Carlyle cuts 10% of staff

Carlyle Group is cutting 10% of its staff, the first large US private equity firm to announce firm-wide layoffs as the industry braces for leaner times.

The Washington, DC, buyout shop will cut about 100 of its 1,000-person staff. It is the first firm-wide layoff in Carlyle's 20-year history.

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