Bought in 2007 for a record $45bn, the now renamed Energy Future Holdings is valued at 50 cents in the dollar. Bond holders, including Warren Buffet 's Berkshire Hathaway , have rejected plans to cut its debt and the energy company's...

In this article: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, George Roberts, US, Dollar General, Energy Future Holdings, Moody's, Berkshire Hathaway, and Warren Buffet

Facebook remains privately owned by employees and investors ranging from Microsoft and Russian entrepreneurs to hedge fund chief Peter Thiel and a handful of other Silicon Valley speculators. Many insiders are eagerly awaiting the...

In this article: Facebook, SecondMarket, SharesPost, Microsoft, Digital Sky Technologies, Peter Thiel, Twitter, Santa Monica, Calif., and Silicon Valley

...at the very end he runs into everyone's favorite climate change doom-bringer: Alfred (?) Gore. Is it weird to wish on some secret level that Al Gore were president after watching this? DRAFT GORE. (Oh, and the thing after the "recycled joke"...

In this article: Al Gore, 30 Rock, Climate change, and Jack Donaghy

GossipBono talks about his love for wife's underwear at RFK Dinner Bono talks about his love for wife's underwear at RFK Dinner Friday, November 20th 2009, 4:00 AM Bono talked up his wife's underwear at a charity dinner in Manhattan.

In this article: Bono, Ali Hewson, Wyclef Jean, Bill O'Reilly, U2, and Manhattan

Former vice president Al Gore discusses his hopes and fears for the future of the smart grid. SAN MATEO , Calif. -- Former U.S. vice president Al Gore hopes America 's next generation power grid will be a lot like the Internet. Or at least...

In this article: Al Gore, CNET, Apple, U.S., Chrome OS, Coal, Web applications, and Pacific Gas and Electric

...the world, across various industries, and throughout the capital structure," co-chairmen and co-chief executives Henry Kravis and George Roberts said in a statement. KKR said private equity dollars invested during the past quarter totaled...

In this article: KKR, Assets, Euronext, George Roberts, New York Stock Exchange, and Amsterdam

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - Updated 3m ago Democrat Stephen Pagliuca said today the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy would side with him and not political rivals Martha Coakley and Michael Capuano in the nation's health care debate. The...

In this article: Stephen Pagliuca, Ted Kennedy, Michael Capuano, Cancer, KB Toys, Newsweek, and Boston Celtics

I'm here to represent them, really. " Why is it important for celebs to raise awareness? "I think it's important for everybody," Bono says. "Everybody has something to offer. I'm as jaded as anyone by famous faces and posing in...

In this article: Bono, OK!, Ali Hewson, Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson, ONE Campaign, New Moon, Wyclef Jean, and Britney Spears

...Morning News Another bidder appeared on the scene for the controlling interest in the Texas Rangers. His name: Tom Hicks. Hicks , who has owned the club since 1998, expressed renewed optimism Wednesday that his own locally-based...

In this article: Tom Hicks, Texas Rangers, Roger Staubach, Nolan Ryan, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, The Dallas Morning News, and Stars

In this article: Tom Hicks, Texas Rangers, Roger Staubach, NHL, Dallas Stars, Major League Baseball, Nolan Ryan, and White Sox

THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING Hicks trying to keep majority ownership of Rangers FILE - Texas Ranger owner Tom Hicks looks at a television screen in his box during the baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in...

In this article: Tom Hicks, Rangers, Roger Staubach, NHL, Dallas Stars, All rights reserved, Texas Ranger, and Major League Baseball

...of electioneering from opposition parties and a mixed bag of reactions from unions, but Gordon Brown managed to get the thumbs up from Bono and Bob Geldof for including a "wonderful thing" in his last batch of bills before the general election...

In this article: Bono, Bob Geldof, Climate change, Conservative Party, UN, Gordon Brown, U2, and Africa

...Metzinger November 18, 2009 | about: APA / DE / DSX / FRT / IYR / MON / NAT / POT / TNH Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer 's Mad Money TV Program, Tuesday November 17. Monsanto (MON ), Terra Nitrogen (TNH), Potash...

In this article: Jim Cramer, Deere, APA, Monsanto, Natural gas, and POT

...since its inception in 2004, Joyent founder and CEO David Young disclosed that the company earlier raised a small seed funding round from Peter Thiel and the good old "myself, friends and family" and turned profitable quickly. So why raise...

In this article: Joyent, Intel Capital, Cloud computing, Gilt Groupe, Cost, Revenue, Peter Thiel, Twitter, and Facebook

...out of City Hall where you can send tips to jvansack@bostonherald.com. E-mail Print (1) Comments Text size Share As Senate hopeful Stephen Pagliuca vows to carry the torch of Edward M. Kennedy on health care and jobs, the Herald has...

In this article: Stephen Pagliuca, Defendants, Michael Capuano, Martha Coakley, Edward M. Kennedy, Rocky Mountain News, Suffolk University, and The Celtics

THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING Stephen Pagliuca , a Democratic candidate for Senate , is blitzing the television airwaves with ads declaring he will be immune to the powerful influence that special interests and their...

In this article: Stephen Pagliuca, Bain, Washington, House Financial Services Committee, Bain Capital, and Tax

...in Clean Energy, the largest provider of vehicular natural gas in North America. While he may stand to benefit from his plan, Pickens insists that he 's pushing it so hard because of his concerns about security in America - and a...

In this article: T. Boone Pickens, U.S., Natural gas, Naples, CME Group, OPEC, Barack Obama, and Super Bowl

Refiled to add missing conference details in third paragraph) Hedge fund manager Peter Thiel , whose portfolio is deep in the red this year even as most rivals are up, blamed his performance on one big mistake -- focusing too much on...

In this article: Peter Thiel, Clarium Capital, Unemployment, PayPal, and China