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Will Terra Firma get its hands on Jaguar, Land Rover?

[Posted on September 28, 2007 at 12:25 PM]

Guy Hands' buyout firm Terra Firma reportedly has shown interest in Ford Motor Co.'s sale of British marques Jaguar and Land Rover, reported the Financial Times. Despite the credit
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First Sallie Mae, next Archstone?

[Posted on September 27, 2007 at 3:28 PM]

Following Wednesday's bad news about the SLM Corp. buyout, journalists and bloggers are turning their eyes to the $22 billion LBO of apartment REIT Archstone-Smith Trust. The chatter surrounds
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News Flash: Sallie Mae deal dead

[Posted on September 26, 2007 at 3:55 PM]

SLM Corp. issued the following statement Wednesday afternoon: SLM Corporation, commonly known as Sallie Mae, announced today that it has been informed by a representative of the buyer group
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Innovative Deal Financing Conference: Distressed debt

[Posted on September 25, 2007 at 4:38 PM]

In a panel moderated by The Deal's Shanon D. Murray, experts discussed the opportunities and potential pitfalls for distressed debt acquirers. Panelists included Deirdre Martini, a managing director and 
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Innovative Deal Financing Conference: 3i's Bruce Carnegie-Brown

[Posted on September 25, 2007 at 4:18 PM]

The keynote lunch at the Innovative Deal Financing Conference featured The Deal's David Carey interviewing Bruce Carnegie-Brown, a managing partner at 3i Group plc's quoted private equity unit. Beginning
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Innovative Deal Financing Conference: Real estate's role in PE deals

[Posted on September 25, 2007 at 4:08 PM]

A panel moderated by Benjamin Harris, a managing director and head of domestic investments for W.P. Carey & Co. LLC, weighed in on whether real estate is still a
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PE's latest celebrity newcomer

[Posted on September 25, 2007 at 2:55 PM]

Unlike rockstar Bono's entry into private equity, which garnered national and even international attention, National Hockey League star Mike Richter's entry into PE only received interest from peHUB. However,
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Innovative Deal Financing: The credit crunch and the middle market

[Posted on September 25, 2007 at 1:54 PM]

With the financing of megadeals hitting walls, the middle market is bracing for fallout, and with lenders tightening the screws, the effects are being felt by companies and sponsors
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Innovative Deal Financing: The CDO/CLO collapse

[Posted on September 25, 2007 at 12:48 PM]

With the market's appetite for collateralized debt obligation/collateralized loan obligation structures all but vanished, the late-morning panel at The Deal's Innovative Deal Financing Conference discussed where the opportunities for
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Innovative Financing: Is PE's Golden Age over?

[Posted on September 25, 2007 at 8:49 AM]

The opening panel at The Deal’s Innovative Deal Financing conference explored what has become of “private equity’s golden age” in the face of a credit crunch that has brought LBO
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Will Bono take Forbes public?

[Posted on September 24, 2007 at 1:54 PM]

Buyout firm Elevation Partners may be grooming Forbes Media LLC for an IPO or sale, according to the New York Post. Last year, the Forbes family consolidated the namesake
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Update: KKR, Goldman to withdraw from Harman buyout

[Posted on September 21, 2007 at 4:14 PM]

Harman International Industries Inc. said Friday afternoon that buyout firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners plan to walk away from their $8 billion acquisition
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KKR, Goldman to quit Harman buyout

[Posted on September 21, 2007 at 2:23 PM]

Trading in Harman International Industries Inc. shares was halted Friday, and KKR and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners plan to walk away from their $8 billion acquisition of the car
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