Around 68% of Carlyle's private-equity funds have exceeded the median fund return for their type, according to Preqin, a research firm.

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From its initial search product, the company has continually innovated to improve the quality of search results (preventing multiple searches), return those results in fewer milliseconds and then auto-complete as you type to shave off still more.

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Another tidbit is the inclusion of a memory system that will "maintain a record its current state when it is undocked from a particular type of appliance, " meaning that when you return and re-dock your handheld, everything should resume without any hassle.

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