"It is worth recounting what an extremely unusual company Berkshire is. At other public companies, such oddities might draw scrutiny from investors who see them as red flags."

QTS founder Chad Williams and Blackstone built an AI giant and North America’s biggest data center landlord. Then, differences of opinion bubbled up between the folksy Kansas CEO and private equity firm.

California dismantles landmark environmental law to tackle housing crisis

Scoop: China's wealth fund has pulled the plug on a $1 billion sale of fund positions with the largest US private equity firms. Chinese officials got concerned that CIC would be perceived as being in retreat. .Reporting with Dingmin Zhang and Preeti Singh.

"Geopolitics are playing a much more critical role," he said. Yet “Washington had become a bit under-prioritized.”.

Carlyle’s CEO Harvey Schwartz leans in on the private equity firm's Washington roots -- just in time for a new Trump era. My latest feature on the firm:

"The U.S. is still exceptional, but it is also less predictable, more antagonistic, and more isolated. For foreign investors, that makes it less safe."

RT @meridithmcgraw: Why Trump Blinked on Tariffs Just Hours After They Went Into Effect w/ ⁦@AnnieLinskey⁩ ⁦@jdawsey1⁩ .

Wall Street thought they had an ally in Scott Bessent, the former Soros investment boss turned Treasury secretary. But he played second fiddle in the rollout of the tariffs while Navarro and Lutnick commanded the president's attention. @SalehaMohsin.

RT @BrodyFord_: Scoop: Microsoft’s datacenter pullback stretches around the world - they've halted or delayed projects from Indonesia to Ch….

RT @business: Microsoft is pulling out of data center projects, from London to Jakarta, pointing to changes in its strategy, sources say ht….

Banks pivot back to oil, gas and coal. "Morality doesn't move markets. Only price does." @alastairjmarsh.

RT @allisonmcneely: KKR & Co.’s plan to break from the traditional buyout model and hold some bets on its own books for decades is being di….

Inside the push to change how America invests and make private equity part of your 401(k). Money managers are strategizing how to reframe the narrative to pension overseers and lawmakers. “You’re not a fiduciary if you don’t consider alts." -- with @allisonmcneely.