The buyout Masters of the Universe are getting creative in Silicon Valley. This year, technology companies have made up about 19 percent of all US private equity buyouts, the industry’s largest share of PE deals since at least 2004, according to Bloomberg data. Some of the eye-catching private equity tech takeovers in 2016 were Thoma Bravo’s $3 billion buyout …

  The junk-bond bears have been terribly wrong this year. But they’re sticking with their pessimistic calls. Distressed-debt investor Anchorage Capital, for example, which lost 1.48 percent in the first six months of the year, has urged clients to start preparing for a downturn, Bloomberg News reported Thursday. The founders of rival King Street expressed a similar sentiment in a …

  Data shows that Japan’s economy stalled in the April-June quarter. It has missed the market forecasts and reignited worries about the government’s bid to prop up economy. Tokyo stocks fell after hitting their highest levels for over two months in the previous session. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently announced a massive 28 trillion yen ($276 billion) package aimed …