Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>As you will recall, Private Equity giant KKR (they of Barbarians at the Gate fame), has become the preferred bidder for Thames Water.... and so keen are Thames Water to keep their cash cow out of the hands of the state they are paying a substantial proportion of the costs of the KKR team undertaking some extensive due diligence ahead of any formal bid.</p><p>No conflicts of interest there, I'm sure....</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ThamesWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThamesWater</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> </p><p>h/t FT</p>
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UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/49898/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/49898/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Exclusive: Reducto, AI document parsing startup, raises $24.5 million Series A led by Benchmark <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>A</span></a>.I. <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entrepreneurship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entrepreneurship</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TermSheet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TermSheet</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapital</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/44177/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/44177/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Japan lawmakers urge pension fund to invest in domestic private equity <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BainCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BainCapital</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FumiakiKobayashi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FumiakiKobayashi</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GPIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPIF</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JapanInvestmentCorporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JapanInvestmentCorporation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lawmakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawmakers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateEquityFirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquityFirms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateEquityFunds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquityFunds</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/29421/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/29421/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Rachel Reeves humiliated as survey shows Brits ‘reject her pension gamble!’ | Personal Finance | Finance <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Pension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pension</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PensionInvestments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PensionInvestments</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelReeves</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RiskManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiskManagement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UKEconomicGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKEconomicGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2003633/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2003633/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> AI and Emerging Technologies Dominate Private Market Investment Amid Market Uncertainty <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Companies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FinancialPerformanceMetrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialPerformanceMetrics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FinancialStatements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialStatements</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InvestmentStrategies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvestmentStrategies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InvestorConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvestorConfidence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KPMGLLP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KPMGLLP</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>markets</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateMarket</span></a></p>
Global Threads<p>🇩🇪 GERMANY<br>🔴 KKR Buys German IT Firm Datagroup for $508M</p><p> 🔸 100% cash deal values Datagroup at €450M with 33% share premium.<br> 🔸 Firm to delist from stock exchange by Q3 2025.<br> 🔸 Founder Max Schaber keeps joint control with KKR.<br> 🔸 Datagroup forecasts up to €565M revenue this year.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KKR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KKR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Datagroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Datagroup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Acquisition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acquisition</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Some good news for those suspicious of the sorts of deals Private Equity seeks to mount; yields & risk-adversity have risen in the junk bond markets sufficiently to suddenly cut off this source of capital used to finance PE operations.</p><p>PE has access to other forms of credit, of course, but the junk bond markets have historically been their favoured source of cash; perhaps unintentionally, Trump has made Private Equity's work harder, to which many might respond: 'good'!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <br>h/t FT</p>
Klaus-Gerd Giesen<p>Shortly after the aquisition of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Komoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Komoot</span></a> by Italian <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> firm <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/BendingSpoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BendingSpoons</span></a> about 80% of its staff has already been fired.</p><p>When logging into the account the main page does not show anymore the latest activities of the followed people... It may be a good idea to download all traveled and plannend <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tracks</span></a> as <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GPX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPX</span></a> files on the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> - just to be on the safe side.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/v%C3%A9lo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vélo</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fahrrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fahrrad</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fahrradbubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fahrradbubble</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cyclotourisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyclotourisme</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biking</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fahrradbubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fahrradbubble</span></a></p><p><a href="https://escapecollective.com/how-komoot-lost-its-way/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">escapecollective.com/how-komoo</span><span class="invisible">t-lost-its-way/</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1987132/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1987132/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Global club promoter Boiler Room bans Israel shows after being acquired by KKR-owned firm: ‘It’s insane’ <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bds</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/boycotts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycotts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DanceMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanceMusic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IsraelHamasWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelHamasWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KKR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KKR</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/musicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicians</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p>
Preston Maness ☭<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@davidsirota" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davidsirota</span></a></span> The report:</p><p><a href="https://pestakeholder.org/reports/private-equity-multi-family-housing-tracker/#ownership" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pestakeholder.org/reports/priv</span><span class="invisible">ate-equity-multi-family-housing-tracker/#ownership</span></a></p><p>says:</p><p>>We have identified 121 private equity companies[36] that own at least 8,200 apartment buildings with over 2.2 million units.[37]<br>><br>>...<br>><br>>Private equity’s ownership of almost 2.2 million apartment units represents about 10 percent of the total number of apartment units in the country.[39]</p><p>Source 37 is only given as:</p><p>>Data Source: Yardi Matrix and Lexis Nexis </p><p>Which, unfortunately, is a duo of proprietary sources. The authors likely can't release it for verification :(</p><p>Source 39 is given as:</p><p>>According to the National Multifamily Housing Council’s tabulation of 2023 American Community Survey microdata from the US Census Bureau, there are almost 23.3 million apartment units in the U.S. An apartment unit is defined as any rental unit in a structure with 5 or more units. <a href="https://www.nmhc.org/research-insight/quick-facts-figures/quick-facts-data-download/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nmhc.org/research-insight/quic</span><span class="invisible">k-facts-figures/quick-facts-data-download/</span></a></p><p>Alas, that page gives only a bunch of spreadsheets, with no indication of where the 23.3 million number is coming from. Looks like it comes from the "State Distribution of Apartment Stock, 2022" XLS file, as the sum of all 50 cells with numbers for apartment units for each state comes up to "23,275,718" total units, which is indeed "almost 23.3 million."</p><p>Their underlying data source is the American Community Survey microdata, and the NMHC frustratingly does not release their work/code on how they go from that microdata to their tabulations.</p><p>Attempting to look at building stats from the microdata, for example, gives this:</p><p><a href="https://data.census.gov/app/mdat/ACSPUMS1Y2023/table?cv=BLD&rv=ucgid&wt=WGTP&g=AwFm-BVBlYEYA0wBMSRIKxIGxIBxICcCcwJicqcAzCVnLnAOwkFzHJnKLKrK3J0yLMlzIWyAsmLUy1RNVTVa1dNSzVc1FtQLViYBCEQhUIdCCwhcIFiAIhiGMhkQZaGdBiwZsQA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">data.census.gov/app/mdat/ACSPU</span><span class="invisible">MS1Y2023/table?cv=BLD&rv=ucgid&wt=WGTP&g=AwFm-BVBlYEYA0wBMSRIKxIGxIBxICcCcwJicqcAzCVnLnAOwkFzHJnKLKrK3J0yLMlzIWyAsmLUy1RNVTVa1dNSzVc1FtQLViYBCEQhUIdCCwhcIFiAIhiGMhkQZaGdBiwZsQA</span></a></p><p>I can't get any of their numbers in their "State Distribution of Apartment Stock, 2022" XLS file (NMHC tabulations of 2023 American Community Survey microdata, US Census Bureau. Updated 10/2024) to line up with this table. According to the above linked table, there are 6,603,715 5+ apartment units, 6,205,203 10+ apartments units, 5,517,342 20+ apartment units, and 9,795,042 50+ apartment units, for a total of 28,121,302 estimated apartment units, across the United States. The table I selected includes DC, but that only accounts for 201,294 of the total.</p><p>28.1 million (or 27.9 million without DC) apartment units is pretty far from 23.3 million apartment units. What gives? Perhaps NMHC uses a different Housing Unit Weight? Does other prodcessing of the microdata?</p><p>The resulting percentage of apartment units owned by private equity would still be alarming (7.88%), just not quite at that double-digit 10.0% mark.</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivicTech</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Census" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Census</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/landlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlords</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Apartments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apartments</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Statistics</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Barbarians at the Gate?</p><p>Assura, the landlord of hundreds of GP surgeries & health centres has just agreed a deal to be bought by notorious Private Equity group KKR.</p><p>While the purchase still needs to agreed by shareholders, and KKR claims it will be investing in their estate, anyone who knows the history of KKR will be expecting some difficulties for budget strapped NHS group using the facilities. Rent rises & asset stripping look likely in the next few years.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> </p><p>h/t FT</p>
Bytes Europe<p>PE Firm Andros Capital Partners Closes $1 Billion Energy Fund <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/901419/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/901419/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/transactions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transactions</span></a></p>
Alo Japan<p><a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1237965/blackstone-buys-ritz-carlton-okinawa-as-japan-tourism-booms/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alojapan.com/1237965/blackston</span><span class="invisible">e-buys-ritz-carlton-okinawa-as-japan-tourism-booms/</span></a> Blackstone Buys Ritz-Carlton Okinawa as Japan Tourism Booms <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AlternativeInvestments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeInvestments</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asia</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapanTourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JapanTourism</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealEstate</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> Blackstone Inc. has bought a Ritz-Carlton resort in Okinawa and is purchasing another hotel on the Japanese island in a deal worth about ¥20 billion ($130 million), according to people with knowledge of the matter. The US alternative asset manager bought the 97-room Ritz-Carlton, …</p>
IT News<p>Trump Set to Meet With Top Aides to Decide TikTok’s Fate - They are expected to convene on Wednesday to discuss a potential sale of the app, which f... - <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/technology/trump-tiktok-sale-meeting.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/01/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/trump-tiktok-sale-meeting.html</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/presidentialelectionof2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presidentialelectionof2024</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mobileapplications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobileapplications</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a>(bytedance) <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/privateequity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privateequity</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/trumpdonaldj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpdonaldj</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vancejd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vancejd</span></a></p>
Klaus-Gerd Giesen<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/BendingSpoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BendingSpoons</span></a> is a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> firm. <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Komoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Komoot</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a> users should download their already ridden or planned <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tracks</span></a> as <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GPX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPX</span></a> files as soon as possible before they have to pay a lot for them (or even to get a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>map</span></a> update). Better alternatives to Komoot: <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Routing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Routing</span></a> with <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Brouter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brouter</span></a> , <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Cyclers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyclers</span></a> , <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/VisuGPX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisuGPX</span></a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Valhalla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Valhalla</span></a> ; (free) navigation with <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OrganicMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganicMaps</span></a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CycleTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CycleTravel</span></a> . Everything else (photos, etc.) is anyway a <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> feature.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fahrrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fahrrad</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/v%C3%A9lo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vélo</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cyclotourisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyclotourisme</span></a><br><a href="https://road.cc/content/news/job-cuts-expected-komoot-after-tech-firm-purchase-313159" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">road.cc/content/news/job-cuts-</span><span class="invisible">expected-komoot-after-tech-firm-purchase-313159</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Blackstone Considers Small Investment in TikTok - The private equity giant is considering investing as the video app works to follow a law ... - <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/business/media/blackstone-tiktok-bytedance.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/28/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/media/blackstone-tiktok-bytedance.html</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/blackstonegroupthe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackstonegroupthe</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/schwarzmanstephena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schwarzmanstephena</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a>(bytedance) <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/lawandlegislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawandlegislation</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/privateequity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privateequity</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/trumpdonaldj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpdonaldj</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a></p>
The Media & Democracy Project<p>Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink <br>won Best Documentary at the United Nations Association Film Festival<br><a href="https://economichardship.org/2023/10/stripped-for-parts-wins-best-documentary-at-united-nations-association-film-festival/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">economichardship.org/2023/10/s</span><span class="invisible">tripped-for-parts-wins-best-documentary-at-united-nations-association-film-festival/</span></a><br>That is old news ...</p><p> ... but tomorrow is your first chance to see it online, </p><p>at our free screening, Sat. Mar. 29 at 8 pm ET<br><a href="http://tiny.cc/screening329" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">tiny.cc/screening329</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a></p>
The Media & Democracy Project<p>"Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink" is the story of a secretive hedge fund plundering America’s newspapers, and the journalists who are fighting back.</p><p>Join our free Zoom screening followed by a discussion with Director Rick Goldsmith: March 29 at 8 pm ET</p><p><a href="http://tiny.cc/screening329" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">tiny.cc/screening329</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unions</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1943084/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1943084/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Musk’s War on Delaware Spurs Bill Pushed by Private Equity <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bloomberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bloomberg</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChanceryCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChanceryCourt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ControversialBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ControversialBill</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CorporateLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateLaw</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/delaware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>delaware</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateEquityFirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquityFirms</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/shareholders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shareholders</span></a></p>
The Media & Democracy Project<p>Worried about the loss of local journalism jobs? Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is gobbling up papers across the country and gutting them. Journalists and citizens must fight back. </p><p>Join our Saturday March 29 screening of ‘Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink.’ followed by Q&A with Directory Rick Goldsmith <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/mediademocracyproject/event/752600/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mobilize.us/mediademocracyproj</span><span class="invisible">ect/event/752600/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a></p>
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