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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Have Not Had an Update in Recent Months from Kanas Regional Extension Center

Mr. Mike Aldridge (Regional Extension Center Director) and his team are doing some very innovative things in that region of the country...my old stomping grounds.

http://www.kfmc.org/rec/

The Virginia Regional Extension Center is Alive and Well

I met with the leadership of the VHIT organization a number of weeks ago and they are a group that is on the ball and ready to roll...very talented folks!

http://vhitrec.org/

Thursday, March 24, 2011

HCA Capital Division is looking for a Director of Project Management

HCA Capital Division is looking for a Director of Project Management.

To apply for Division Project Director – Capital Division position please click on this link http://hca.rightjobonline.com and enter in job # 25475-3942. 

Please complete an online application and upload a current Word version of your resume.

Monday, March 14, 2011

HCA: The Biggest PE-Backed IPO Evah, and Other Stats

By Stephen Grocer
The launch of the largest private-equity backed IPO in the U.S. history got off to a good start.  HCA went public today and hospital operator’s stock opened at $31.20 a share on the New York Stock Exchange, up 4% from the initial public offering price of $30.

– The three largest private equity-backed IPOs on record have happened this year. After HCA, Kinder Morgan raised $3.3 billion last month and Nielsen raised $1.9 billion in January, according to Dealogic.

– HCA joins General Motors as the only two IPOs to have nine bookrunners since Thomson Reuters began tracking the data in 1985.

– Goldman Sachs Group leads the year-to-date ranking of U.S. IPO underwriters by the dollar volume of deals handed with $2.7 billion, or 21.9% of the market, according to Thomson Reuters.

– Carlyle Group is behind three of the top four IPOs to date, for a combined $9.4 billion. KKR has backed two that have raised a combined $5.7 billion, according to Dealogic.

– So far this year the U.S. accounts 92% of PE-backed IPOs. It held a 51% market share through the same period last year.

– U.S. IPO activity totals $12.5 billion for the year to date, the strongest start for U.S. IPOs since 2000 and six times IPO activity last year at this time.

–Five of the top 10 U.S. IPOs this year are private-equity backed. PE-backed IPOs have raised $10.4 billion–accounting for 83% overall activity this year.

– By proceeds raised, the NYSE has claimed 94% of the U.S. market this year. By number of deals, NYSE has 11 listings, while Nasdaq has 10, according to Thomson Reuters.

Below is a list of the largest PE-backed IPOs both globally and in the U.S.