Private Equity – Page 3

Paramount Agrees to Sell Simon & Schuster to KKR, a Private Equity Firm

The deal, for $1.62 billion, will put control of a cultural touchstone in the hands of a financial buyer.

A new study finds that private equity firms own more than half of all specialists in certain U.S. markets.

Jordan, the former star of the Chicago Bulls, purchased the team in 2010.

Mr. Zucker is C.E.O. of a $1 billion investment venture backed by RedBird Capital Partners and International Media Investments, an Emirati firm.

The market for loans from non-bank firms like Apollo and Blackstone is booming. A crisis in regional lenders could accelerate it.