Cerberus
noun
Cer·ber·us
ˈsər-b(ə-)rəs 
: a 3-headed dog that in Greek mythology guards the entrance to Hades
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That said, private investment giant Cerberus owns a hefty 30% of Albertsons.
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Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
The company started buying up Massachusetts hospitals in 2010, with hundreds of millions of dollars in backing from private equity giant Cerberus,
Cerberus shed its stake in Steward by January 2021, after making an $800 million profit in a decade, according to a report from Bloomberg.
—Pat Milton, CBS News, 11 July 2024
Since 2011, records show, CSMA and Cerberus Sfr Holdings have spent more than $50 million on the purchase of about 540 rental properties dotting Kansas City’s landscape.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
The uncorroborated story immediately pops up on Cerberus behind a paywall, proving that users are paying to receive inaccurate information, and the company is profiting from it.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 9 May 2024
The company’s former owner, private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, transferred the ownership of Steward Health Care’s hospitals to its doctors in May 2020.
—Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
The Steward saga began in 2010, when the Archdiocese of Boston sold its Caritas Christi Health Care system to New York investment firm Cerberus Capital Management.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
Despite the struggle of British pubs, Morgan Stanley and Cerberus may spy an opportunity to pick up a host of U.K. real estate premises on the cheap, perhaps converting them into residential spaces.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2023
In the mid-two-thousands, Cerberus began buying up gun companies, consolidating production of what had been a fractured industry and bringing down costs through scale.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
The company started buying up Massachusetts hospitals in 2010, with hundreds of millions of dollars in backing from private equity giant Cerberus,
Cerberus shed its stake in Steward by January 2021, after making an $800 million profit in a decade, according to a report from Bloomberg.
—Pat Milton, CBS News, 11 July 2024
Since 2011, records show, CSMA and Cerberus Sfr Holdings have spent more than $50 million on the purchase of about 540 rental properties dotting Kansas City’s landscape.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
The uncorroborated story immediately pops up on Cerberus behind a paywall, proving that users are paying to receive inaccurate information, and the company is profiting from it.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 9 May 2024
The company’s former owner, private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, transferred the ownership of Steward Health Care’s hospitals to its doctors in May 2020.
—Madeline Nguyen, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
The Steward saga began in 2010, when the Archdiocese of Boston sold its Caritas Christi Health Care system to New York investment firm Cerberus Capital Management.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
Despite the struggle of British pubs, Morgan Stanley and Cerberus may spy an opportunity to pick up a host of U.K. real estate premises on the cheap, perhaps converting them into residential spaces.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2023
In the mid-two-thousands, Cerberus began buying up gun companies, consolidating production of what had been a fractured industry and bringing down costs through scale.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
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“Cerberus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cerberus. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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