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Energy Future Holdings pretty much demonstrates what might be wrong with private equity. All players, namely Goldman Sachs, KKR and TPG pretty much recouped their investments in th…

I really hope that these top posts on HN influence at least some employees at Dropbox to resign publicly because Dropbox's core (meaty revenue generating) users aren't HN readers a…

Reasons this might be a great move for Dropbox: 1. It will help them secure major enterprise clients, probably the govt. or with ties to the govt. 2. Great selling point to institu…

My question is completely off topic, but I have some questions regarding your site, if you don't mind answering: How long have you been operating englishforums.com ? Is this your f…

I know that $140 million sounds like a lot, but when they IPO after rejecting the 2 billion acquisition offer from Google, Goldman Sachs will peddle QUOR to institutional investors…

There is a place for Quora because it has helped build a community of users that provide extremely valuable advice / answers in a nicely presented format. I'd pay atleast $10 USD p…

That is not the only scenario. More people want to apply to the best colleges than ever. Also given that these schools are targeting students/schools in road shows nationally & int…

Regardless, this seems like a huge PR win for Airbnb given the recent news about crackdowns in SF/NYC. Kudos to them and best of luck!

It is likely to keep hitting new lows unless these colleges drastically increase the number of seats that they have on offer (which is unlikely if they want to maintain the aurora …

I'm confused why this is on the front page. The title left me with the impression that this post was about someone quitting to live for Monday aka the start of the work week in mos…

Does FB require similar permissions on iOS? Also, the permissions they ask for seem like FB is angling to figure out a way to play a bigger role in your life and not just restricte…

In Atlanta, even if you observe all the rules, wear a helmet, use bike lights, wear reflecting clothing, you are more likely to get hit by a car than not; or atleast you might know…