Pssst, Wanna Buy Some KKR?


	Pssst, Wanna Buy Some KKR?

Forbes Business

7-26-2007 7:30 PM

208 views

tags:

ipos

Forbes Business says:

Tough spot. But maybe Kravis should count his blessings. BX is a mess, and no matter what the payout was for Schwartzman, that's got to sting. -- Dan Bigman

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from July 26, 2007

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6c6cad26-60bf-493a-a70c-2ffc0e0b9a8f/A6673B48-CA84-4EE9-8307-3D19F8966B36/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-kkr-ipo.html?_r=1&oref=login" href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-kkr-ipo.html?_r=1&oref=login" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-kkr-ipo.html?_r=1&oref=login"><P>NEW YORK ( <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=RTRSY">Reuters</A>) -  <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=arts,automobiles,books,business,college,dining,education,fashion,garden,giving,health,jobs,magazine,movies,multimedia,nyregion,obituaries,realestate,science,sports,style,technology,theater,travel,us,washington,weekinreview,world:::More articles about Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.:::http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/kohlberg_kravis_roberts_and_co/index.html">Kohlberg Kravis Roberts</A> & Co, the 
private equity firm planning to go public, should yank its IPO 
from the market, according to analysts, who say declining 
credit markets make it tough for a leveraged buyout firm to 
bring an offering to market.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-kkr-ipo.html?_r=1&oref=login"><P>"The demand might have been there a couple of months ago, 
but it evaporated," said Francis Gaskins, president of research 
firm <A target="_" href="http://IPODesktop.com">IPODesktop.com</A>. "KKR missed their window."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-kkr-ipo.html?_r=1&oref=login"><P>"Unless Fortress and Blackstone can show that they have 
some strength, and that maybe this was just a lot of stock to 
hit the market at one time," then KKR will be forced to delay 
the offering, said Menlow of <A target="_" href="http://IPOFinancial.com">IPOFinancial.com</A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A6673B48-CA84-4EE9-8307-3D19F8966B36/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips