[Posted on June 12, 2008 at 5:18 PM]
After weeks of buzz, InBev SA said June 11 it had put forth an offer for Anheuser-Busch Cos. of $65 per share, or nearly $46.3 billion. But according to
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[Posted on June 12, 2008 at 12:50 PM]
Clear Channel Communications Inc. will hold a shareholder meeting July 24 to vote on its revised, multibillon-dollar leveraged buyout by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP. If
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[Posted on June 11, 2008 at 9:00 AM]
It seems we've hit the latest wave of airline bankruptcies, driven by sky-high oil prices and an economic downturn. April was particularly dark and May was cloudy, but June will
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[Posted on June 11, 2008 at 8:00 AM]
The Boston Celtics are up 2-1 over the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA finals, but some dealmakers are looking elsewhere.
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[Posted on June 10, 2008 at 11:34 AM]
Madrona Venture Group and Islamic Buyout Fund are the latest to announce new investment vehicles.
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[Posted on June 10, 2008 at 9:34 AM]
The books have gone out on Tribune Co.'s Chicago Cubs and we know that at least Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is interested. Meanwhile, the state of Illinois' attempt to
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[Posted on June 10, 2008 at 8:42 AM]
Kicking off the week of May 12, the $1.3 billion take-private of Cumulus Media Inc. bit the dust after its would-be buyers (chairman, president and CEO Lew Dickey and Merrill
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[Posted on June 9, 2008 at 2:37 PM]
A shareholder suit and a heated exchange between Yahoo! Inc. chairman Roy Bostock and activist investor Carl Icahn are the latest repercussions since Microsoft Corp. pulled its $47.5 billion bid
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[Posted on June 9, 2008 at 1:42 PM]
The credit crunch has had an impact not only on pending leveraged buyouts, but now it's affecting the portfolio companies of private equity firms. For some companies, this means write-downs
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[Posted on June 9, 2008 at 8:00 AM]
"With its information memorandum finally set for release this week, Reed Business Information promises to give media M&A a highly anticipated reality check. But the word is RBI's Anglo-Dutch parent,
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[Posted on June 6, 2008 at 4:55 PM]
It has been widely reported that General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal Inc., along with Blackstone Group LP and Bain Capital, is one of two front-runners in the auction for Landmark
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[Posted on June 6, 2008 at 4:00 PM]
The saga of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc.'s $2 billion bid for its rival wages on. The nagging question: Will EA raise its offer? Kicking off June,
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[Posted on June 6, 2008 at 3:35 PM]
Sam Zell's first deal since taking Tribune Co. private in an $8.2 billion deal in December, came May 12 -- the sale of Long Island, N.Y., paper Newsday, to Cablevision
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