Private Equity

A class action claims Bowlero bought up bowling alleys nationwide, raised prices, cut quality, and ruined an American pastime.

Private equity-owned Black Bear Sports Group is buying up youth hockey — and icing out parents who want to record their kids’ games.

Spirit Halloween is robbing the shopping-mall cemetery after private equity sent retailers to an early grave.

Private equity firms systematically bought up and sold out skateboarding companies, killing the counterculture.

Lawmakers quietly added a line that effectively subsidizes Wall Street buying up companies, slashing wages, closing factories, and firing workers.