It is one of the so-called private investment in public equity, or PIPE, transactions regulators have been examining for illegal trading activity.
Reportedly, Yang wants to structure a PIPE (private investment in public equity) deal that would allow the discounted sale of up to 19.9% of Yahoo!
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The chief executive of mamma.com had gone to Cuban with details of a private investment in public equity deal, which is a way for companies to raise capital.
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And the odds for India startups to fly high are slimmer now that one of the most experienced venture teams in India is shifting to PIPE (private investment in public equity) deals.
Evercore Partners analyst Ken Sena reduced his rating on Yahoo to Equal Weight from Overweight, despite the potential acquisition of the company, based on his concern about the possibility that the company will choose to do a PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) deal.
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This is the only economic equation that matters in pension fund provision, and the investment of pension funds in speculative activity such as equity investment, which generates not one penny of new real economic activity in most cases, makes a mockery of this process.
Moreover, according to the Crowdfund IQ report, over 58% of the U.S. population has a high interest in potentially making an investment via equity crowdfunding platforms in startups.
First a little about myself: I was born and raised in Shanghai, China, attended college and business school in the U.S. and have spent last 10 years working in equity research and investment in New York City.
She worked as a lawyer at Wall Street firm Skadden, Arps and then as a venture capitalist at GE Equity in Hong Kong, leaving in 1999 to run a small responsible-investment private equity fund, Maven International, in the city.
So why on earth bring in a tax change which privileges debt finance above equity, investment in foreign companies over investment in US ones?
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It seems to me it should be possible to make an equity investment in a person's future.
China Railway pledges to assist Crystallex to retire some notes and make a small equity investment in Crystallex.
The company also holds oil and natural gas properties through an equity investment in a joint venture with EXCO Resources, Inc.
Last December, Merck announced an equity investment in GlycoFi as well as a broad research collaboration (See " Pharma's Little Helper").
This is the first time the government has sought to encourage equity investment in such places, rather than just encouraging commercial loans.
This year's results demonstrate the risks which are inherent in equity investment.
Instead, German investors are being drawn to so-called venture deals, which offer some tax breaks as well as a true equity investment in the film.
That deal follows a major equity investment in the Fujian province where Saudi Aramco invested in petrochemical manufacturing facilities along with U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil.
The company also holds oil and natural gas properties through an equity investment in a joint venture with EXCO Resources, Inc. through the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, HGI Energy Holdings, LLC.
By contrast, many projects before the downturn were financed with little or no preleasing and just 20% in equity investment from developers, said Fred Bruning, CenterCal Properties' chief executive.
And investors are starting to more frequently ask the questions, 'How do we make a long-term equity investment in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if we don't know what they're ultimately going to look like?
Equity investment in ASML Holding N.
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One of the greatest private equity deals going, an investment in Molycorp, belongs to little-known private equity firm Resource Capital Funds, headquartered in Denver.
Less investment will mean that it costs a company more to raise equity to make an investment in a new product or process.
The financial crisis cost the American people trillions in investment losses, home equity declines, and unemployment and lost wages.
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Reprinted with permission of RiverPark Advisors, an investment shop in NY that runs equity and fixed income portfolios.
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Unlike other financial reform that curb activities, the Volcker Rule prohibits federally insured banks from engaging in specific business lines: proprietary trading and investment in hedge funds and private equity funds.
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Susan Cohen is a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who offers this clarification: Accelerators are organizations that provide cohorts of selected nascent ventures seed-investment, usually in exchange for equity, and limited-duration educational programming, including extensive mentorship and structured educational components.
It is especially useful in private equity because a partner's original investment in a fund is often made through an offshore trust.
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