The Leveraged Buyout (LBO) for Dell is meeting skepticism from analysts.

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But is there anyone out there who would, or even could, run the program to take Apple private through a leveraged buyout (LBO)?

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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.

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