From Carlyle’s playbook: How private equity works

T h e three auto industry veterans — novices when it came to high-finance pitche s — we re a bit anxious as they entered the sprawling, 42nd-floor conference room at the Carlyle Group’s Manhattan offices, with p olished cherry walls and a killer view of Central Park. Read full article >>

Shop aids Habitat for Humanity's home building

Kristin Wood (left) with her children (left to right) Caleb, Chloe, Kaitlin, Courtney and Karissa pose at the wall-raising of a Habitat for Humanity home they helped build in Everett.

The Consumer's Revenge: How We Beat Corporations at the Efficiency Game?

"The pursuit of efficiency has long been a hallmark of American economic success," Daniel Gross writes in his great new book Better, Stronger, Faster . And he's right. Some of the great triumphs ...

Stocks end mixed after Greek worries resurface

Just how nervous are investors about Greece? All it took to derail a day of stock market gains was a headline saying that Greece was preparing to leave the euro, an outcome most analysts had already expected.

The Wall Street Journal / Hay Group CEO Compensation Study Reveals Modest Pay Increases in 2011, Despite Greater ...

Top U.S. public companies made only modest increases to CEO pay levels in 2011, despite strong company profitability, according to results from The Wall Street Journal/Hay Group 2011 CEO Compensation Study released today.