Are you unknowingly supporting Bain?

[dixiegrrrrl]

I was shocked at finding out how many companies and businesses were owned and/or controlled by Bain.

Here is the partial list, thanks to Wiki:

Since inception it has invested in or acquired hundreds of companies including
AMC Entertainment, Aspen Education Group,
Brookstone, Burger King, Burlington Coat Factory,
Clear Channel Communications,
Domino's Pizza, DoubleClick, Dunkin' Donuts, D&M Holdings,
Guitar Center,
Hospital Corporation of America (HCA),
Sealy, The Sports Authority, Staples,
Toys "R" Us,
Warner Music Group and The Weather Channel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bain_Capital

[Quantess]

1. AMC as in movie theaters?

[siligut]

4. Yes, Loews theaters and more

Heavy into media, working off the belief that the pen is mightier than the sword. They have been planning this for some time.

[orwell]

2. Nice to know I'm Bain free...n/t

[ananda]

7. I'm either Bain free or very close to it.

I do have basic cable and internet from T-W.
Is that connected to Bain?

We have Alamo Drafthouse here so I don't
have to use AMC theaters.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Dunkin' Donuts again!

Last I'd heard, they were owned by the Carlyle Group, which is another nest of vipers I purposely avoid patronizing.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Bain has worked closely with Carlyle Group in joint buyouts of companies

so it is possible that Dunkin donuts is owned by both evil partners.

Bain also partners with Goldman Sachs to do buyouts.

[a kennedy]

5. D*mn ...... the Weather Channel??

shoot.....well, not watching that again. Ugh.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. I know..weird, eh?

Found myself wondering how they make money from the TWC....

My online weather source is Weather Underground, started by Jeff Masters.
http://www.wunderground.com/

[HopeHoops]

6. Not anymore. Toys "R" Us perhaps, but not often. Just for Lego now.

[dkf]

9. You are missing Gymboree and Houghton Mifflin

It also says D & M is Denon & Marantz electronics but I thought Denon was Japanese?

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. Global commerce these days, don'tcha know.

Looks like they want to own everything, eventually.

[MrScorpio]

12. I like BK

So, shoot me.

[emilyg]

13. Went to BK last night. Yummy