Really? He said he would leave ET? Or come back as another alias. He said he had another alias in the past.
Just in case, of course, try to make sure in advance that you're not allergic to crow. That would be most unpleasant.
No sir. I have honored every debt in my life and my word as well. If Obama wins, he gets a good dinner and the admission that I was wrong. So no, I'm not allergic to crow. I'm a trader Brass, I can handle being wrong.
I don't like the big words thing. As if anyone cares. I appreciate good, solid communication, misspellings, abuse of their, they're, and there, all of it. Quick typing typos, no worries. Get what you want to say out there. I do agree with Mr. Maverick about the fact that words matter. One does tend to cringe a bit when seeing or hearing tacky verbiage, and we generally do judge a bit. Take a minute, read what you wrote, but never stop writing when you're on a roll. c
Did anyone already post this: Bain Capital Owns Clear Channel (Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, Etc.) http://brotherjohnf.com/2012/01/13/...h-sean-hannity-glenn-beck-michael-savage-etc/ They already bought eSignal, through parent Interactive Data. http://www.masshightech.com/stories...Bain-and-Advent-may-buy-Interactive-Data.html Just wondered if anyone was aware of this. Maybe I missed something. c
Here is a few more: AMC Entertainment, Aspen Education Group, Brookstone, Burger King, Burlington Coat Factory, Clear Channel Communications, Domino's Pizza, DoubleClick, Dunkin' Donuts, D&M Holdings, Guitar Center, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Sealy, The Sports Authority, Staples, Toys "R" Us, Warner Music Group and The Weather Channel. See a pattern here? Nope, just random companies.
Here is some more info: Bain Capital Ventures Bain Capital Ventures is the venture capital arm of Bain Capital, focused on seed through late-stage growth equity, investing in business services, consumer, healthcare, internet & mobile, and software companies. Bain Capital Ventures has raised approximately $1.53 billion of investor capital since 2001 across four investment funds. The firm's 30 investment professionals are currently investing its fourth fund, Bain Capital Venture Fund 2009, which raised $525 million from investors. Since 2001, Bain Capital Ventures' most notable investments include DoubleClick, LinkedIn,Shopping.com, Taleo Corporation, MinuteClinic and SurveyMonkey. Brookside Capital Brookside Capital is the public equity affiliate of Bain Capital. Established in October 1996, Brookside's primary objective is to invest in securities of publicly traded companies that offer opportunities to realize substantial long-term capital appreciation. Brookside employs a long/short equity strategy to reduce market risk in the portfolio Sankaty Advisors Sankaty Advisors, the fixed income affiliate of Bain Capital, is one of the nation's leading private managers of high yield debt securities. With $18 billion of assets under management, Sankaty invests in a wide variety of securities, including leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, distressed securities, mezzanine debt, convertible bonds, structured products and equity investments. Sankaty has approximately 140 employees, including 80 investment professionals across offices in Boston, Chicago, New York and London. Absolute Return Capital Absolute Return Capital (ARC) is the absolute return affiliate of Bain Capital managing approximately $1.2 billion of capital. Approximately one-third of the capital managed by ARC represents commitments from Bain investment professionals. Established in May 2004, ARC invests across fixed income, equity and commodity markets to produce attractive risk-adjusted returns while maintaining low correlation to traditional investments.
Truth is, I have no real problem with equity companies buying, streamlining, and selling companies. That's needed sometimes. I was just unaware of the extent of Bain Capital's involvement. Do they really have controlling interest in Toys R Us, Warner Bros., and Staples? Guitar Center? Really? edit: How much ownership does Romney have these days? Just curious, any idea? c