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Private Equity

All in the Franchise: Why Private Equity Loves the Business Model

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It’s understandable if you failed to notice one meaty if unglamorous trend on Wall Street: Private equity’s love affair with franchising.

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Industries

KPMG Wants to Open Up its Very Own Law Firm

Rest assured, competitors Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and PricewaterhouseCoopers are likely to follow in KPMG’s tracks.

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Cryptocurrency

Trump, Crypto’s Intended White Knight, Immediately Worries the Industry

For the crypto industry, President Trump is something of an enigma. But the launch of the Trump family coins was a bit, well, embarrassing.

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Energy

What Does It Mean to Live Under a National Energy Emergency?

President Donald Trump used the first hours of his second term in office Monday to make the emergency declaration.

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