Remember when PE firms backed out of signed deals in droves? They looked like jerks at the time, but in retrospect, they were probably smart to avoid the overpriced, highly leveraged deals they had aggressively pursued for the past three years. Taking into account the Dow’s record breaking drops l...

CMI's Matt Philbin discussed Tattoo Barbie in his latest column: We can be sure she's not the first of her generation to mark her 50th birthday by getting tattoos. After all, the cultivation of youth-obsessed narcissism and bad taste is a Baby Boomer hallmark (see Clinton, Bill). But "Totally S...

The secondary market may be stalled until year-end numbers are out, but that hasn’t dampened interest in the asset class. Aside from firms starting new secondary intermediary practices left and right, many of the largest legacy buyers are in the market with new funds. Notably, one (Landmark) is ra...

In your meaty Tuesday media column: rumors of coming layoffs (and a die-off?) at OK! magazine, a golf magazine is killed, advertising plummets, media companies may default, and Americans don't know a damn thing: We hear that OK! Magazine is, sadly, well on its way to becoming a mere shell of the gra...

We recently caught up with the Chief Executive of Aspire, Brian Carlin, who let us know how encouraging supporters to use Justgiving has “resulted in a massive increase in the amount of money coming in, and donations have come in more efficiently and considerably earlier than in previous years...

CRITICAL UPDATE at end of post: former Clinton pollster wrote in depth about this in September 2006! If it's unpatriotic and supposedly treasonous for conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh to want Barack Obama's policies to fail in the middle of a serious recession, is it similarly so for Democ...

Tool Academy: There was nothing more entertaining than to see Ashley give the verbal smackdown to Shawn. The guy remained to the end the biggest tool on the show so it was good to finally see him leave. And even though it was a bit toolish, Josh calling out Aida for being a hooker was classic. Reall...

Here's a selection of the best high definition content available on UK TV today. Comedy The Life of Riley continues tonight at 8pm on the BBC HD channel, followed by The Green Green Grass at 8.30pm. Documentaries Piers Morgan on... (9pm, ITV HD) finds him jetting in to Monte Carlo to see whether its...

Here's a selection of the best high definition content available on UK TV today. Films Films across the Sky network include The Fugitive (Sky1 HD, 9pm), A Mighty Heart (midnight, Sky Premiere HD), Enchanted (8pm, Sky Family HD), Taxi Driver (10pm, Sky Modern Greats HD), Beowulf (9pm, Sky Action/Thri...

Here's a selection of the best high definition content available on UK TV today. Documentaries The third part of Nature's Great Events (9pm, BBC HD) looks at The Great Migration, tracing the bleak outlook for a pride of lions and their cubs in the Serengeti, when the trek to fresh pastures by wildeb...