> reads like good news When has a private equity firm buying a business ever been good news for its products / customers / employees / other investors? Most o

> reads like good news When has a private equity firm buying a business ever been good news for its products / customers / employees / other investors? Most of the examples I have heard about have resulted in all of the qualified people forced out, the company’s products getting driven into the dirt, huge debt taken on and quasi-fradulently pocketed by the private equity firm and its executives, with other stakeholders left holding the bag.