The executive order draft was signed by over 250 organizations including the Private Equity Stakeholder Project.
The Washington Post found that apartments sold to private investors and real estate trusts rose from 44 percent in 2011 to 70 percent in early 2022, with few benefiting more than Starwood Capital Group. Over the past seven years,…
