Richard Farley, a law partner who partly makes his living structuring private equity deals, found an excellent venue for his defense of the private equity industry.

FORBES: Private Equity Booster Misleads New York Times Readers On Jobs Record

The Philadelphia Inquirer'snew private-equity owners found themselves facing a possible strike after they tried to lay off workers.

ECONOMIST: Media firms and private equity

Mr Kaplan and Ms Schoar found that the winners in private equity tend to keep on winning, and the bad firms stay bad if they remain in business.

ECONOMIST: Pick carefully

Eventually, I found an exciting opportunity at a private equity firm from a financial recruiter I thought had nearly forgotten me.

FORBES: Bouncing Back After A Lay-Off

In 1987 William Conway and Daniel D'Aniello (former financial gurus at MCI Communications and Marriott Corp. respectively) teamed up with David Rubinstein (a lawyer and Carter administration official) to found the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm based in the District.

FORBES: Valuations

It found that funds historically important to Jersey, such as real estate and private equity, have stagnated and it was not known if they would be profitable.

BBC: Geoff Cook