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Private Equity Giants See Big Payday—If They Don't Go Bust

All the major players have survived so far

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 2, 2009 12:31 PM CST

(Newser) – None of the major players in the "shadow banking" world of private equity—the likes of Blackstone, Carlyle, and KKR—has yet gone bust, and the guessing game of which one will be first is well under way, reports Newser founder Michael Wolff in... Read full story »

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