They Call It "Private Equity". It's Legal Theft
https://www.founderstowne.com/
#HackerNews #PrivateEquity #LegalTheft #Finance #Ethics #Investment
Private equity firms acquired more than 500 autism centers in past decade, study shows | Brown University
“It's all about the financial incentives,” Arnold said. “I worry about the same types of revenue-generating strategies seen in other private equity-backed settings. I worry about children receiving more than the clinically appropriate amount of services and worsening disparities in terms of which children have access to services.”
https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-01-07/private-equity-autism-centers
Private equity firms acquired more than 500 autism centers in past decade: study
https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-01-07/private-equity-autism-centers
#HackerNews #PrivateEquity #AutismCenters #HealthcareInvesting #MentalHealth #Study #2026
Private equity is killing private ownership: first it was housing, now it's PCs
#HackerNews #PrivateEquity #PrivateOwnership #Housing #PCs #TechNews
Dan Gillmor
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“In 2026 will Americans🚨finally turn against #Oligarchs? Americans are noticing #PrivateEquity roll-ups in everything from youth sports to fire trucks to #BigTech. Is a genuine anti-monopoly revolt finally brewing?”
“So excited that K Van Dyck’s Cong testimony on the harmful effects of PE roll-ups in youth sports has gone viral.⚡️The impact of her test +the anti-oligarchy zeitgeist it unleashed—masterfully highlighted in MS’s⬇️”
-M Singer
#Kleptocracy #Uprising #USPol
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-case-for-optimism-in-the-next
“In 2026 will Americans🚨finally turn against #Oligarchs? Americans are noticing #PrivateEquity roll-ups in everything from youth sports to fire trucks to #BigTech. Is a genuine anti-monopoly revolt finally brewing?”
“So excited that K Van Dyck’s Cong testimony on the harmful effects of PE roll-ups in youth sports has gone viral.⚡️The impact of her test +the anti-oligarchy zeitgeist it unleashed—masterfully highlighted in MS’s⬇️”
-M Singer
#Kleptocracy #Uprising #USPol
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-case-for-optimism-in-the-next
Rot in Private Equity — The right words
“Buyout firms have struggled to sell companies they own and have instead found a workaround to get cash back to clients: Selling the companies to themselves…
Some firms are pushing out the sales timeline even further. This year, private equity firms including Accel-KKR have started selling their companies from one continuation vehicle to another.
The industry calls these new funds “CV-squared.”
#GiftLink #NYTimes #PrivateEquity
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/business/private-equity-continuation-funds.html?unlocked_article_code=1._E8.qLkn.HDZ4CkdtX8K8&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/us/fire-department-software-private-equity.html
#HackerNews #PrivateEquity #VolunteerFireDepartments #ProfitFireServices #FireDepartmentFunding #NewsAnalysis
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]
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El Jannah, the Lebanese chicken chain famous for its garlic sauce, has reportedly been acquired by a New York private equity firm in a blockbuster deal valued at close to $1bn, according to The Financial Review.
Enshittification will now roll on out. Loaded up with debt, the staff will be farked over for wages, quality of ingredients will dive.
El Jannah, the Lebanese chicken chain famous for its garlic sauce, has reportedly been acquired by a New York private equity firm in a blockbuster deal valued at close to $1bn, according to The Financial Review.
Enshittification will now roll on out. Loaded up with debt, the staff will be farked over for wages, quality of ingredients will dive.
@unusual_whales #privateequity scheme? (buy a company load it with debt, extract, let it go broke)
Kevin Carson
and 1 other
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Walgreens, bought out by private equity, is now cutting pay and corporate staff.
4 media
Walgreens, bought out by private equity, is now cutting pay and corporate staff.
4 media
Alex Akselrod
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With little public scrutiny, the #Trump admin is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies & wealthiest investors.
The #Treasury Dept & #IRS, through a series of new notices & proposed #regulations, are giving breaks to giant #PrivateEquity firms, #crypto companies, #foreign #RealEstate investors, #insurance providers & a variety of multinational #corporations.
How the #Trump Administration Is Giving Even More #TaxBreaks to the #Wealthy
The #Treasury Department & #IRS are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big #corporations & the #ultrarich.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
With little public scrutiny, the #Trump admin is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies & wealthiest investors.
The #Treasury Dept & #IRS, through a series of new notices & proposed #regulations, are giving breaks to giant #PrivateEquity firms, #crypto companies, #foreign #RealEstate investors, #insurance providers & a variety of multinational #corporations.
I feared this day would come:
Trump puts human rights organisations on sanctions list and forces YouTube to delete their accounts, thereby erasing 700 videos documenting Israeli war crimes.
As a political commentator on YouTube, this news is profoundly troubling for me. And yes, I clearly need a plan B.
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/04/youtube-google-israel-palestine-human-rights-censorship/
I would have suggested Vimeo, but a couple of months ago, it was bought by a #PrivateEquity fund.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Interview with two who recognized the sub-prime crisis and ran ‘The Big Short’ for real.
“Michael Lewis speaks with Greg Lippmann, formerly a bond trader at Deutsche Bank, made famous when he was portrayed by Ryan Gosling in the movie version of The Big Short. And Lewis catches up with Steve Eisman, the Wall Street investor who was played by actor Steve Carell.”
🧵Steve Eisman ‘Big Short’ interview
Michael Lewis: Do you see anything going on in the banking system that worries you?
Steve Eisman: [The Private Equity is world is multiples bigger. No one really knows what’s going on there and it hasn’t been stress tested like the banking system] If there’s a problem that emerges, I think it’ll emerge from there.
#BigShort #privateequity
https://overcast.fm/+AA5Jd4bfg9s/24:20
💰 Reports: EA set to be sold to private investors for up to $50 billion
｢ with Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners reportedly interested in investing. The Wall Street Journal says the move "would likely be the largest leveraged buyout ever." ｣
Andrew (Television Executive)
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"Patient deaths have been found to increase in U.S. hospitals after being acquired by private equity firms, according to one study.
The death rates rose in the emergency departments of these hospitals, in comparison to similar hospitals not acquired by private equity, the study says."
https://www.newsweek.com/er-patient-deaths-us-hospitals-private-equity-2133777
#healthcare #hospitals #ER #EmergencyMed #PrivateEquity #medicare #mortality #business #industry #research