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Mitt Romney’s Bain problem: private equity has bad rap with public

The Christian Science Monitor: Private Equity President?

By Mark Trumbull,

Staff writer posted May 22, 2012 at 6:48 pm EDT

Mitt Romney bills his business background as a major selling point for his presidential candidacy, but a recent attack ad by President Obama exposes a challenge for the Republican: Mr. Romney’s background wasn’t in any old form of business.