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McMahon’s letter also notes hedge fund CEO Bill Ackman called for the resignation of Penny Pritzker, the leader of the Harvard Corporation that controls the university’s operations. Ackman accuses ...

Private equity titans and dealmakers converging at the Milken Institute Global Conference this week were relentlessly ...

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