Many private companies prefer to stay private and find alternate sources of capital. Find out what firms have to gain by eschewing the windfall from a flashy IPO.

One-fifth of the companies on this year’s list have ranked among America’s top private corporations for all four decades including Fidelity, Hallmark and Purdue. Still there are a dozen newcomers ...

The growth of private capital is forcing a rethink of the small-cap investment case. High-growth-potential companies are remaining private rather than entering the public market as small-cap stocks, ...

The rapid ascent of prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket is introducing a volatile, real-time, and largely unregulated signal for valuing companies and forecasting performance. This ...

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Morgan Stanley has unveiled plans to acquire EquityZen, a New York-based private shares trading platform, in a move that underscores Wall Street’s growing focus on private markets and the rising ...

Dr. Jackie Meyer is CEO/founder of The Concierge CPA Consulting and TaxPlanIQ, a SaaS tax-planning software for accountants. The sudden shutdown of Bench Accounting at the end of 2024 left thousands ...

The largest private companies on the First Coast generated more $2.4 trillion in combined revenue in 2024, and nearly $7.4 billion locally. Based in the counties of Baker, Duval, Clay, St. Johns, ...

The 10 largest private companies in the Charlotte area generated more than $38 billion in combined revenue in 2024. Based in the 16-county Charlotte region, those businesses employ over 90,000 people ...

Geo Group and CoreCivic reported increased second-quarter earnings over 2024. The country's largest private prison companies are reporting significant profits amid an aggressive push by the Trump ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. When a hurricane or tornado starts to form, your local weather forecasters ...

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When staffing shortages caused the National Weather Service (NWS) to suspend weather balloon ...