private equity

Description The role of the entrepreneurial enterprise as an engine of economic growth has garnered considerable public attention in the 1990s. Much of this focus stems from the belief that innovation -- particularly in the high tech, information, and bio-technology areas -- is vitally dependent...

Description Some similarities include legal formalities (with professionals such as real estate agents generally employed to assist the buyer); taxes need to be paid (but typically less than those in U.S.); legal paperwork will ensure title; and a neutral party such as a title company will...

Description In accounting and finance, equity is the residual claimant or interest of the most junior class of investors in assets, after all liabilities are paid. Private Equity in Australia Introduction Over the past year there has been a significant increase in investments by private equity...

Description A private equity investment will generally be made by a private equity firm, a venture capital firm or an angel investor. Behind the buyouts inside the world of priv ate equity Prepared by the Service Employees International Union April 2007 Table of Contents Executive Summary...

Description A private equity investment will generally be made by a private equity firm, a venture capital firm or an angel investor. Each of these categories of investor has its own set of goals, preferences and investment strategies; however, all provide working capital to a target company to...

Description Project Reports on Leverage Buyout process in Private equity:- A private equity investment will generally be made by a private equity firm, a venture capital firm or an angel investor. Each of these categories of investor has its own set of goals, preferences and investment...

NuPathe (NASDAQ:PATH) is a pharmaceutical company which makes and sells therapeutics for diseases of the central nervous system.[1] The company's main product is Zelrix which is a single use patch used for the treatment of migraines. Zelrix successfully completed a Phase III clinical trial and...

Sanderson Farms (NASDAQ:SAFM) is the fourth largest chicken producer in the United States processing 397 million chickens and selling over two billion pounds.[1] The company earned $1.79 billion in revenue and $43 million in net income in 2009.[2] Approximately 88% of Sanderson Farms's income...

NiSource Inc. (NYSE:NI) provides natural gas and electric utilities to approximately 3.8 million customers, from the Gulf Coast up to New England. NI competes against other companies that produce natural gas, including MDU RES GROUP (MDU), Atmos Energy (ATO), and Puget Sound Energy (PSD). One...

Nam Tai Electronics (NTE) is a holding company with subsidiaries engaged in the manufacture of electronics. The company operates in three segments: consumer electronics and communication products [CECP], telecommunications components assembly [TCA] and LCD products [LCDP]. For FY 2007, the...

Monoline insurers such as AMBAC and MBIA write a single type of insurance contract, usually for bonds or asset-backed securities. This insurance lets a company with mediocre financials or a middling debt rating buy an insurance policy that gives its debt a sterling rating, allowing the company...

Altria Group (NYSE: MO) is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, the largest U.S. tobacco company. Altria also formerly owned Kraft Foods, but spun the company off in March 2007 to focus on its tobacco business. Additionally, Altria has also spun off it's international tobacco business...

Formed by the merger of the Coors Brewing Company and the Molson Company in 2005, the Molson Coors Brewing Company is the fifth largest brewer in the world by production volume. The company brews and sells 40 different beer products, in addition to selling beer via partnerships with companies...

Molex Incorporated is the manufacturer of electronic components. Its products are used by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) around the world. Its core business is the manufacture and sale of electronic components. It also provides manufacturing services to integrate specific components...

Irvine, California-based Microsemi Corporation (MSCC) was formed in 1960. Formerly known as Microsemiconductor Corporation, the company changed its name to Microsemi Corporation in 1983. It offers a broad range of semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) products, broadly categorized into the high...

Marshall & Ilsley (MI) is the country’s 19th largest bank in terms of assets, with over $56 billion in assets, and 20th in terms of market capitalization. M&I still operates primarily as a regional bank, with over more than half of its 300+ branches operating in Wisconsin (giving it the largest...

Huron Consulting (NASDAQ: HURN) is a consulting firm speicalizing in financial analysis for M&A transactions and liability analysis for legal disputes. The firm also provides clients with operational consulting services aimed at helping them to reduce costs. Huron works with a broad range of...

MeadWestvaco (NYSE: MWV), which started calling itself MWV in March 2008[1], makes customized and printed packaging and office paper.[2] Its customers include companies in the food and beverage, media and entertainment, personal care and health care industries.[2] It operates in more than 30...

McCormick & Company (NYSE: MKC) is the largest spice company in the world with $2.9B in sales (2007)[1], 40% of which were generated outside of the U.S.[2] It produces and supplies spices, herbs, flavorings, and seasonings to consumers and food-service providers around the world[3]. In the...

Santa Monica, CA-based Macerich Company (MAC) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates shopping centers throughout the US. Macerich's properties are concentrated in Arizona and California, and in 2005 it acquired competitor Wilmorite's foothold of properties in Virginia...