GOP-TIED MEGACORP MAY SELL TEN PERCENT INTEREST TO CHINESE

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TOM BARDEN, TIMES UK - Carlyle Group is in talks to sell up to 9.9 per
cent of itself to China's Social Security Fund in a move that would make
it the latest American buyout firm to sell a stake in its management
company to the Chinese. The talks, which began over the summer, emerged
five months after Blackstone Group, a key rival, sold a 10 per cent
stake in itself to the Chinese Government and floated on the New York
Stock Exchange.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/
banking_and_finance/article2767153.ece


WIKIPEDIA - he Carlyle Group is a Washington, D.C. based global private
equity investment firm with more than $75.6 billion of equity capital
under management. The firm operates four fund families, focusing on
leveraged buyouts, venture & growth capital, real estate and leveraged
finance investments. The firm employs more than 515 investment
professionals in 21 countries with several offices in North America,
South America, Europe, Asia and Australia; its portfolio companies
employ more than 286,000 people worldwide. Carlyle has over 1100
investors in 61 countries. . .

Some of the sectors and companies in which it invests are highly
sensitive to political activity; indeed, its actions may be viewed as a
form of political arbitrage. This may create conflicts of interest when
political decision makers have their own personal wealth linked to such
investments. Carlyle is the largest private equity firm located in
Washington, D.C. - its corporate headquarters are located on
Pennsylvania Avenue. . .

In the book House of Bush, House of Saud, author Craig Unger states that
Saudi Arabian interests have given $1.4 billion to firms connected to
the Bush family. . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlyle_Group

HOW BUSH GOT BOUNCED FROM CARLYLE BOARD
http://prorev.com/bushcarlyle.htm

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