Yang eyes Yahoo buyout with private equity
For the last few years, a widely circulated joke about Jerry Yang was that he had the best tan in Silicon Valley from all the time he spent on Stanford University's golf course.read more
View ArticleAT&T to sell most of Yellow Pages to Cerberus
AT&T Inc. on Monday said that it had agreed to sell a majority stake in its Yellow Pages business to the private-equity firm Cerberus Capital for $950 million.
View ArticleCarlyle eyes $7.5-$8 billion valuation in IPO: source
Carlyle Group LP is eyeing a market valuation of $7.5 billion to $8 billion in an initial public offering, as the U.S. private equity firm prepares to kick off a marketing blitz to investors, perhaps...
View ArticleH&F presses on with $4 billion Getty Images sale: sources
Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC is pushing ahead with a $4 billion sale of Getty Images Inc, the largest supplier of stock photos, video and other digital content, to private equity, two...
View ArticleRomney touts lessons learned at Bain Capital
Mitt Romney is shedding some light on lessons learned while he headed the private-equity firm Bain Capital, a key part of his presidential campaign narrative. In an op-ed column published in today's...
View ArticlePermira to Buy Sushi Chain for About $1 Billion
European private-equity firm Permira said it would buy Japanese sushi chain Akindo Sushiro for around $1 billion, making a bet that the popular restaurant brand can expand beyond Japan.
View ArticleSource: NY probing equity firms, including Bain
The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the probe. It is examining whether the firms used a tax strategy to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes....
View ArticleRomney backer defends fundraising event
Marc Leder, the co-chief executive of private equity firm Sun Capital Partners Inc who hosted a fundraiser in May in which Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized supporters of U.S....
View ArticleDell Shares Surge After Report of Possible Buyout
Shares of Dell rose more than 12 percent early Monday afternoon after Bloomberg News reported that the personal computer maker was in talks with at least two private equity firms about going...
View ArticleApollo, Metropoulos near deal for Hostess Twinkies: sources
Private equity firms Apollo Global Management LLC and C. Dean Metropoulos & Co are near a deal to buy snack cake brands including Hostess Twinkies and Donettes, two sources familiar with the matter...
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