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With the first-time homebuyer’s tax credit set to expire in April and home prices at generational lows, people–especially young people–are able to buy their first homes a lot sooner than many expected.

Polyus Gold's stock price has seen a slight bump on the London Stock Exchange. If they are able to merge with another company, the price could surge.

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If you’re feeling unsure about the U.S. stock market, try looking Down Under.

PE firms have refinanced portfolio companies at a crucial juncture using a combination of large banks and junk bonds. Mone poured into junk bond funds at a record pace in 2009, from general bond funds, pension funds and others.

Derivatives exchange behemoth CME Group Inc. could face a federal antitrust probe if it does not accept trades from startup futures exchange ELX Futures LP, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., said Thursday.

Present-day and next-generation investment industry leaders debated future of funds at the Kellogg School of Management’s private equity and venture capital conference in Chicago, with the conversation returning to value creation.

The high unemployment rate has actually benefited one industry– private-sector education. For-profit education has seen an increase in enrollments across the board and Chicago-based DeVry Inc. is no exception. It has seen a boost in enrollment numbers that has generated extra cash to continue to invest in the company, making it appealing to investors.

BY MICHAEL BELLER – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

The Olympic torch arrives in Vancouver Friday, where thousands of athletes from around the world want to strike gold.  Companies looking to do the same should be right there alongside the athletes, as a new study found the Olympics could be the perfect venue to spend advertising [...]

Andrew Ross Sorkin speaks to Chicago audience Feb. 9. Photo by Chris Guillen

It was Tuesday evening in Chicago, and though you may have watched him co-host CNBC’s Squawk Box from New York that same morning, there was Andrew Ross Sorkin giving a talk about Wall Street and his new book, “Too [...]

This book released Nov. 23, 2009 contains insights, lessons and surprising personal details from some of the pioneers of the private equity and venture capital worlds.