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Former CIA Director David Petraeus, who resigned last year amid a scandal, is reportedly in talks with KKR (NYSE:KKR) about joining the private-equity firm.Landing Petraeus, who previously served as the celebrated Commander of U.S. Central Command, and his vast Rolodex of international contacts would be a big coup for KKR.According to Bloomberg News, Petraeus is in talks with KKR about a role at the private-equity firm, which is one of the world's largest.Petraeus and KKR co-founder and co-CEO Henry Kravis are close friends and the specific role the former general would be hired for has not yet been decided, Bloomberg reported.A spokesperson from KKR declined to comment to FOX Business about the report. Robert Barnett, the high-powered lawyer and literary agent retained by Petraeus, also declined to comment.Shares of New York-based KKR were inactive in after-hours trading after dipping 0.1% to $21.00 during regular trading on Tuesday....
Private equity firm KKR & Co. (KKR) reported a robust 73% rise in second-quarter economic net income, beating analysts' expectations by a wide margin, as investment ...
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Global X Funds co-founder Bruno del Ama on how investors can boost their portfolio with lithium.
Private-equity giant KKR (NYSE:KKR) tapped former Wall Street heavyweight John Mack on Tuesday to join the firm as a senior advisor.Mack, 67, served as CEO at Morgan...
Blackstone Group LP co-founder Stephen Schwarzman got about $213.5 million in salary, share of profits and cash distributions from his holdings in the world's larges...
The Wall Street Journal’s Dan Henninger on the importance of Bain Capital during the 1980’s.
Private-equity firm KKR (NYSE:KKR) and a group of investors teamed up on Wednesday to buy private U.S. energy exploration giant Samson Investment on Wednesday in a $...
Theodore J. Forstmann has been in many corporate battles over the past four decades as one of Wall Street ’s premier deal makers, but now he finds himself in what ma...
Just in time for Black Friday , the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union and an environmental justice group have released a report they commissioned attackin...
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Sara Lee ’s ( SLE ) stock surged nearly 20% on Monday in the wake of a report that the maker of Ball Park franks received a $12 billion takeover bid.According to the...
Radio host Mike Papantonio on why he believes the rich should incur increased health-care costs.
Private equity firm KKR & Co LP said on Thursday it will share 40 percent of profits from its own investments with shareholders and reported quarterly earnings that ...
The earnings of Blackstone Group LP head Stephen Schwarzman were flat in 2012 at more than $200 million, while Leon Black, the CEO at private equity rival Apollo Glo...
KKR & Co LP said the fourth quarter of 2012 was its strongest yet as a publicly listed alternative asset manager, as exits from private equity investments delivered ...
December was the busiest month since August 2011 for private equity firms who were eager to agree to, and hopefully close, deals by year-end to avoid a hike in the c...
KKR & Co L.P. has finished raising $6 billion for its second pan-Asia fund, according to sources, the largest private equity pool ever assembled for the region, with...
When Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX) named a new global head of private equity last month, Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman was looking for more than just a business...
Ariel Investments vice chairman Charles Bobrinskoy gives his outlook for S&P 500 company dividend payouts.
