Bain Capital Wins Again: $20-Billion Leveraged-Buyout Queen Topples, Biggest in Years, Another Private Equity Casualty by Wolf Richter • Mar 15, 2018 • 44 Comments iHeartMedia finally files for bankruptcy, whole sector under pressure.
SEC Cracks Down on Silicon Valley’s “Disruptive Tech” by Safehaven • Mar 15, 2018 • 37 Comments “It’s an important lesson for Silicon Valley,” said SEC’s Jina Choi. “Innovators who seek to revolutionize and disrupt an industry must tell investors the truth….”
Sears is Dead Meat Walking, after Horrid Holiday Quarter by Wolf Richter • Mar 14, 2018 • 41 Comments Why is Sears’ CEO still touting “progress,” even in SEC filings? Why not tell investors the truth, for once?
Trump’s Order Stops ALL Foreign Takeovers of Large US Tech Companies by Wolf Richter • Mar 12, 2018 • 89 Comments “Any substantially equivalent merger, acquisition, or takeover, whether effected directly or indirectly, is also prohibited.”
AI Hedge Funds Got Crushed the Worst Ever During Selloff: Machines Learned the Wrong Things in One-Way Market by Wolf Richter • Mar 12, 2018 • 39 Comments But Cryptocurrency hedge funds fell off a cliff.
It’s Over for Toys ‘R’ Us: Liquidation Next by Wolf Richter • Mar 8, 2018 • 74 Comments Despite earlier denials.
Corporate Bond Market Gets Ready for Big Reset by Wolf Richter • Mar 7, 2018 • 29 Comments Investors are still blowing off the Fed. But not much longer.
Dow Futures Drop 420 Points, as Cohn Plans to Resign, Igniting Trade-War Fears by Wolf Richter • Mar 6, 2018 • 138 Comments The markets’ man in the White House is on the way out.
Retail Investor Bullishness Collapses by Wolf Richter • Mar 5, 2018 • 42 Comments It started before the sell-off.
The Oligopolization of Food Supply Hits a Snag by Don Quijones • Mar 3, 2018 • 53 Comments Three companies to control 60% of the world’s seed and pesticide markets.