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The credit crunch has pretty much brought the private equity industry to a halt: Without access to cheap, readily available, debt with liberal terms, the leveraged buyout shops lack the paper they need to get the deals done.

But the Wall Street Journal reports (subscription required) that some firms are now trying "equity buyouts" or EBOs -- deals that involve taking companies private without the use of debt. With companies available as cheap as they are now, some titans are betting that they can earn excellent returns without the leverage the has historically led to outsized profits.

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