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Bezos’s acquisition of Wa Po 20 Aug 2013 | 03:56 am

Jeff Bezos’s purchase of The Washington Post raises the possibility that he acquired the paper as a trophy to celebrate his success as the founder and chief executive of Amazon.com. The acquisition co...

Pension Reform Could Disrupt Investment Funds 6 Aug 2013 | 10:03 pm

Detroit’s financial woes, exacerbated by underfunded pension liabilities, have brought renewed scrutiny to public pension plans. Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, and others have suggested over...

Sun Capital Court Ruling Threatens Structure of Private Equity – NYTimes.com 1 Aug 2013 | 10:57 pm

Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a ruling that will make it harder for private equity funds to walk away from the unfunded pension liabilities of companies th...

MLPs: how the IRS subsidizes oil and gas 18 Jun 2013 | 09:21 pm

As more M.L.P.’s come to resemble normal operating companies, the tax loophole looks more like a straightforward tax subsidy for fossil fuel production. From an environmental standpoint, this is exact...

Defining REITs 15 Jun 2013 | 01:19 am

The problem is that many companies that resemble normal operating businesses now qualify as REITs. Iron Mountain is a great example. Only on its tax return would one describe it as a real estate busi...

Defining REITs 15 Jun 2013 | 01:19 am

The problem is that many companies that resemble normal operating businesses now qualify as REITs. Iron Mountain is a great example. Only on its tax return would one describe it as a real estate busi...