Private equity investors will soon get word about recent mark-downs to their holdings, losses that probably won't reflect the 60 cents on the dollar bids--which are, on average, the high bids--now seen in the secondary market, says Colin McGrady, managing director of Cogent Partners, which advises on secondary transactions.

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Not long after my last post (October 19), which concerned the tenuous relationship between the Hewlett-Packard board and former CEO Mark Hurd, came word that a group of shareholders have sued current and past H-P board members, including Hurd, alleging that directors allowed and possibly encouraged illegal activities in sales to the U.S. government.

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Prof Andrew Graves, head of the University's School of Management, told Li he could resubmit the 12, 000-word essay, appeal against the mark or accept it and withdraw from the course.

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When he's giving someone feedback on a document -- whether it's on a PowerPoint Deck or in Microsoft Word -- it's much more tedious to mark it up on a keyboard, Gutsche said.

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No word on co-op play, but that set-up makes it a big question mark.

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