Deals of the day — mergers and acquisitions
Posted by admin on 21 May 2013 4:01 pm. Filed under privateEquity.
(Adds Sprint Nextel, Dish Network, DBS Group, France Telecom, Natixis, Alere Inc, EDF and others)
Sony to assess spin-off proposal for entertainment business – Nikkei
Posted by admin on 21 May 2013 3:57 pm. Filed under privateEquity.
May 22 (Reuters) - Sony Corp is considering evaluating a proposal from top shareholder Third Point LLC to spin off part of its movie and music business, Japanese daily Nikkei reported.
CORRECTED-Deals of the day — mergers and acquisitions
Posted by admin on 21 May 2013 2:21 pm. Filed under privateEquity.
(Corrects Seven West Media Ltd item to show that KKR has not yet sold the stake. Also corrects value of stake.)
EU mergers and takeovers (May 21)
Posted by admin on 21 May 2013 1:43 pm. Filed under privateEquity.
BRUSSELS, May 21 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
Private equity, top traders mull $1 bln commodity venture
Posted by admin on 21 May 2013 1:35 pm. Filed under privateEquity.
UPDATE 2-KKR selling remaining stake in Seven West Media
Posted by admin on 21 May 2013 11:54 am. Filed under privateEquity.
UPDATE 1-Activist investor wants Alere to explore $2.5 bln unit sale -sources
Posted by admin on 21 May 2013 10:37 am. Filed under privateEquity.
NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - An activist investor in Alere Inc wants the health diagnostics and services company to explore a sale of its drug testing business, which it believes could fetch as much...
Activist investor wants Alere to explore $2.5 bln unit sale -sources
Posted by admin on 21 May 2013 9:59 am. Filed under privateEquity.
NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - An activist investor in Alere Inc wants the health diagnostics and services company to explore a sale of its drug testing business, which it believes could fetch as much...
UPDATE 1-Royal Mail profit soars before privatisation
Posted by admin on 21 May 2013 7:24 am. Filed under privateEquity.
LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Mail more than doubled annual profit on the back of an online shopping boom, providing a timely boost as it plans for a stock market listing this year.
STXNEWS LATAM-GP Investments buys stake in Swiss fund Apen for $33 mln -filing
Posted by admin on 21 May 2013 7:03 am. Filed under privateEquity.
GP Investments Ltd, the largest Latin American private equity firm, agreed on Tuesday to buy a 26.7 percent stake in Swiss investment Fund company Apen Ltd for $33 million as it seeks to expand the...
