10 h. ago Private equity executive raped and tortured women at his Manhattan apartment, prosecutors say

Prosecutors say a private equity executive turned his Manhattan apartment into a torture chamber of “grotesque sexual violence.”

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10 h. ago Alabama to execute a man who said he's guilty of rape and murder and deserves to die

An Alabama man is scheduled to be executed within hours after dropping his appeals and saying he doesn’t want to keep “wasting everybody’s time” and money

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15 h. ago Chilling confession from 'innocent' man's father decades after his execution for murder and rape

A slew of mismatched evidence and misled coppers led to the hanging of the wrong man in a mysterious rape and murder case, with a horrifying revelation coming from his father decades later

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27 h. ago Former EY and PwC bosses launch UK boutique targeting Big Four clients

Unity Advisory has private equity backing to establish rival accounting and consulting firm

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8 d. ago Netflix documentary on Fred and Rose West to feature ‘unseen police video’

The couple tortured, raped and murdered an unknown number of women between 1967 and 1987, most at their home in Cromwell Street, Gloucester.

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8 d. ago WH Smith high street profits plunge ahead of private equity sale

WH Smith's high street trading profit came in at £15m by the end of the period, down from £22m at the same point a year ago.

Economics

8 d. ago WH Smith high street profits plunge ahead private equity sale

WH Smith's high street trading profit came in at £15m by the end of the period, down from £22m at the same point a year ago.

Economics

9 d. ago WH Smith travel profits surge as company prepares to sell high street arm

The historic retailer announced last month that it is selling its high street business to a private equity firm in a £76 million deal.

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9 d. ago News | Private equity ups slice of London commercial real estate investment

News | Private equity ups slice of London commercial real estate investment  CoStar

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1 week ago Bank note maker De La Rue sold to US private equity in £263m deal

The company’s shares have been listed in London since 1947

Economics

1 week ago Belgian insurer buys Sheilas’ Wheels owner Esure in £1.3bn deal

Ageas acquisition will unite two ‘complementary’ firms to create UK’s third-biggest home and motor insurerBusiness live – latest updatesThe Sheilas’ Wheels owner, Esure, will be sold to the Belgian insurer Ageas in a £1.3bn deal that will create the UK’s third-biggest home and motor insurer.Ageas is buying the UK insurer from the private equity firm Bain Capital in a deal funded through a combination of surplus cash and debt or equity. Continue reading...

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1 week ago One to One: John & Yoko review – Lennon and Ono storm Manhattan in intimate post

Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards’s spry study of the couple in early 70s New York is as much as jittery collage of the era’s culture as it is a revealing portraitJohn and Yoko. Greenwich Village. Television. Activism. Vietnam. Richard Nixon. Insects. Peace. This skittish, channel-surfing archival documentary, co-directed by Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards, touches on all of this and more. But it lingers on nothing. It’s a spry, fleet-footed film that makes an intriguingly angular and jittery companion piece to Peter Jackson’s weighty series The Beatles: Get Back, which explored, over nearly eight exhaustive hours, the making of the Beatles’ 1970 final album, Let It Be.One to One, in contrast, covers an 18-month period shortly afterwards. It’s 1971. Unshackled from the Beatles and burned by the hostility of the British press, Lennon and Ono have upped sticks and moved to a bohemian two-room apartment in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The John Lennon we see in Jackson’s film ...

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2 w. ago GP surgeries owner Assura agrees to private equity takeover worth £1.61bn

The London-listed company will be bought by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Stonepeak Partners.

Economics

2 w. ago UK to dilute rules for smaller private equity firms and hedge funds

Government proposes lighter regulatory regime in push to encourage investment

Economics

2 w. ago Britain to dilute rules for smaller private equity firms and hedge funds

UK government proposes lifting regulation threshold from £100mn of funds under management to £5bn

Economics

2 w. ago Big investors look to sell out of private equity after market rout

Pensions and endowments seek exit from battered portfolios in blow to buyout industry

Economics

2 w. ago Inside the vile Incel message boards where men fantasise about killing and torturing women

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix 's hit Adolescence has undoubtedly served as a harrowing wake up call as to how easily young people can be consumed with radicalising content online.

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3 w. ago EEOC chief shift focus to investigating DEI but her methods provoke outcries

The acting chief of the top federal agency for protecting worker rights has signaled a pivot toward prioritizing President Donald Trump’s campaign to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the private and public sectors

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3 w. ago Private equity firms urge UK to rethink carried interest tax change

Blackstone, KKR and EQT among buyout groups raising concerns over government reforms

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3 w. ago Trump to consider final proposal on TikTok as US ban deadline looms

Owner ByteDance required to find non-Chinese buyer for video app’s American operations by SaturdayDonald Trump will consider a “final proposal” over the sale of TikTok’s US operations on Wednesday, according to reports, as a Saturday deadline looms for the Chinese-controlled app to find a buyer.The White House is finalising plans for a deal involving US investors, possibly including the tech firm Oracle and the private equity firm Blackstone, CBS News reported. Continue reading...

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