Jonathan Marino

Private investors love a bargain right about now. Family Dollar had to reject a $7 billion offer from Nelson Peltz to remain listed, but in the middle market, it appears a little easier to complete a deal. Golden Gate Capital exited its four-year investment in Apogee Retail, the Minnesota-based retailer of secondhand goods, selling the […]

From Wisconsin to Washington D.C., budgetary issues are coming to a head. If lawmakers don’t shutter some legislative sessions, protestors threaten to do it for them. It isn’t just Amtrak that needs to be fully funded; as cash-strapped state and local governments look to offset rising pension liabilities and constrained budgets, they will have to […]

To whoever sent in the secondary markets email yesterday: LET’S TALK. What if… Facebook’s value peaks before its IPO? #WINNING: It’s not just for Charlie, Twitter’s rolling up the wins, too Now, This: The Qaddafi kid plagiarized his thesis at LSE—bad news, now that you need to work, junior VC News: From the Boston life sciences scene

Taking Flight: Angry Birds will be everywhere soon You Lucky Dogs: Debt is back, and PE is the biggest beneficiary For Better or For Worse… Here are ten companies the Internet permanently realigned Selling: Yahoo is to exit its Japanese joint venture in a move that will make it more competitive stateside

Washington, D.C.-based Carlyle Group moved its aerospace and defense sector head Peter J. Clare into the role of co-head of its U.S. buyouts group, the PE firm announced Tuesday. Clare will work alongside Allan Holt, the other co-head of the group, and will be based in Washington, reporting to Carlyle founder Bill Conway. The move […]

Going Loonie: Weak buck bucked by rising Canadian dollar Carrefour Consideration: One of the world’s largest retailers will talk divest at its annual board meeting today The Core Four: Warren Buffett has identified a handful of final candidates to replace him. Do I smell a Nebraska reality television series? A Smart Move with Rising Oil: Cheap biofuel tech developer Agrivida looks to grow

WeatherBill, the California-based provider of weather insurance and related products, has wrapped up a $42 million round of Series B funding from new investors Khosla Ventures and Google Ventures, the companies announced late Monday. Google’s investment in WeatherBill marks a reunion of sorts. Google veterans Siraj Khaliq and David Friedberg are, respectively, the CTO and […]

As the influx of China’s companies to American exchanges continues to boost valuations in the East’s top growing economy, PE dealmakers still approach Asian investment opportunities with trepidation, citing the old axiom that there is too much money chasing too few deals. “China is a place we’re getting to know,” Apollo Global Management Founder and […]

Buying In: JPMorgan’s new fund seeks Twitter stake Mall Rats: Blackstone eyes $9.4B mall deal “Our elephant gun has been reloaded, and my trigger finger is itchy”: Buffett is serious about M&A again, bullish on America, in his annual letter to shareholders Just in Case: You couldn’t hang until almost midnight, here’s the Oscars winners list

Got our emails? Get our emails. Hopefully: This isn’t built into Facebook’s valuation… Playing Ketchup in Emerging Markets: An acquisition in Brazil would mark Heinz’s only operations there, if a deal can be done The Untouchables: Here’s a roster of the personality types you’d be best to avoid on Wall St. (or, pretty much anywhere else)