Talecris, a ludicrously large IPO, and the beginning of the end for private equity?

Talecris, a ludicrously large IPO, and the beginning of the end for private equity?

(UPDATED: See below.) Is the air starting to hiss out of the private-equity bubbble? Looking at Talecris Biotherapeutics, a stodgy biotech controlled by private-equity firms Cerberus Capital Management and Ampersand Ventures that filed to raise as much as $1 billion in an initial offering last Friday, you’d… Continue Reading