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Why Private Equity Firms Are Borrowing Money to Pay Investors at Record Levels
The post-Covid high interest rate environment has changed how private equity firms pay their investors. Getty Images Dividend recapitalization, when a private company pays its investors a cash dividend with borrowed money, surged to a record high in 2024. According to PitchBook LCD data, private equity firms raised $30.2 billion in leveraged loans for dividend…
Read MoreSMPD investigating homicide, suspect not in custody
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The San Marcos Police Department is investigating a homicide, and the agency said a suspect is not in custody, according to a social media post from the agency. According to police, while there isn’t a shelter-in-place order, they recommend that residents “remain vigilant and report suspicious activity.” Around 4 p.m., SMPD said…
Read MoreChristie’s Is Holding the First Ever Dedicated A.I. Art Sale at a Major Auction House
Harold Cohen (1928-2016), Untitled (i23-03758); Estimate: $10,000-15,000. CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD 2025 I felt a vague sense of disquietude when I received word from Christie’s that it would be hosting the first-ever artificial intelligence-dedicated sale at a major house. Just a little moment of unease. Frankly, it’s hard to shush those quiet biases that make a…
Read MoreWomen's rugby team Round Rock Rage responds to Trump order against transgender athletes
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A local women’s rugby team announced that it won’t be changing its trans-inclusive policies following President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for a ban on transgender athletes, according to a social media post on Thursday. “We will not allow men to beat up, injure, and cheat girls,” said Trump prior to signing…
Read MoreThe Best Red Carpet Fashion at the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards
After a nearly month-long postponement, the Critics’ Choice Awards are finally here. The awards show, which honors the best in film and television, was originally slated for Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in California. Amid the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, however, the CCAs were delayed and eventually rescheduled…
Read MoreBill Belichick’s Girlfriend Jordon Hudson Reacts to Criticism Over NFL Honors Dress – E! Online
Not everyone thought Bill Belichick‘s girlfriend Jordon Hudson scored a touchdown with her outfit at the 2025 NFL Honors. In fact, after receiving criticism online over her dress, the 24-year-old shared why she chose to wear the torso-bearing, silver sequined Sherri Hill bralette gown to the event, which attended with the former New England Patriots…
Read MoreHutto ISD responds to 'undercover video investigation' about transgender sports
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A group behind several “undercover video investigations” that sparked action from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently targeted a local school district. Accuracy in Media, a watchdog media group, released a video that showed someone posing as a parent talking to a Hutto ISD administrator about getting their transgender child into the…
Read MoreNew York Is Closing Live Bird Markets
On Feb. 7, New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued an order to temporarily close live bird markets after seven cases of avian influenza, or bird flu, were detected in markets in Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx in the past week. The closures apply to bird markets in New York City, Westchester, Suffolk, and Nassau counties.…
Read MoreSuspect Arrested in Connection to Death of Telemundo Reporter Covering Super Bowl 2025 – E! Online
Telemundo Reporter Adan Manzano, 27, Dies While on Assignment for Super Bowl 2025 A new development in the case surrounding Adan Manzano’s death has emerged. After the Telemundo Kansas City sports reporter died in New Orleans while covering the 2025 Super Bowl for the Spanish-language network, local authorities arrested a suspect in connection to his…
Read MoreHere’s Where Each Big Tech Company Stands on DEI Efforts in 2025
Tech billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai attended Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images As U.S. companies continue to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, Big Tech players are scrubbing their annual company reports of commitments to workplace diversity. Recent filings from Meta (META), Amazon (AMZN) and…
Read MoreMeryl Streep’s Daughter Mamie Gummer Files For Divorce After 6 Years of Marriage – E! Online
“First, I’m going to thank Don,” she said during her acceptance speech after winning Best Actress for The Iron Lady at the 2012 Academy Awards, “because when you thank your husband at the end of the speech, they play him out with the music, and I want him to know that everything I value most…
Read MoreA Second Person Has Received a Pig Kidney Transplant
The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in Concord, N.H., has end-stage kidney disease and had been on dialysis for more than two years to compensate for his failing kidney function. He received the pig kidney at Massachusetts General Hospital on Jan.…
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