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World Service,08 Feb 2012,18 mins

Private equity under attack

Business Daily

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How the US election battle has intensified the controversy over private equity. Charles Elson, head of the Weinberg Centre for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware explains why private equity bosses are under attack. The BBC's Jamie Robertson looks at the story of one private equity-run company in the UK. Plus the former boss of Ikea, Anders Dahlvig worries about the future for the company after its founder is gone.

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