JOSH KOSMAN http://www.joshkosman.com author Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:03:29 +0000 en hourly 1 PBS’ NewsHour Airs Tough Private Equity Segment http://www.joshkosman.com/tip-of-the-iceber http://www.joshkosman.com/tip-of-the-iceber#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:29:13 +0000 Josh http://www.joshkosman.com/jksite/?p=61 The NewsHour July 16 aired a segment explaining how private equity works, and that firms may put too much debt on their companies. I believe it is one of the better pieces ever done on the industry. Watch here. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec10/makingsense_07-16.html

]]> http://www.joshkosman.com/tip-of-the-iceber/feed 0 Fitch says PE cos lift earnings through deep cap ex cuts http://www.joshkosman.com/pe-news-post-3 http://www.joshkosman.com/pe-news-post-3#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:27:44 +0000 Josh http://www.joshkosman.com/jksite/?p=57 Fitch Ratings Service in a revealing June 2010 report said private equity owned companies are improving earnings (and likely avoiding defaults) “mostly as a result of deep cuts to capital expenditures and other operating costs”. http://www.fitchratings.com/dtp/pdf2-10/531910.pdf

]]> http://www.joshkosman.com/pe-news-post-3/feed 0 SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE http://www.joshkosman.com/share-your-experience http://www.joshkosman.com/share-your-experience#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:49:54 +0000 Josh http://www.joshkosman.com/jksite/?p=22 I hope this becomes the most useful part of the site. It is where you tell us what it is really like working for a private equity owned company. Please tell us what it was like before your company was bought in a leveraged buyout, and afterwards. We will post comments, after editing, so we all can learn from your experiences.

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