Mitt Romney and William Bain Jr. at Bain's offices in 1990. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Forget taxes, gun rights and gay marriage. The new hot-button campaign issue is private equity.

Before Mitt Romney retired from Bain Capital, the enormously profitable investment firm he founded, he made sure to lock in his gains, both realized and expected, for years to come.

Shortly after Mitt Romney resigned from Bain Capital in 1999 to run the Olympics in Salt Lake City, potential investors received a prospectus touting the extraordinary profits earned by the ...

Mitt Romney's rivals this week intensified their attacks over business failures that happened on his watch at the investment firm Bain Capital.But even the successes touted by Romney's campaign ...

Boston Globe / Bain Capital. By . Christopher Robbins. Published Dec 19, 2011. Modified Dec 19, 2011. Share We rely on ... It's no secret that Mitt Romney is a wealthy man, ...

Shortly after Mitt Romney took a leave of absence from Bain Capital to run the Olympics in February 1999, he made a trip to Palm Beach, Fla. The firm Romney founded was meeting to celebrate its ...

The bombshell report by the Boston Globe that Mitt Romney may have remained in charge of Bain Capital for three years after he claimed to have left has the potential to destroy Romney's credibility.

Rivals Attack Mitt Romney's Record At Bain Capital : It's All Politics The Republican presidential candidate has claimed that the private equity firm he founded helped to create more than 100,000 ...

July 18, 2012 -- intro: While candidates and pundits bicker over the exact date that Mitt Romney handed over the reins at Bain Capital, Americans across the country do not have to do much ...

Bain Capital has a knack for throwing big toy retailers into bankruptcy. The buyout firm founded by Mitt Romney — which got slammed this week by the Chapter 11 filing of Toys ‘R’ Us — also ...

Mitt Romney's critics on both the left and right are attacking him over his time at investment firm Bain Capital. Obama adviser David Axelrod and the Newt Gingrich–aligned super PAC Winning Our ...