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Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts) Wed Jan 11, 2012, 07:51 PM Jan 2012

Parasite

http://www.baincapitalprivateequity.com/

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Priveate equity firms and KT2000 Jan 2012 #1

KT2000

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1. Priveate equity firms and

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Wed Jan 11, 2012, 10:05 PM

Jan 2012

holding companies are all parasites. They do not create any businesses. They buy them to take their cash, sometimes shut them down and always to ding them for fees that go to the parent company - or rather officers.

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