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Gresham to bolster its U.K. star power

Gresham Private Equity is reportedly in exclusive talks on a $40 million carve-out of U.K. talent agency Formation Group.


Blackstone to take Apria private for $1.6B

Home healthcare services provider Apria Healthcare Group Inc. said Thursday it would go private in a deal it valued at $1.6 billon with an affiliate of Blackstone Group LP. ...


Maguire Properties rejects CEO's bid

Maguire Properties Inc.'s special committee says it's still reviewing its strategic alternatives after rejecting a $952 million offer for 75% of the firm from its CEO, chairman and founder Robert Maguire....


BusinessWeek's unnecessary bashing of the Freescale buyout

BusinessWeek's Emily Thornton has made a specialty of bashing private equity for years, and the magazine's April 14 cover story on the LBO of Freescale Semiconductor Inc. certainly continues in that vein: "When a Buyout Goes Bad: First came Freescale's ugly private equity deal. Now the chipmaker has lost its CEO -- and its bearings." ...


BCE buyout: Static from Clear Channel deal

Credit markets appear to be calming down again, but the outlook for the world's largest buyout ever, the C$52 billion ($51.2 billion) acquisition of Montreal-based BCE Inc., seems as clouded as ever....


Litigation shouldn't upset BCE buyout

BCE Inc. said Tuesday an appeals court schedule for litigation over its C$52 billion ($52 billion) leveraged buyout should allow the privatization to close by the end of the second quarter....


PE Pipeline: Big questions for Clear Channel buyout

The big question hanging over the marketing period for the $22.1 billion of debt for the buyout of Clear Channel Communications Inc. by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP is whether the leveraged transaction can make it through the current market and how hard banks will push back to escape debt commitments. The 25-business-day debt marketing period should end about March 26. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Wachovia Bank NA have committed $22.13 billion in financing, including senior secured credit facilities, in...



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