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Will Wall Street weigh in on social security issue?

A political truism in modern America is this: Don't mess with social security benefits. Past presidents have tried, but the people just wouldn't let them privatize the program in any way. Although I

Wall Street hits a snag on infrastructure deals

Not too long ago, we were talking about big private equity firms --led by KKR and the Blackstone Group--piling into infrastructure plays. Macquarie , Citigroup ( C ) and Goldman Sachs ( GS ) also seemed

Biggest PE deal ever is dead; termination fee dispute begins

The largest private equity sponsored deal ever inked is finally kaput. It's no big surprise. Fortune notes that a recent report by KPMG found that the amount of debt involved in the $51 billion