Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Conker

A handful of young technology companies are expected to kick off the market for initial public offerings in the third quarter on a hopeful note.Demand for IPOs was volatile during the second quarter as economic uncertainty weighed on stock markets, and numerous companies canceled IPOs or slashed prices. But a couple debuts had blowout first trading days, including options exchange CBOE Holdings Inc. and electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc.This week's new listings include private equity firm...Read Full Story

A handful of young technology companies are expected to kick off the market for initial public offerings in the third quarter on a hopeful note.Demand for IPOs was volatile during the second quarter as economic uncertainty weighed on stock markets, and numerous companies canceled IPOs or slashed prices. But a couple debuts had blowout first trading days, including options exchange CBOE Holdings Inc. and electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc.This week's new listings include private equity firm...Read Full Story

Shares of KKR & Co., the parent of private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, are finally trading on the New York Stock Exchange, three years after the company initially sought a U.S. listing.The company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week that it would register 204.9 million common units worth about $1.93 billion, and said it may later raise about $500 million in a share offering.KKR & Co. LP first filed to list its shares in the U.S. in July 2007, hoping...Read Full Story

KKR & Co. LP, the parent of private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts said Friday that it plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.KKR originally sought a U.S. public listing in July 2007, hoping to raise up to $1.25 billion, after competitor Blackstone Group LP raised $4.75 billion in an initial public offering. Blackstone trades on the NYSE.KKR shelved those plans due to the financial crisis. It withdrew its original plans for an IPO in June 2009.Instead, KKR merged with...Read Full Story

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co <KKR.UL> posted a substantial loss in 2008 as the global economic downturn took its toll on the firm's investments.KKR lost $1.19 billion before taxes last year, compared with pre-tax economic net income of about $815 million in 2007, according to a presentation by the private equity firm on Sunday."Economic net income" generally excludes the impact of income taxes, noncash charges related to vesting of equity-based compensation...Read Full Story