Pincus


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United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967)

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Tait will work with Warburg Pincus to identify and evaluate global investment opportunities in the education technology and services sector.
A few years later, while enjoying the spoils of his business and helped along with Jakob's unlawful contributions, Pincus realizes he made a terrible mistake.
As a result of the investment, Warburg Pincus owned approximately 21.3% of Cyren's outstanding shares.
The private equity firm Warburg Pincus will purchase approximately 30 percent from Tata Motors, and its subsidiary Sheba Properties Ltd.
"We are pleased with the favorable reception to Warburg Pincus XII," said Charles R.
Warburg Pincus invests in sustainable businesses at all stages of development, from founding start-ups and infusing growth capital, to helping mature private and public companies strengthen their balance sheets.
Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing, has announced the closing of a $11.2 billion global fund, which witnessed active participation from a lot of number of Middle Eastern investors.
Sources close to the senior management of Titan suspect there is another buyer behind the scene motivating the private equity fund Warburg Pincus, a creditor and shareholder of Titan, to insist on pursing a liquidation petition for Titan, despite the risk of defaulting its USD 49 million debt and suffering possible consequences of contract default.
WARBURG PINCUS, A GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM, has acquired JHP Pharmaceuticals for $195 million on a debt-free, cash-free basis.
Steve Pincus, however, in his massive study of the revolutionary decade, 1685-1696, rejects any notion of a quiet revolution rooted in tradition, a notion he ascribes to Thomas Babington Macaulay's interpretation which dominated virtually all future explanations of 1688-89 (from popular ideas of English exceptionalism to Marxist, Whig, or revisionist arguments).
International Resource News-March 19, 2012--Warburg Pincus names new managing director(C)1994-2012 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing.co.uk
(CPP), Pomona, Calif., announced it will be recapitalized by Warburg Pincus, New York.