Henry Kravis

New Breed Of "Mega-Bundlers" Supercharged Campaign Finance

Wall Street Journal | BRODY MULLINS and IANTHE JEANNE DUGAN | Posted 11.04.2008 | Business

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Through Oct. 15, the two presidential candidates had raised a total of $350 million in their joint fund-raising accounts, about equally. In 2004, Pres...

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Kohlberg Kravis IPO Coming, But It's Not Your Typical IPO

Wall Street Journal | Dennis K. Berman and Peter Lattman | Posted 07.28.2008 | Business

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Today, its plan for an initial public offering reflects the troubled times roiling the investment industry: KKR is selling the shares in part to take ...

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Lewis Black "Rants" Against Henry Kravis, Takeover Giant

WSJ.com | Posted 06.05.2008 | Business

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Henry Kravis is giving Steve Schwarzman a run for his money -- at least when it comes to public vilification. Henry KravisThe Service Employees Inter...

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Robin Hood Gala Raises More Than $56.5 Million In One Night

Bloomberg | Posted 05.28.2008 | Business

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The Robin Hood Foundation's annual gala, which collects millions of dollars from hedge-fund managers and gives it to New York charities, raised more t...

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Buyout Billionaires' Recession-Proof Secrets Revealed

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.06.2008 | Business

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Robert Greenwald

How is it possible for us to be entering a recession while buyout billionaires like Henry Kravis saved $96 million through tax loopholes in 2006 alone?

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KKR In Credit Crunch

New York Post | ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 02.21.2008 | Business

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Even the barbarians didn't think the credit crisis would last this long. A firm affiliated with leveraged buyout giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.,...

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Sam Stein

On MLK Day, Filmmaker Takes Private Equity To Task

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

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In honor of Martin Luther King Day, filmmaker Robert Greenwald has released a sharp new short film on his topic-de-jour: the excesses of the private e...

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Private Equity to Rockford Workers: Because We're Swine, You Walk the Line

Kerry Candaele | Posted 12.23.2007 | Politics

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Kerry Candaele

Rockford, Illinois, deserves a second look this holiday season, as 137 men and women walk a picket line in sub-zero weather.

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Why We Need A War On Greed

Cliff Schecter | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

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Cliff Schecter

Brave New Films is declaring a War On Greed, and unlike the Bush administration, when we declare war on something, we actually plan and send the appropriate resources.

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Director Protests, Screens Film Outside Home Of Financier Kravis

New York Times | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 12.06.2007 | Business

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Bells will be ringing, and carolers will be greeting the Upper East Side neighbors of Henry Kravis this morning. It may be Christmastime, but the rev...

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Henry Kravis' Transparent Greed

Tom Woodruff | Posted 10.31.2007 | Business

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Tom Woodruff

You have to give it to Henry Kravis. Few people would have the nerve to stand up in front of a crowd of pension fund and other institutional investors and joke about jacking them for billions.

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