Friday, January 13, 2012

All this talk about Mitt Romney and Bain Capital... What is Bain Capital anyway?


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From the website:


About Us

Established in 1984, Bain Capital is one of the world's leading private investment firms managing approximately $60 billion in assets under management. Our affiliated advisors make private equity, public equity, leveraged debt asset, venture capital, and absolute return investments across multiple sectors, industries, and asset classes. Since our inception, our competitive advantage has been grounded in a people-intensive, value-added investment approach that has enabled the firm to deliver industry-leading returns for our investors.
http://www.baincapital.com/AboutBainCapital/Default.aspx

Wikipedia's take on Bain:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bain_Capital

The current critique of Bain and Mitt Romney:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204879004577108500491449164.html


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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71344.html

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