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Retail chain Toys “R” Us recently began liquidation, closing 800 stores and laying off 33,000 employees.[i] Toys “R” Us collapsed under more than $5 billion in debt piled on by private equity firms KKR and Bain Capital and…
Private equity firms KKR and Bain Capital, and real estate firm Vornado Realty Trust last year took retailer Toys “R” Us into bankruptcy. The retailer recently announced it is liquidating, closing all of its stores and laying off its…
From report “Private equity’s failing grade: Private equity investment in for-profit colleges” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) Like the for-profit college industry more generally, many private equity-owned for profit colleges have…
From report “Private equity’s failing grade: Private equity investment in for-profit colleges” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) Multiple for-profit colleges owned by private equity firms have reached settlements with state and…
From report “Private equity’s failing grade: Private equity investment in for-profit colleges” (Written jointly by Private Equity Stakeholder Project and Americans for Financial Reform) Private equity-owned for profit colleges, like other for profit colleges, are heavily dependent on…
