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BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Fairlamb & Reed	The Return Of The Deal After years of cost-cutting and market turmoil, M&A is coming back in Europe.
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Knowledge@Wharton February 12, 2003	Hard Days and Sleepless Nights for Private Equity Firms Today's business environment is similar in ways to the early 1990s when private equity firms rose up to restructure mountains of bad debt and went on to cash out in the ensuing bull market. But while opportunities exist, it is harder to make deals work than it was a decade ago.
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The Motley Fool November 13, 2008 Liz Peek	This Is Where Investors Are Profiting Credit markets may be tight, but some deals are still being made, and risk arbitrage investors are capitalizing on it.
Knowledge@Wharton September 24, 2003	Argentina Sees Revival of Private Equity Players After Argentina's economic upheavals and last year's fall from grace, private equity funds are venturing back, sniffing out potential deals and picking up cheap assets where they can.
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BusinessWeek September 24, 2009 Spencer E. Ante	Tech: The Return of Risk-Taking Suddenly, there are mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, and investors galore. Will the reenergized industry lead the U.S. out of the Great Recession?
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The Motley Fool August 2, 2007 Tom Taulli	China's Private Equity Dynasty? In the past, Chinese government regulation has prevented foreign private equity firms from buying companies, however, China now apparently recognizes the need for a domestic private equity industry.
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BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Rich Miller	Commentary: Business Burns Rubber Finally, execs are ramping up capital spending and M&A deals. Will jobs be next?
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BusinessWeek January 10, 2005	Here Comes The Year Of The Deal Fallout from a new M&A boom could turn out to be a major unanticipated policy issue in 2005. Rapid consolidation could increase pricing power in many industries. It's the right time for the U.S. government's trustbusters to stay alert.
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