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Wed 07 Jul 2007Unions look in vain to Brown to tame rampant private equity industryLondon BriefingLess than a week into Gordon Brown's premiership any hopes the trade unions had that Britain's new prime minister might heed their calls to clamp down on the rampant private equity industry already look like they have been dashed.In one of his first announcements as PM Brown has brought together a group of leading business figures to advise him on all business-related issues, including the "long-term productivity and competitiveness of the economy."