IBM-Sun deal may help KKR (Dealscape

If a brewing takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. by IBM Corp. was to actually occur, it would bail out a top private equity firm of a seemingly soured $700 million investment in Sun.

On Wednesday The Wall Street Journal reported that IBM was in talks to buy Sun, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based computer server and software maker, for $6.5 billion in cash. The story cited unnamed sources.

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NOT A SUBSCRIBER? IBM-Sun deal may help KKR Posted on March 19, 2009 9:00 AM If a brewing takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. by IBM Corp. was to actually occur, it would bail out a top private equity firm of a seemingly soured $700 million investment in Sun. On Wednesday The Wall Street Journal reported that IBM was in talks to buy Sun, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based computer server and software maker, for $6.5 billion in cash. The story cited unnamed sources. This is a free preview of the content available in The Deal Pipeline. Subscribers enjoy access to the full story, as well as second-to-none research tools. To request a demo, or, if you are an existing user to The Deal Pipeline, log in to your account, please scroll down and click the button. Dig deeper, with Pipeline. 3,027 articles related to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. 61 articles related to KKR Private Equity Investors LP 29 in-depth reports of Private Equity deals in the Technology sector 11 company pages related to KKR 10 years of news and analysis archives from the voice of The Deal Economy Most searched keywords Deutsche Bank Birds Eye Cadbury AG Agrium Inc. Skadden Arps Revolution Money Tandberg ASA Aisling Capital Ken Lewis Natco		EXISTING USERS Username Password Forget your password? Missing a product?

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