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Payments company Billtrust said it has agreed to sell itself to private equity firm EQT in an all-cash deal worth $1.7 billion.
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The Carlyle Group LP (NASDAQ: CG) is set to diversify its private equity business by purchasing TCW (Trust Company of the West) from Societe Generale. Whether this is a full buyout or a majority...
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Source: ThinkstockPrivate equity backers are generally eager to take profits when they can, particularly after they have brought a portfolio company back to the stock market. After all initial public...
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If you live in a city or state where the local economy is dependent on or is massively enhanced by the oil and gas sector, it is an understatement to say that people are worried about the drop in oil...
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Cloud-software provider OpenText announced that it is acquiring security services firm Carbonite in an all-cash deal valued at around $1.42 billion.
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Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. has finally filed to come public. This is one of those IPOs which has long been on teh watch list but one which was never known exactly when the filing would come. It...
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Oaktree Capital Group, LLC has filed to come public in an initial public offering. No financial terms were given but the firm did initially note a sale of up to $100 million in securities (Class A...
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The Tribune Company may go into Chapter 11 this week. The newspaper industry has several companies headed that way. Journal Register and Gatehouse are at the top of the list.Tribune’s failure says...
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The private equity dance always looks the same now. In 2006 or early 2007, when credit was plentiful and the stock market was up 100% a year, funds would offer buy-outs of public companies at huge...
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Today was the launch of the Lehman Brothers’ first exchange traded note with the initial listing of the "Opta S&P Private Equity ETN" on NYSE Arca. This ETN will trade under the...
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The Blackstone (BX) and GE (GE) buy-out of mortgage and vehicle leasing company PHH fell apart. The reason given was lack of availability of financing. In truth, PHH (PHH) is in a business that is...
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A novel class action suit is brewing. Shareholders in several public companies take private by big private equity firms like Blackstone and KKR say that these firms conspired to get good prices in...
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Office Depot, Inc. (NYSE: ODP) has recovered substantially off of its March lows, but the stock is bruised and battered when you consider it hit $40.00 in late 2006. But this morning the office...
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Private Equity firms often get a mixed scorecard by investors and by the public. Then there are the instances where private equity firms blow the doors off the barn in successful deals. A fresh...
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New date from S&P LCD presented by the FT, shows that large private equity firms have $400 billion in debt that needs to be paid in the next five years. That debt load could be a drag on rising stock...
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