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Intermediate Capital raising $576M

[Posted on July 2, 2009 at 10:39 AM]

Publicly traded buyout shop Intermediate Capital is doing a rights offering that gives shareholders a 75% discount to Wednesday's closing price.
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Gannett endures more paper cuts

[Posted on July 1, 2009 at 10:59 AM]

Gannett's trying to reduce costs and will make between 1,000 and 2,000 job cuts on top of a 10% staff layoff last year.
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Pro athletes find new careers in PE

[Posted on July 1, 2009 at 7:45 AM]

Retired professional athletes such as David Robinson are trying to score in the world of private equity.
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United Airline's debt running on spare parts

[Posted on June 30, 2009 at 3:32 PM]

United Airlines collateralized its $175 million bond offering with spare parts from its planes.
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UBS may be dealing real estate

[Posted on June 30, 2009 at 11:02 AM]

Following a strategy by Citi and AIG recently, UBS is reportedly selling a stake in a Manhattan real estate holding because of its need for cash.
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Could THQ hear MTV Games calling?

[Posted on June 29, 2009 at 12:44 PM]

MTV Games is reportedly plotting acquisitions. Could its recent hiring of a former THQ executive be a hint that a deal could be hatched between THQ and the subsidiary of Viacom?
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Jackson's death test for secondary ticketers

[Posted on June 26, 2009 at 11:58 AM]

The Jackson concert series was already a massive process, and the scramble to get money back will likely to be just as intense.
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Citi forced to close retail ops in Japan

[Posted on June 26, 2009 at 8:21 AM]

Citi's Japanese retail business has to suspend sales activities -- even advertising -- from July 15 to Aug. 14 because of lax money-laundering controls.
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Rocky roads for auto parts makers

[Posted on June 25, 2009 at 3:00 PM]

For some auto parts suppliers, the end of the rocky road of the past couple of years may be over as a few sell off assets.
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Good deeds come back to bite TPG

[Posted on June 24, 2009 at 4:51 PM]

Evidently no good deed goes unpunished -- at least for private equity firm TPG Capital, which often falls flat when playing the role of white knight.
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Baxter, LabCorp do deals as markets backtrack

[Posted on June 23, 2009 at 5:18 PM]

The Dow closed down 16.10, or .19%, to $8322.91 while the Nasdaq finished down 1.27, or .07%, to 1,764.92.
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Small M&A advisory shops losing ground

[Posted on June 23, 2009 at 1:41 PM]

M&A boutique advisory firms lose market share and may contemplate mergers of their own.
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Ad firms waiting for GM's check in the mail

[Posted on June 23, 2009 at 11:48 AM]

Advertising firms will be waiting longer than auto parts suppliers for their checks to come in the mail.
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