Team boss Ross Brawn sealed their survival with a management buyout in early March, ensuring most employees initially stayed to help rebuild a fresh team after the under-performing Japanese outfit pulled out of the sport because of the global financial crisis.

BBC: Brawn GP reveal heavy job losses

It's too early to say whether the buyout attracted young and old alike, but Keller thinks some are leaving because they see more trouble ahead for GM.

NPR: Thousands of GM Workers Take Buyouts

Buyout pros say returns during the early years of a fund often improve later as investments are sold.

WSJ: Private-Equity Firms Forced to Evolve

In early 2006, before it completed the leveraged buyout (LBO) that added piles of debt onto Tribune Corporation I was talking with several former Chicago Tribune executives who had been placed in senior positions at the acquired Los Angeles Times.

FORBES: Changes in Journalism - Get Aboard, or Get Run Over!!

Early in the week there was big news on the Dell buyout.

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