Unlike a leveraged-buyout fund, GE has no plans for a sunset.    From Wordnik.com.  [GE's linkup with Abu Dhabi] Reference

What will the leveraged-buyout business look like in the years ahead?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pierre Foods: Madison's Fowl Deal] Reference

For private-equity firms, the leveraged-buyout business is in a trough.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Track for Private Equity] Reference

There are some encouraging signs regarding the leveraged-buyout overhang.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Debt Thaw on Borrowed Time?] Reference

Some years back our competitors were known as "leveraged-buyout operators.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Highlights of Buffett's Letter] Reference

Shares of leveraged-buyout firm Blackstone Group fell 59 cents, or 3.9%, to 14.62.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alcoa, Chevron Fall;] Reference

The 2011 refinancing hump is a legacy of the leveraged-buyout frenzy that ended in 2007.    From Wordnik.com.  [Overheard] Reference

The report looked into early-stage, growth-capital and leveraged-buyout investment in Spain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carlyle tops buyout rivals in making deals in Spain] Reference

Mr. Leat has been leading efforts to downsize Citigroup's bulging book of leveraged-buyout loans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citi Raises More Capital] Reference

That bucked the trend, as most banks had already abandoned proprietary leveraged-buyout endeavors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sprint's Options Dwindle] Reference

Easy credit disappeared with the credit crunch that began last summer, ending a leveraged-buyout boom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russia Deal Is a Shift for TPG] Reference

Once he was the world's greatest financier, the original leveraged-buyout artist; now he's a me-too artist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barbarians on the Sofa] Reference

Merger, acquisition and leveraged-buyout activity makes up 47% of the market, up from 29% earlier this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Risky-Loan Market Is Back in Gear] Reference

They see Endemol leveraged-buyout debt trade at 70 cents on the dollar and wonder how it is valued by Barclays.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anheuser-Busch's Defense Plan Against InBev Likely to Fall Flat] Reference

That's pretty much the market for the kind of speculative-rated bonds that helped fuel the leveraged-buyout boom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Junk Bonds] Reference

The luxury-goods conglomerates even had competition from an American leveraged-buyout fund, the Texas Pacific Group.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's All In The Bag] Reference

Said leveraged-buyout lawyer Richard Beattie of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett: "He did all that he could to save Enron.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Banker, Loan Maestro Jimmy Lee Switched Suspenders for Sweaters] Reference

The new destination of choice is private-equity or leveraged-buyout (LBO) firms, which not only promise magical returns.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Kings Have No Clothes] Reference

Remarkably, this record-setting issuance has happened without the aid of the multibillion-dollar leveraged-buyout deals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Investors Loading Up on 'Junk'] Reference

It was acquired in a leveraged-buyout in January 2005 by the private-equity fund Centre Partners and members of management.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uno Restaurant Chain Talks] Reference

On Perks of Loose Lending Terms Some risky debt structures created during the leveraged-buyout boom are coming home to roost.    From Wordnik.com.  [PIK and Roll: Companies Seize] Reference

Corporate finance will be hardest hit, losing half the 15,000 jobs it had in 2007 as merger and leveraged-buyout activity sputters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Covered Bonds Come to Fore] Reference

Credit has already shrunk dramatically (40%-80%) in markets for securitized debt, leveraged-buyout credit and even corporate issuance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Credit Crunch] Reference

What's more, most deals struck in 2007, at the height of the leveraged-buyout craze, are deeply under water for the private-equity firms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glaxo to Buy Stiefel for $2.9 Billion] Reference

It hopes to appeal to investors by showcasing itself as a premier leveraged-buyout house, buying and selling companies using borrowed money.    From Wordnik.com.  [KKR Plans a Dollar General IPO] Reference

Under current law, private investment vehicles — hedge funds, leveraged-buyout and venture-capital funds — function with virtually no oversight.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Time to Restrict Private Equity] Reference

The tight leveraged-buyout and deal market had contrasting effects on stocks, as small-cap Apria Healthcare rose 4.18, or 26%, to 20 on a buyout deal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chevron, Citi Decline;] Reference

SPHERE OF INFLUENCE: The leveraged-buyout king made his original fortune turning around distressed companies such as Gulfstream and General Instrument.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ted Forstmann: Vanity Fair] Reference

A values as they were during the merger boom in 1987 and again during the leveraged-buyout boom of the late 1990s multiples and prices can surge higher.    From Wordnik.com.  [The M] Reference

While the deal is a good indicator of the state of the financing markets, it still leaves Wrigley more highly leveraged than some leveraged-buyout candidates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Logjam Easing] Reference

Though the deal is small by the standards of the leveraged-buyout market of 2006 and early 2007, it likely will be one of the biggest private-equity deals this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [CVC Buys 25.1% Stake in Evonik] Reference