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"It was hard enough for Bain to enter this investment, but imagine how much harder an exit could be, " said one private equity dealmaker.

From just a small company, it grew to open new offices in London, Munich, San Francisco, Tokyo and other countries.

Not quite the bold front-door takeover that Bain had envisioned for the NHL, but the backdoor seems to be working just fine for the NBA.

Mr. Chen's departure is seen as a potential blow to U. S. private-equity firm Bain Capital, which had a strong alliance with Mr. Chen.

However, people familiar with the matter discount the notion that there were steps Bain could have taken to get the transaction approved.

And while Mr. Huang was a wild card, Bain knew it had the support of the new chairman, Mr. Chen, as well as the board.

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Though Mr. Romney has had no role in Bain's operations since 1999, his fortune is still closely linked to the company.

At GOME's annual general meeting Tuesday, he effectively voted Bain-backed directors off the company's board.

Graham Elton, a partner of Bain & Company in London, leads Bain's European media practice.

Investors might reward a firm for firing people as it combines with a recently bought company, says Bain &Co. research.

"They had threatened Opec that they would act, so they perhaps felt they had to go ahead with it, " added Ms Bain.

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That Bain now has a substantial equity stake in the company is a welcome byproduct of the recent shenanigans.

Bain Capital plans a new $2bn-$2. 5bn fund for Asia, primarily focusing on China, according to people familiar with the matter.

After being shown five photos of potential suspects, the victim picked out one of Bain, the police report said.

Huang tried to foil Bain's attempt to increase its stake in the company in August 2009, by taking part in a rights offering from prison.

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Lawyers, lobbyists and others familiar with Cfius say early errors by Bain contributed to its failure to win approval.

The Bain report's findings on investment immigration were greeted with a mixture of envy, exasperation and cynicism online.

Bain's investment in 2009 was an unusually chancy move, given the uncertainty surrounding Mr. Huang.

Roth said earnings before interest, taxes and amortization has increased about 25% since the toy chain was bought by Vornado, KKR and Bain.

Bain Capital, the US private equity fund, is in talks to divest the north Asian business of Outback Steakhouse, a global restaurant chain.

Bain and KKR are among five bidders still negotiating with the company.

were the Bain trio to be removed, it would have triggered an immediate penalty of $352m.

To transmit the message, Bain used metal pinsarranged on a cylinder made of insulating material.

At that level, Bain estimates, automakers could sell as many as 175, 000 electrics a year in the U. S. alone.

Bain, a US private equity firm, was prepared to divest 3Com's Tipping Point unit, which sells security software to the government.

He also served as a well-known management consulting firm Bain & CEO, and investment company founded Bain Capital.

Tellingly, Bain & Co's annual study of the luxury industry this week avoided specific forecasts for 2012.

"Earnings guidance causes more problems than it solves, " says Rob Markey, a partner at the management consultants Bain &Company.

We regularly beat Bain and McKinseyfor deals, helping boardrooms from around the world develop China strategies.

Interestingly enough, Bain was formed by a group of consultants, who were Boston Consulting Group partners.

Finding the right job applicant to fill a vacancy is never easy. Julie Bain looks at the pros and cons of different recruitment methods.

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He brought in Boston-based Bain Capital as an investor, and hired McKinsey & Co. to chart a new strategy for Gome.

Bain & Company: Yet another management consulting firm, with global head office located in Boston, Massachusetts, US.

Dealmakers believe Bain is in pole position, given its close relationship with Huawei.

The sale attracted interest from several Chinese and foreign buyers, including Blackstone, Carlyle and Bain Capital.

Sources close to the situation said that Bain Capital, the US private equity company, had made an offer late last month.

Among the deals in the works, Bain Capital is buying outstanding shares in Nasdaq-listed China Fire & Security Inc. for $9. 00 each.

If victory means kicking out the interlopers, Bain will have its hands full for some time.

In 2002 it was sold to a consortium of private-equity investors: TPG, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs.

This deal is a useful "half step" forward for Pfizer, says Charles Farkas of Bain, a consultancy, but no more.

Mister Obama has dismissed Mister Romney's claim that his years at Bain make him the right person to fix the economy.

Bain was 19 when he was convicted on charges of kidnapping, burglary and strong-arm rape. He received a life sentence.

In 2002 it was sold to a group of private-equity investors: TPG, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs.

The investment was fraught with risk, given that nobody could ascertain whether Mr Huang was happy with Bain's involvement.

You can say this for the former Massachusetts governor and Bain Capital executive: He is opening up new frontiers in American politics.

Barrie Bain, at Fertecon, a consultancy, says: "It is a classic oligopoly with a handful of major suppliers. "

But I remember something that Mitt Romney told me at Bain.

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Bain Capital has bolstered its team of operational experts from about 10 to 40 since the start of the decade.

Recent research by Bain & Company found that most Indian companies at no point discuss how chief executives will be appointed.

The cost of unused plant capacity could hurt profits and reduce the advantages of producing in China, Bain said in a November report.

TPG and Bain have become the latest victims of allegations of accounting irregularities at an Asian company.

In May, he briefly succeeded in removing three directors from the board including Jonathan Zhu, co-head of Asia for Bain.

Bain is Gome's second-largest shareholder, with a nearly 10% stake, after Mr. Huang, who owns about 32%.

Bain, which won three seats on GOME's board Tuesday, now owns a 9. 98% stake in the company.

The particular circumstances surrounding Bain's dealings with Gome and Mr. Huang are unique.

Tim van Biesen of Bain, a consultancy, believes that patients will need some kind of financial incentive to use smart pills.

As part of the agreement Bain Capital will nominate three non-executive directors to Gome's 11-person board.

However, the recession has changed consumer behaviour, said Bain: "There is a need to justify the premium price. Brand is not enough. "

Bain will bring on first-years numbering in the 'mid-hundreds' this summer, drawing from a core of 25 business programs, Mr. Howorth said.

Bain Capital eclipsed Kohlberg Kravis Robertsand Warburg Pincus, two US private equity rivals, in the battle to become Gome's partner.

Indeed, a projected 12% increase in 2009 luxury-goods sales in mainland China could partly offset declines elsewhere, Bain projects.

Since then, Cosmos has received more offers, one of which has been more generous than Bain's.

Bain will be able to vote its new shareholding in the Sept. 28 meeting.

But, according to Bain, the top reason for shopping abroad remains cost: China slaps high import levies on luxury goods.

TPG, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs still own a sizeable stake in BK, despite listing it on the New York Stock Exchange in 2006.

"The Italian banks are much stronger than they look, " says Paolo Bordogna of Bain &Co, a consultancy that has worked with several.

GOME survived that loss and now has arranged a capital raising and investment from Bain Capital of US$418 million.

Both Bain and TPG have already contacted their investors to inform them of the situation.

Bain Capital, another private equity investor, had also pursued the deal.

In April, Bain and TPG, another private-equity firm, bought a stake in Lilliput Kidswear, a children's apparel company in India.

"Many luxury players are now investing heavily in collections and store formats that target men, " according to Bain.

Industrywide, Bain said orders for fall and winter 2011 are up, as retailers restock depleted inventories.

Bain Capital will also get the right to nominate three seats on the 11-strong board.

Altogether, yuan funds are in the process of raising some $25 billion worth of capital, estimates Bain & Co. , the consulting firm.

Under the offering, Bain gained just a 0. 2% stake.

"The first thing you have to do is to protect and strengthen the core, " says Bain's Mr Rigby.

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Bain found that, among those with net worth above $15m, 27 per cent have already completed immigration formalities to jump ship.

Some funds, such as Bain Capital and TPG Capital, have allowed investors to recall some of their capital commitments.

Bain thinks the first half of this year will also look grim.

Earlier this month, consulting firm Bain & Co. surveyed 1, 834 business professionals world-wide on gender parity in the workplace.

On a firm wide level, Armacost adds, Bain has imbued its culture with reinforcers.

This May, he brought in Bain as an investor.

Bain said orders for fall and winter 2011 are up, as retailers restock depleted inventories.

That was a lesson learnt too late by Bain Capital.

The good news, as Bain points out, is that some managers still have plenty of "dry powder" left, having raised funds in the boom years.

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Think Park Avenue, but with tennis whites and Bain de Soleil.

Larry Zhu is a partner of Bain & Company's in Shanghai office.

KKR, Bain and Blackstone all declined to comment.

Bain could, feasibly, even end up with the Chinese assets its wants at a lower price.

Amid the infighting, Bain has adopted a low profile.

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Bain's challenge looks formidable.

"It's a huge market not only for Bain but for many advisors, " says Philip Leung, a Bain partner in Shanghai.

Jonathan Zhu, head of China for Bain, brushed aside fears.

Bain, which was advised in Washington by Akin Gump, declined to comment on its initial assessment of the deal.

For now, Bain will be hoping that Mr. Huang chooses to take to heart the words of Sun Tzu.

"I'm not angry, " James Bain, 54, told reporters after a brief hearing in Bartow, Florida.

Between 2007 and 2009, according to Bain, China's healthcare market outgrew the global market by a factor of more than four.

Bain predicts that luxury-sector sales will rise 3. 5% world-wide next year, down from 6% this year at constant exchange rates.

Bain traditionally charges a 2% annual management fee and 30% carried interest, both of which are higher than the industry standard.

Bain's stake would have been as much as 23. 5% if Mr. Huang hadn't participated in the offering. Mr.

A new report from Bain &Company, a consultancy, predicts that the luxury-goods market may shrink by 3-7% during 2009.

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Both Bain and Gome declined to comment.

Mr Obama wouldn't be the first to make hay with Mr Romney's time at Bain Capital.

It isn't the first time Mr. Huang has surprised Bain with his feistiness.

Bain predicts that China will become the third-largest luxury market in the world within five years.

China is set to become the world's third biggest luxury market in five years time, according to Bain.

Bain wasn't available for comment.

Sales of all luxury goods are expected to decline 15% this year, according to consulting firm Bain & Co.

Bain declined to comment on the feud.

Bain predicts 10% growth for this year.

Mr. Huang has also voiced his disaffection over Mr. Chen bringing in foreign investors such as Bain.

"I think the growth rates there are very attractive and it is a very underpenetrated market, " Bain said.

But even after Bain converts all its bonds in 2016, Mr Huang will be left with almost 30 per cent.

Indeed, almost anything that could go wrong for the industry last year did so, as a recent report from Bain, a consultancy, makes clear.

Bain and TPG invested $60m and $26m respectively into Lilliput in April 2010.

It also has the second largest online advertising market in the world after the US, according to consultancy Bain.

Revenue in the luxury-goods industry may fall by 3-7% this year according to Bain, a consulting firm.

Bain couldn't be reached for comment.

Global sales of luxury goods will reach 185 billion euros ($254 billion) in 2011, according to consultants Bain & Co.

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Bain controls 9. 98%.

In 2005, private equity firm Bain Capital offered to buy all 30 National Hockey League teams for $3. 5 billion.

Still, Bain raised some red flags in light of the slight decline in luxury sales in China last year.

According to Bain, men spent 7 billion yuan ($1. 1 billion) on their wardrobes, far more than the 2. 8 billion spent by women.

A study of 3, 300 employees last year by consulting firm Bain & Co. found similar results.

In China, sales of luxury goods are expected to reach $14. 6bn by 2014, according to Bain, the consultancy.

China Merchants Bank, in a report jointly prepared with Bain Consulting, says there were 300, 000 such customers in China last year.

Mr Huang published a letter attacking the move to bring in Bain.

Chinese sales surged 20% to 9. 2 billion ($12. 16 billion) last year, according to consulting firm Bain & Co.

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