The company that owns the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, seeking relief from $13 billion in debt that largely stems from last year's leveraged buyout of the media company. ...more

December 9, 2008

Private equity powerhouse Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. said Monday a plan to go public through a takeover of its Amsterdam-listed investment fund gives it access to new markets to make acquisitions and provides European shareholders better value. ...more

July 29, 2008

When it comes to establishing in my mind the year of my father's death, I have to do the math. He was 75 the spring his body gave out, eroded by decades of ruinous consumption ranging from fried and fatty foods to cigarettes to an over-reliance on Kentucky bourbon over ice, cut with ginger ale, and the inability of medical science to rectify his indulgences. ...more

June 15, 2008

Microsoft Corp.'s $41 billion takeover bid appears to have backed Yahoo Inc. into a corner, leaving the struggling Internet pioneer with the unpleasant choice of selling to a detested rival or pursuing other agonizing alternatives likely to require the help of an even fiercer foe, Google Inc. ...more

February 5, 2008