Posts related to ‘APO’

Hostess Close to Deal for Twinkies

Posted: January 29, 2013 at 12:16 pm

A deal worth more than $400 million may be on the table as soon as tomorrow for Hostess Twinkies and other of the bankrupt Hostess Brands Inc.’s popular snack food ...
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Private Equity Better Than Stocks for Your Money (APO, BX, CG, KKR)

Posted: December 20, 2012 at 11:25 am

Private equity took a bit of a bruising on its image during the presidential election in 2012. This sector of the financial services market was basically portrayed as the modern-day robber ...
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Media Digest (11/27/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT

Posted: November 27, 2012 at 6:22 am

Eurozone and International Monetary Fund officials set a deal for Greece. (Reuters) Privacy groups ask Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) to change new privacy policies. (Reuters) Investors sue Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: ...
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McGraw-Hill Education Division Sold

Posted: November 26, 2012 at 10:59 am

The education division of The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. (NYSE: MHP) has been sold to subsidiaries of Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) for $2.5 billion the company announced this morning. ...
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BHP Dumps Canadian Diamond Mine

Posted: November 13, 2012 at 10:56 am

Diamond company Harry Winston Diamond Corp. (NYSE: HWD) has agreed to purchase the Ekati diamond mine from the Canadian subsidiary of BHP Billiton PLC (NYSE: BHP) for $500 million. BHP ...
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Apollo Global Management Swings to a Q3 Profit

Posted: November 9, 2012 at 7:58 am

Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) this morning said it swung to a third-quarter profit from a year-ago net loss as its total assets under management rose 69%. The company ...
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Huge IPO Debuts for Shutterstock and Realogy

Posted: October 11, 2012 at 10:09 am

Shutterstock Inc. (NYSE: SSTK) and Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY) have both debuted with strong openings on the day for each of the initial public offerings. In fact, both rose by double-digits ...
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Berry Is Another Blast Against Apollo (APO, BERY, PSP)

Posted: October 4, 2012 at 1:36 pm

The IPO market may have several winners that are up 50%, 100%, or more from their summer IPO prices, but the IPO game for Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) ...
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Best Buy Still a Buyout Target

Posted: October 3, 2012 at 8:09 am

Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is still a buyout candidate. That is what Reuters has said in a report. Founder Richard Schulze and four named private equity firms have ...
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DuPont Sells Paint Unit, Will Cut “Overhead” Later (DD, CG, APO, KKR, SYT)

Posted: August 30, 2012 at 8:38 am

Following a months-long auction process, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (NYSE: DD) has agreed to sell its performance coating unit (DPC) to the Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) for ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMD, AXP, APO, BPI, COF, LNG, CQP, JCP, LTD, LNKD, MM, NWSA, NCT, NTRS, LUV, STT, AMTD, TIVO, TROW, TSN, AAPL, PCX, ANR, CNX)

Posted: July 10, 2012 at 8:23 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. Advanced Micro Devices. Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Maintained Neutral and cut target ...
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