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Company earnings will average 10% annual growth through 2013, facilitating hiring and investment, says JPMorgan Chase
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

Lending to small U.S. businesses is making a comeback, with 12 investment firms arranging $ 1.38 billion of initial stock offerings
BusinessWeek.com — Small Business

After making their founders billionaires, buyout specialists such as Carlyle Group and KKR & Co. are turning into asset managers that run hedge funds and strip malls as fresh capital and takeover targets become scarce.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

A UBS AG banker wanted to win an investment deal with a Rhode Island municipality that was to be awarded to the highest bidder. Instead of offering the best price, he secretly split half of UBS’s $ 1.4 million profit with another bank to get the rival to back off.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

A dozen men in black guard the St. Petersburg offices of hypermarket operator Lenta LLC. They’re a reminder of how much muscle it is taking TPG Capital, which owns a stake in the company, to establish a beachhead in Russia.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

Blackstone and Carlyle are leading a record number of private-equity managers aiming to raise real estate funds as top firms go beyond takeovers
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

Treating public stock ownership more like a private investment could help take the casino out of Wall Street, argues Greg Blonder
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

The Bank of Japan poured a record 12 trillion yen ($ 146 billion) into the financial system today to help steer the world’s third-biggest economy through the recovery from the nation’s strongest earthquake.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance