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Private Equity Newsletter — February 17, 2009

This issue includes the article “Economic Stimulus Legislation Provides Deferral of Debt Cancellation Income and Temporary Relief from AHYDO Interest-Deduction Disallowance Rules,” which reports on the economic stimulus legislation, allowing taxpayers to defer most CODI over a 5-year period and temporarily suspending the application of AHYDO rules for new debt issued in exchange for existing debt.