How private equity rolled Red Lobster(nbcnews.com)

28 points by Stratoscope 2 years ago | 39 comments

San Francisco Weighs PG&E Takeover Amid Soaring Utility Costs(kqed.org)

58 points by cdrnsf 4 months ago | 45 comments

After private equity takes over hospitals, they are less adept of providing care(nbcnews.com)

36 points by speckx 2 years ago | 11 comments

The Fed's Big Problem, There Are Two Economies but Only One Interest Rate(mishtalk.com)

31 points by janandonly 2 years ago | 23 comments

Morningstar values SpaceX at $780B, half its IPO target(reuters.com)

129 points by berkeleyjunk 4 months ago | 79 comments

BART ridership is still down nearly 70% from pre-Covid levels(statecraft.beehiiv.com)

63 points by armanhq 3 years ago | 86 comments

Private equity ownership affects dental practices(dentaleconomics.com)

9 points by paimapi 11 days ago | 0 comments

Dental Economics news article summarizing Health Services Research findings on how private equity ownership affects dental practices, patients, finances, and Medicaid.

Private equity is buying everything from vet offices to tech conglomerates(theverge.com)

482 points by Brajeshwar 3 years ago | 312 comments

A Verge Decoder interview with prosecutor Brendan Ballou on how private equity buys companies from vet offices to tech firms, why the system is broken, and fixes.

Private equity is devouring the U.S. economy(theatlantic.com)

359 points by fortran77 3 years ago | 401 comments

An Atlantic Ideas essay by Rogé Karma arguing private equity now controls about one-fifth of the U.S. market, largely invisible to investors, media, and regulators.

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt(futurism.com)

628 points by technewssss 3 months ago | 317 comments

Futurism article reporting that AI companies are using off-balance-sheet arrangements to hide large amounts of debt.

Big Pharma spends billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D(arstechnica.com)

400 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 180 comments

Ars Technica article on a Senate report finding major drug companies spend more on executive pay and shareholder payouts than on R&D, citing patent thickets.

America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back(molsonhart.com)

521 points by putzdown 1 year ago | 697 comments

Blog post by Molson Hart arguing that the April 2025 US tariffs underestimate how hard it is to bring manufacturing back to America.