[Posted on July 31, 2007 at 1:56 PM]
The Topps Co. on Tuesday said it has rescheduled its special meeting to vote on a proposed $385 million buyout by Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Tornante Co. LLC and Chicago
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[Posted on July 31, 2007 at 1:42 PM]
First Data Corp. said Tuesday that its shareholders had approved a $29 billion take-private of the company by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Over 98% of the votes cast
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[Posted on July 31, 2007 at 12:32 PM]
It is hard to believe the report from AFX News/Thomson Financial's London bureau Tuesday morning that the banks financing the $45 billion buyout of Texas utility TXU Corp., led by
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[Posted on July 30, 2007 at 3:10 PM]
The third-largest U.S. theme park operator Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. issued a press release denying a New York Post report that the company is in talks with investment firm
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[Posted on July 30, 2007 at 2:00 PM]
U.K. buyout shop Apax Partners Worldwide LLP is considering a bid for U.K. media group Emap plc, a source close to the situation confirmed Monday. The person said, however,
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[Posted on July 30, 2007 at 12:26 PM]
Sounds like the same old story but with a slightly different cast of characters. Foot Locker Inc. put itself on the block, again after a disappointing second-quarter sales forecast. The
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[Posted on July 27, 2007 at 1:39 PM]
Outgoing Hilton Hotels Corp. CEO Stephen Bollenbach is set to receive a lofty payout once the mammoth hotelier's $26 billion sale to Blackstone Group LP closes, much to the chagrin
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[Posted on July 27, 2007 at 12:47 PM]
On Friday, Advanced Medical Optics Inc. reaffirmed its $4.23 billion takeover bid for Bausch & Lomb Inc. As reported in Wednesday's arbitrage column in The Deal, Bausch gave AMO
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[Posted on July 27, 2007 at 12:42 PM]
Retailers, buyout shops and investors are getting together their fall wardrobes. Canadian yoga outfitter Lululemon Athletica Inc. priced its initial public offering Thursday at $18 per share, above its latest $15
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[Posted on July 24, 2007 at 3:08 PM]
As buyouts like Thomson Learning, Dollar General Corp. and U.S. Foodservice Inc. come to market, The Deal's Vipal Monga looks at the tightening debt markets forcing the renegotiation of terms,
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[Posted on July 24, 2007 at 3:05 PM]
In The Deal's quarterly M&A review, The Deal's Matt Miller examines the M&A landscape in India, which has virtually nothing to do with Indian companies buying Indian companies, but
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[Posted on July 23, 2007 at 11:33 AM]
If there's one luxury during the summer that every American home should have, it's the air conditioner. And that's what American Standard Cos. is betting on. The Piscataway, N.J.-based
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[Posted on July 20, 2007 at 3:24 PM]
It's been a stellar quarter for private equity firms, according to a report this week by Private Equity Intelligence Ltd. A total of 139 private equity funds closed during the
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