In the landscape of telecommunications, Windstream Corp.'s purchase of business services provider NuVox Inc. earlier in November may have an influence that is larger than its $643 million price...
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Technology supplier GSI Group Inc. filed Chapter 11 on Friday morning with a deal in place to hand over a majority of its common shares to noteholders. The debtor's...
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Hellman & Friedman LLC's Gartmore Group Ltd. plans to hold an initial public offering in London next month as its San Francisco parent seeks to take advantage of the...
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London- and New York-based private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners LP said Friday it raised about $700 million to start a commercial lending institution in London to provide finance...
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Vivendi SA gave the clearest indication yet that it wants to sell its 20% stake in NBC Universal Inc. when CFO Philippe Capron said the French company didn't want...
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The House Financial Services Committee inched Thursday toward a late-evening vote on a measure that would reduce the number of firms required to cover the costs of winding down...
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Vector Capital Corp.'s latest attempt to buy in the minority shareholders of Corel Corp. has run into a hurdle in the form of a blocking position. Vector holds 68.3%...
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The Dutch government said Thursday it would spend another €4.4 billion ($6.6 billion) buying equity in the Dutch operations of ABN Amro Bank NV to pave the way for its...
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Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee Thursday pleaded with the panel's Democratic chairman to slow his timetable for moving financial overhaul legislation. Despite widespread opposition among their ranks to...
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After twice reorganizing through bankruptcy protection in 1999 and 2003, Penn Traffic Co. has made a return trip to Chapter 11, this time intending to sell its assets. The...
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The House Financial Services Committee approved a contentious proposal late Wednesday that aims to give the government new power to break up large financial firms that pose a potential...
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J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Cazenove Group Ltd. on Thursday said they've agreed to dissolve their U.K. investment banking joint venture in a £1 billion ($1.7 billion) deal...
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Blackstone Group LP portfolio company Pinnacle Foods Group LLC will buy Birds Eye Foods Inc. for $2 billion in cash and assumed debt, it announced Thursday. Rochester, N.Y.-based Birds...
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