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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Henry Kravis

Henry Kravis stories: 4 news summaries

Markets Drop
as KKR Unit Delays Payment

Concern about liquidity in the US has investors selling off in Asia

Feb 20, 08 7:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Asian stocks slumped today after reports in the Financial Times that a struggling arm of private equity heavyweight Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. missed a second payment on billions of dollars of commercial debt just 6 months after two of its founders poured $270 million into the company. Investors cashed out as... More »

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private equity • stock market • subprime mortgages • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts • KKR • Henry Kravis • Asian markets • commercial paper • subprime crisis

KKR Prepares for Test of Credit Markets

Fate of pending deals may foretell future
of private equity

Sep 11, 07 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kolhberg Kravis Roberts is pushing forward with some of the biggest deals in US history, but the iconic buyout firm finds itself under unprecedented scrutiny. Analysts say the huge deals KKR has pending will be a test of the struggling credit markets, the Washington Post reports: If they don't go... More »

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private equity • KKR • First Data • Henry Kravis • hedge fund • credit market

KKR Joins
IPO Party

After Blackstone's triumph, barbarians
at the public gate

Jun 22, 07 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Corporate raiders Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. have announced an initial public offering, on the heels of a wildly successful $34B IPO by rival Blackstone yesterday. The mammoth LBO group, whose boss Henry Kravis maintains a well known rivalry with Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzmann, waited to make sure Blackstone swam before... More »

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private equity • Stephen Schwarzman • Blackstone Group • finances • taxes • investors • KKR • Henry Kravis • IPO

KKR Buyout Spree Hits a Snag

Traditional investors tapped out; equity firm looking elsewhere

Jun 12, 07 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Buyout giant KKR's $26B acquisition of electronic payment processor First Data Corp is not going smoothly, reports the Wall Street Journal. Once enthusiastic investors are shying away from private equity deals as interest rates steepen. "We have enough exposure to KKR already," said one major financier. More »

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investing • private equity • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts • KKR • First Data Corp. • Henry Kravis • acquisition • hedge fund • buyout

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