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KKR to bulk up growth-equity group with New York-based hires

Bloomberg KKR & Co. is expanding its growth-equity group, adding to its New York office under the leadership of Erica Martin. The firm will add four or five people to the team focusing on technology, media and telecommunications in the next couple of months, according to Martin, who joined earlier this year from buyout firm Warburg Pincus. KKR had about ...

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Why Trump’s trade war may be destined to fail

When all is said and done, President Trump’s trade war may be fated to fail. There are many reasons why. One is that the target countries — prominently, China, Japan and Germany — won’t accede to his demands. This is already happening. Another threat is a backlash among US firms, hurt by tariffs that raise their products’ prices. This, too, ...

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Google ads could soon be on billboard

Google may be about to pair all that data it has on users’ web browsing with the ads displayed on public billboards. Creepy? Maybe. Inevitable? Almost certainly. The Alphabet Inc unit is in talks in Germany about pushing into out-of-home advertising – billboards in stations, shopping centers and shop windows – according to Wirtschafts Woche. The move would be a ...

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