1.   Boston is home to a host of privately held investment firms that are likely to be sold off as their owners near retirement.

2.   -- Permitting taxpayers to create and invest in privately held pension-worthy investments.

3.   By Carol Emert McKESSON -- McKesson signs a definitive agreement to divest Millbrook Distribution Services Inc. to R.A.B. Holdings, Inc., a privately held investment group.

4.   Continental will buy the stake in the Pacific Rim airline from United Micronesia Development Association Inc., a closely held investment firm.

5.   Dallas-based Hicks Muse is a closely held investment fund that has been aggressively buying radio and television companies.

6.   Gotham is a closely held investment partnership whose clients include the billionaire Ziff family.

7.   Hicks, Muse is a privately held investment firm that specializes in buying other companies.

8.   It would be the largest purchase yet for Hicks Muse, a closely held investment firm.

9.   Lehman is a privately held investment group based in Washington.

10.   New York-based Cortec is a closely held investment company that makes controlling investments in middle-market manufacturing and distribution businesses.