Lauren Silva

Buyout funds Mega-funds, puny deals

A walking oxymoron

Buyout refunds: No refunds

Buyout financing: Creative financing

MAC clauses: buyers’ remorse

MBO: The party’s over

MACs: Mac attack comes back

Wordsmiths

Blackstone

Gray prospects

Arb risk

Goldman/Yankees: Yes men

Buyout blow-ups

Unforgivable curses

Capitalism or contrivance?

Refco: Refco returns

Och-Ziff: Ouch-Ziff

KKR/Sun Micro: Sun Micro’s cloud cover

Blackstone IPO: History repeats itself

Directors’ performance Agitating for something

Clear Channel’s next battle