HUMOR: Good MBO story, but we need more cat photos with the news!

Quest Software’s directors have come up with a canny plan to squeeze more money out of a buyout offer backed by Chief Executive Vincent Smith. They were put on the defensive in March when Smith, who owns a third of the enterprise software company, teamed up with private equity shop Insight Venture Partners for a lowball bid. But independent board members managed to level the playing field by offering Dell an option to acquire a 19.9 percent stake in the firm if Smith didn’t support its superior bid. That bagged shareholders a 12 percent bump in the purchase price. Read More:  http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/category/private-equity/

GOOD: More reporting on MBOs

BAD:  Is Reuters photo with the news funny?

UGLY: Photo of cat with the news! How about monkey squeezing baby cat (Tiger)?

BOTTOMELINE: Look forward to more MBO news and finding funny photos to go with the news!

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JD Morris

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Media bar stories about Private Equity (or Fairy Tales about capitalism)!

GOOD:  Moody’s data shows positive information about Private Equity deals!

BAD: Private Equity Groups (PEGs) do liquidate companies!

UGLY:  Why is the media telling fairy tales about private equity as evil?

BOTTOMLINE: Capital / Private Equity is good thing!

Moody’s data shows that private equity-owned companies are much less likely to be liquidated when the going gets tough. It turns out that private equity does more to save the jobs of workers at struggling companies than other types of owners do. Read more on Deal Book NYT at http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/in-tough-times-private-equity-saves-jobs/

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My dad spent my inheritance in crowdfunding and all I got was this T-shirt

GOOD: Crowdfunding lets everyone invest

BAD:  Crowdfunding lets everyone invest

UGLY: What if you did not have any money to invest, but used a credit card?

BOTTOMLINE: Let keep this unregulated and as always somebody will invest in fools gold.

TODAY”S NEWS CROWDFUNDING:

FORBES.COM read more at http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericwagner/2012/06/25/hail-crowdfunding-the-wicked-vc-is-dead/

BetaKit.com read more at http://betakit.com/2012/06/24/the-potential-risks-and-rewards-of-crowdfunding-and-the-u-s-jobs-act

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Surf free waves of capitalism after getting through snow wall of red tape?

GOOD: Die hard surfers push through snow to surf!

BAD: Entrepreneurs must push through wall red tape to surf waves of capitalism!

UGLY: Surfer wins, entrepreneur files for BK trapped in red tap!

BOTTOMLINE: Regulators need push through snow wall of red tap to make path for entrepreneurs to surf in sea of capitalism vs. turning sea also into red tap.

Red Tape history thanks to Wiki at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_tape

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Heros and Villains (or let all of us focus on growing the economy stupid)

GOOD: We are finding out about every issue with big companies and their CEOs

BAD: We are finding out about every issue with big companies and their CEOs

UGLY: Every day you see something on villains on Wall Street and Main Street vs. moving forward!

BOTTOM LINE:  No news today, please try to be hero and focus on making jobs, asking your Congressman and Senators for tax cuts for small businesses, etc.! Happy Monday! Heros and Villains let make it a good day!

Fix the Economy vs. villains and evil

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HUMOR: ILVTOFU (or WTF with regulators)

(Reuters) – When Whitney Calk sought a personalized license plate from a Tennessee state agency to tout her vegetarian ideals, she was annoyed when she was told no. Turns out the letters ILVTOFU can be construed to mean more than enjoying bean curd.

“When I see T-O-F-U, I see tofu,” says Calk, who requested the so-called vanity plate from the Tennessee Department of Revenue last September.

Read More: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/08/us-usa-licenseplates-idUSBRE8540WX20120608

GOOD: Government trying to help

BAD: Government trying to help

UGLY: Their is a place for regulators (see funny Groupon below) and place you got say WTF Uncle Sam read the constitution, a book by Adam Smith, a book by any of our founders!

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Keep Going, Keep Going, Keep Going, Oppps Gone! Fun for Bank Regulators

THE GOOD: Trying fix banks

THE BAD: Trying fix banks

THE UGLY: Trying fix banks European style will result in small banks stuck in rules and regulation that will result in them closing the door on business that need capital!

Fed proposes stricter capital rules for banks ( THE ASSOCIATED PRESS June 7, 2012, 8:34PM ET )

The Federal Reserve wants U.S. banks to set aside more money to cushion against unexpected losses, a key step in preventing another financial crisis.

The Fed governors voted 7-0 on Thursday to propose rules requiring all banks hold at least 7 percent of their assets in capital reserves. That’s up from a minimum of 2 percent currently required and in line with international standards.

The rules are open to comment until September. They will be finalized after that. But some banks won’t have to meet the requirements until 2019. That’s because the rules have to be coordinated with international standards that are being phased in over the next seven years.

Read more: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-06/D9V8KH980.htm

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Go Big in 2011! In 2010 was Google or Facebook a good bet? In 1980 was Apple or Microsoft a good bet?

Reblogged from Sell Your Company by JD (Beta Blog):

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A Way for Outsiders to Bet on Facebook? Specialty firms are buying shares of the social-network company from insiders and repackaging them for sale to outsiders! READ MORE VIA BUSINESSWEEK.COM at http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_50/b4207055552895.htm

CARTOON BY JD MORRIS CALLED "Private Facebook Stock goes from value less than TP to great than $100 USD"

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Wow! We laughed at paper stock like Facebook year ago! Happy we did not invest at $38 USD share pre-IPO!  However, you never know until you sell your stock (if you can sell your stock)! [caption id="attachment_1095" align="alignnone" width="312"] Facebook pre-IPO stock (the Paper Tiger)[/caption]  

the bain of my existence is money does not grow on trees for most people!

Bain Capital LLC aims to raise $6 billion for its new global private equity fund and will take the innovative step of offering three options on the fees it charges to manage the money in an effort to widen the fund’s appeal, according to people familiar with the matter.

Money does grow on trees for these guys!

More from Forbes.com at: http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/30/bain-raising-8-billion/

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Exit strategy by Paris Hilton?

China plans to tighten up rules governing sponsors of initial public offerings after a surge of new issues this year sparked concerns about the quality of disclosure in IPO prospectuses, sources told Reuters on Thursday. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BM16120101223

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