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Moody's recently ranked Boston-based Bain Capital - where Pagliuca serves as a managing director - the fifth-worst major private-equity firm in terms of buying businesses and saddling them with risky debts.

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. , the worlda s biggest seller of outdoor advertising, plans to sell $750 million of bonds this week to help refinance money owed by its parent, as borrowing costs for high-yield, high-risk companies fall to the lowest in two years.

Deval Patrick . Unsuccessful U.S. Senate candidates Alan Khazei and Stephen Pagliuca have ruled out runs for the Corner Office - but left open the door to other future political bids.

Investors pick up beaten-down broadcasters. The jubilant rally in corporate credit looked like it was going to pass by radio and television broadcasters, those old media companies dependent on advertising dollars.

Apple is in talks to acquire Lala, a Palo Alto, CA-based online music service backed by Bellevue, WA-based Ignition Partners and Boston-based Bain Capital Ventures, according to Bloomberg and CNET , which each cite anonymous sources.

While most observers would be hard-pressed to come up with significant differences between the four Democrats running for the U.S. Senate, the candidates have revealed some areas for voters to distinguish them.

Bloomberg is reporting that Apple is close to purchasing Lala , an online music service that lets your hear a song once for free before purchasing it.

Apple Inc. , maker of the iPod and iTunes music software, is in talks to acquire online music service Lala, according to two people familiar with the matter.

AGE: 54; born Jan. 16, 1955. EDUCATION: B.A. from Duke University, 1977, Harvard Law School, 1982.

Quintiles is going to sell $400 million in unsecured notes to "provide a return on investment" to shareholders and also is setting up a new holding company parent for the privately held life sciences services and investment company.

Job growth and health care are key issues Steve Pagliuca is pushing as he campaigns for the United States Senate seat.

Bain Capital agreed to acquire Citigroup's Japanese call centre operator BellSystem24 for 100 billion yen as part of its growth strategy.

Dutch company Sensata Technologies, owned by private equity investor Bain Capital, filed Wednesday for an initial public offering of up to $500 million.

Sensata Technologies Holding BV, a vendor of sensors and controls used in the automotive and aerospace industries, has filed for an IPO that would raise $500 million.

STEPHEN PAGLIUCA'S run for the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy has stirred up memories of the bitter 1994 challenge for the seat by Mitt Romney.

A question about the Celtics seems inevitable as Stephen Pagliuca makes stops along the campaign trail that leads him from one end of the state to the other.

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Every politician knows one can't-miss campaign strategy this year: Run against Wall Street and America's big banks.

Bain Capital today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Citigroup Inc.'s controlling stake in Japan's leading call center operator, BELLSYSYTEM24, in a tender offer valuing the company at approximately 100 billion yen .

Bain Capital LLC said it agreed to acquire Bellsystem24 Inc., Japana s biggest telemarketing firm, from Citigroup Inc.