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1 in every 64 houses in Nevada receiving Foreclosure notice on this month

June 12th, 2009 No Comments

“May foreclosure activity was the third-highest month on record, and marked the third straight month where the total number of properties with foreclosure filings exceeded 300,000 — a first in the history of our report,”

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What happens when the leveraged buyout firms deleverage

April 11th, 2009 No Comments

The definitive users of leverage over the last 3-5 years have been the private equity funds; Blackstone, Fortress, APAX partners, KKR and the Carlyle Group to name a few. They have raised billions for leveraged buyouts, far beyond the scale of anything ever seen before. They acquired a company they felt has too much fat, [...]

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