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Safeway's agreement to sell out to Cerberus Capital Management for as much as $40 a share says something about Kroger, the archrival of both Safeway and Cerberus's supermarket business Albertson's.
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ThinkstockWhat would appear to be an obscure initial public offering from LVB Acquisition Inc. is much more important than it might seem. This is actually the old medical devices company Biomet, and...
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White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett has released the highly anticipated Annual Report for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A), which also contains the highly visible Annual Letter to...
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ThinkstockDropbox, Inc. remains one of the top upcoming attractions for apps and software. In fact, the only reason it was not in our top ten IPOs to watch for in 2014 is because the IPO hopeful here...
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ThinkstockFriday is a strange day in the markets. The month of January is closing out with the first monthly January loss in three years, after a huge 2013 of course. Yet there were six initial...
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ThinkstockSabre Corp. has filed its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. Sabre is owned by private equity and is a key software and services...
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Anheuser-Busch InBev announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to reacquire Oriental Brewery from private equity firms KKR and Affinity Equity Partners for $5.8 billion.
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ThinkstockAeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO) surged on Wednesday after reports that the apparel maker has approached at least two private equity firms to see if there is interest in acquiring the company....
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Investment funds affiliated with Blackstone Group are taking a $200 million stake in Crocs in newly issued series A convertible preferred stock, and CEO John McCarvel also has announced his...
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Mondelez International, the snack food business recently spun off from Kraft Foods, will sell its controlling interest in its SnackWell's cookie and cracker business to private equity firm Brynwood...
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Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE: KMP) announced on Monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire American Petroleum Tankers and State Class Tankers for nearly $1 billion.
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ThinkstockHilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. has now formally priced its initial public offering of 117,640,624 shares of common stock at $20.00 per share. This pricing is rather fair considering that...
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GlassdoorGlassdoor has raised another round of venture backing. The company has closed upon a $50 million financing led by Tiger Global Management, which the company confirmed. A new investor joined...
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ThinkstockThe world around venture capital sometimes creates some very interesting reading when you look at private company valuations versus public company valuations. In this case, it is in the...
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ThinkstockBank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) is having a bit of an unusual bond sale, and it is something we might have overlooked had it been anything else but this. The bank has issued a $500...
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