Private equity
Corporation Buying U.S. Homes Makes Cringey Taylor Swift-Inspired Music Video
The private equity firm Blackstone, which owns thousands of single-family homes and rental units, is bringing the cringe to this holiday season.
Hedge Funds Have Invaded the Housing Market. A New Bill Would Ban Them.
A sweeping new bill introduced in Congress would essentially ban hedge funds and private equity firms from buying single-family homes.
People Are Organizing to Fight the Private Equity Firms Who Own Their Homes
How tenant unions are taking back power from their megalandlords.
What Are SPACs, the Trend Blowing Up the Finance World?
Empty-shell companies have raised tens of billions of dollars this year so far, and everyone from Colin Kaepernick to SoftBank is getting in on it.
Artists Can Make Millions Selling Their Catalogs to Private Equity. Should They?
Big-name musicians from Bob Dylan to Shakira have recently sold their publishing rights, but it's hard to put a price on owning what you create.
Corporate Landlords Are Still Filing Eviction Cases After CDC Order, Data Show
Corporate landlords filed 5,214 evictions cases in the month following the nationwide moratorium, according to the Private Equity Stakeholder Project.
A Private Equity Firm Bought Ancestry, and Its Trove of DNA, for $4.7B
Blackstone, which says it will not have access to people's data, acquired the genealogy and home DNA testing company from a group of other investment firms.
'Alien: Isolation' Is a Horror Story for a World Ruined by Private Equity
"I admire its purity. A survivor, unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality."
Private Equity Vultures Killed Splinter. Your Company Could Be Next
The progressive website was a victim of the same forces that have bankrupted companies like Sears and Toys R Us.
AT&T Workers Fight For Their Lives As Company Faces Investor Revolt
Union workers say an investor plan to save the company will only make the problem worse.
Legendary Job Killer Steve Mnuchin Complains About Amazon Killing Jobs
The Treasury Secretary is being sued as part of a lawsuit alleging Sears was illegally stripped of assets by the people who ran it.