In a bit of synchronicity, we have two accounts that describe different aspects by which private equity limited partners, such as public pension funds like CalPERS, private pension funds, endowments, life insurers, and sovereign wealth funds are all cheerfully fleeced by private equity fund managers, which in the trade are called “general partners”. The Financial […]
Something Bold (and Delicious) is Brewing at McDonald’s: A First Sip into the Future of Beverages Courtesy: McDonald’s McDonald’s said Thursday it is planning to test new coffee drinks, refreshers and flavored sodas at more than 500 restaurants later this summer, hoping to cash in on younger consumers’ love for fun, colorful drinks. “We’re seeing
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American Airlines shares slumped Thursday after the carrier’s third-quarter profit forecast fell short of Wall Street’s expectations and it reinstated its 2025 financial forecast well below its outlook at the start of the year. CEO Robert Isom told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that the results are driven by consumer weakness, flat corporate travel demand that continued
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Key Points Private investment firms of the ultra wealthy made 375 direct investments in the first half of 2025, a 32% annual drop, according to Fintrix. Family offices are still showing interest in hard assets needed by AI, such as data centers, and are also looking abroad. Family office experts told CNBC that firms have
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Octopuses Fall for the Rubber Hand Illusion, Just Like Humans, Pointing to a Sense of Body Ownership Smithsonian Mag Stick Nation – A Community Featuring User Submitted Reviews of Unique Sticks Found in the Wild Laughing Squid Moths Can Hear When Plants Are in Trouble and It Changes How They Lay Their Eggs ZME Science
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Eli Manning is not only an investor in XTECH but he wore their shoulder pads during his playing days. Evan Pinkus/XTECH Two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning may have hung up his shoulder pads, but he’s still taking interest in the gear. The former New York Giants quarterback on Thursday announced he has invested in
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Yves here. Satyajit Das takes on the serious task of trying to explain the unexplainable: what Trump is up to, or perhaps more accurately, what Trump thinks he is up to. By Satyajit Das, a former banker and author of numerous technical works on derivatives and several general titles: Traders, Guns & Money: Knowns and
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Yves here. Even though a New York City story might seem a bit parochial, ICE, which has announced plans to “flood” the Big Apple, is also implementing detention conditions designed to evade oversight. Recall that per statute, Congresscritters have the right to enter ICE detention centers to see if conditions are adequate and potentially speak
Yves here. It’s so out of character for a stodgy venue to run a post on a popular music artist that it seemed worth following suit by reposting it to commemorate Ozzy Osbourne’s death. I have to confess to not knowing his work, but a close colleague (like some readers) was, and even managed to
The U.S. military legal establishment has big plans to use Gaza as a model for future large scale conflicts, including with China. As Colombian President Petro Gustavo said a The Hague Group Summit: “Gaza is an experiment by the mega-rich trying to show all the peoples of the world how to respond to a rebellion
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