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private

Law, Politics of, relating to, or provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body

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Because many PTP firms tend to use a high degree of leverage to finance their transactions, the availability of credit affected a company's ability to go private, making credit market conditions a pertinent factor (Bharath and Dittmar, 2010).

Does corporate governance matter? A comparison of public-to-private transactions pre and post the economic crisis

After Dell announced its intention to go private, HP launched a campaign to pry away Dell's customers.

Customers to keep a close eye on Dell

As Seagate CEO Bill Watkins told Money magazine in 2006, "When you go private, the only thing you think about is going public again.

Inside the Dell buyout

This means patients can be left in pain for longer than necessary, while others choose to go private or die first.

Waiting times on increase

This is relevant because of shift in the possible increased incentive to go private since SOX and the possible extra reward (valuation effect) for firms that have gone private since SOX.

To be or not to be public: the impact of SOX

Previous studies tend to separately investigate the decision to go bankrupt, go private, or to be acquired.

A competing risks analysis of corporate survival

Aqua Dental Care in Ashington, Northumberland, is to go private just two years after opening, with 5,000 patients on the books.

Dentist to drop his NHS patients; Thousands face search for new practice

Tribune had offered to buy 126 million shares at $34 per share as the first step in the deal -- led by Chicago real estate mogul Sam Zell -- to go private through an ESOP (employee stock ownership plan).

Love Me Tender: Tribune Gets Big Response to Going-Private Offer

Thus it is argued that firms need to go private to benefit from these special skills.

LBOs: questions for the board; Directors have some explaining to do about all these public companies going private

Dark companies can still trade in the over-the-counter "Pink Sheets" market, and companies don't necessarily go dark and then go private.

Considering going dark? A company choosing to delist and deregister its securities from a national securities exchange may face a host of legal and economic issues. Four attorneys weigh in on the concerns that need to be addressed

I don't know how I'll pay for it if I have to go private.

Your views

The practice in Porthcawl offered 2,000 places on a first-come, first -served basis, forcing NHS patients to go private or search for another NHS surgery.