Why isn't this considered wage theft? "“All Common Stock will be canceled for no consideration and all Options will be canceled and extinguished for no consideration,” "

Apparently employees were given stock options, and were encouraged to buy stock - ALL shares held by employees were Common Stock. When Private Equity bought the company, the shares were declared worthless (of course the the CEO, etc all will receive payouts).

https://missionlocal.org/2025/07/philz-coffee-private-equity-sell/

Creative #WageTheft & #BrokenPromises brought to you by #PrivateEquity

#enshittification #longreads
“Imagine going for a ride on your favorite loop through your local woods and stumbling upon a notice of an impending clear-cut. That’s the shock many of us in the European #cycling community felt when the news broke that our trusted route platform, #Komoot, was sold to the notorious #privateequity group Bending Spoons on March 20th of this year”
“The employees were the first to get the axe … 80% were fired immediately” https://bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-get-komooted/

Fucking vultures. Everywhere.

Private Equity Is Coming for Your Teeth
https://jacobin.com/2025/07/private-equity-dental-care-health/

Wall St. Firms Are Buying Utilities to Tap Into the A.I. Boom - Consumer groups say proposals by BlackRock and Blackstone to buy energy companies in Minn... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/business/energy-environment/blackrock-minnesota-power.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #globalinfrastructurepartners #prices(faresfeesandrates) #artificialintelligence #electriclightandpower #blackstonegroupthe #minnesotapower #privateequity #datacenters

So...

All the fun TLDs are owned by a #PrivateEquity firm.

Private equity have been buying up companies, then taking out adjustable rate loans against them and bankrupting them (see Joann, Del Monte, Hooters, etc) all while those companies have been profitable. (See pinned toot w/video)

So I'm wondering if they've taken out loans like this on the TLDs and how possible it is to bankrupt them as well

And what would that look like?

Note: They don't own .com or .net

Even if you are not fluent in financial world speak, this video explains the coming recession in a way that even I could understand.

It completely shifted how I see things. And it scares the shit out me.

Take a few minutes to watch.

https://youtu.be/A76JyE8eEpg

Bottomline: If you or your loved ones are not in the top 10%, you are disposable.

A few notable examples of #psychopath #corporations from #palantir to #apple . Video from #moreperfectunion #perfectunion IG

#capitalism #privateequity #murder
#antifascism #antifa #corporate #Wallstreet #stocks #vicesignaling #Hipocrisy #trump #SocialHarm
#corpgreed #greed #Corruption

Edited for: If you are anti-union or deny other peoples basics human rights (housing, health, education and speech) dont bother trolling this post. I will block so fast you wont finish typing your BS. 100% Paradox of tolerance believer.

I've been trying to channel my outrage with the current state of the world into documenting controversies on #Wikipedia. One such controversy is KKR owning the world's second-largest festival company, Superstruct Entertainment, which has caused many artists to pull out of Field Day and Sónar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstruct_Entertainment #PrivateEquity #KKR #MusicFestivals

Sorry about all the JAMA this morning but there’s a lot. And this one is particularly upsetting because the US still uses psychiatry as a weapon against women, and I suppose the only difference between a private prison and a private psychiatric hospital would be the mandatory medication. And that’s pretty terrifying.

Question  How has private equity (PE) investment among US psychiatric hospitals changed in recent years, and what is the cross-sectional association of PE with geography, staffing, and quality?
Finding  About 14% of US psychiatric hospitals were owned by PE in 2021, with two-thirds of these facilities located in the southern US. In adjusted models, PE ownership was associated with lower staffing ratios but higher performance on quality measures of restraint, 7- and 30-day follow-up visits, and 30-day all-cause readmission.
Meaning  These results demonstrate that PE ownership among US psychiatric hospitals is growing, underscoring the importance of US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services initiatives to monitor patient experience.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2833839

We have to do something about #PrivateEquity NOW

“From 2013 to 2023, private equity firms acquired more than 1,000 disability and elder care providers, according to the report by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project. That’s likely an undercount because they’re generally not required to disclose acquisitions, the report said.”

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051725_disability_senior_homes/

#Privateequity - Armen prend une participation dans le belge Vendis Capital

Le fonds investit dans une société de gestion tournée vers la grande consommation et les loisirs, et qui prévoit de se diversifier.

https://l.linforme.com/2p87xdmf

Private equity has seized upon daycare now? I shouldn’t be surprised by this but it’s pretty gross.

Let the birthrate hit the floor (sung to the tune of a Drowning Pool song)

https://open.substack.com/pub/basedfob/p/private-equity-and-child-care

NATO-Backed German Defense Startup, ARX Robotics, Raises Funds for UK Plant https://www.byteseu.com/961935/ #ChiefExecutiveOfficer #Europe #Germany #Military #NATO #PrivateEquity #Robotics #software #startups #Technology #UnitedKingdom #VentureCapital

Shortly after the aquisition of #Komoot by Italian #PrivateEquity firm #BendingSpoons about 80% of its staff has already been fired.

When logging into the account the main page does not show anymore the latest activities of the followed people... It may be a good idea to download all traveled and plannend #tracks as #GPX files on the #computer - just to be on the safe side.

#BikeTooter #vélo #fahrrad #fahrradbubble #cycling #bike #cyclotourisme #biking #fahrradbubble

https://escapecollective.com/how-komoot-lost-its-way/