When Bain Capital sought to raise money in 1989 for a fast-growing office-supply company named Staples, Mitt Romney, Bain’s founder, called upon a trusted business partner: Goldman Sachs, whose bankers led the company’s initial public offering. When Mr. Romney became governor of Massachusetts, his blind trust gave Goldman ...
(Reuters) - Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business. The world's largest online social network is expected to tap public markets for $10 billion in the coming months in ...
New evidence has emerged that supporters of the former Libyan leader, Col Gaddafi, have been tortured while in detention. The BBC has been told by inmates at a jail in Misrata that they were beaten, whipped and given electric shocks. The head of the city's military council has dismissed the ...
Website attacks and street protests over EU piracy agreement. UK, France, Spain have all signed up to Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. 'Hacktivist' group Anonymous and splinter groups associated with it have begun unleashing havoc around the world in a new wave of anti-piracy protests. Protests and website attacks have been seen ...
Countries which pride themselves on free speech slide down international league table. Britain slides from 19th to 28th place on back of phone hacking, Leveson Inquiry and 'libel tourists' America falls from 20th to 47th after heavy-handed approach to Occupy demonstrators. Mixed fortunes for Arab Spring countries with Tunisia and ...







