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Chemical maker TPC Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TPCG) in late August agreed to a buyout by private equity firms First Reserve Capital and SK Capital Partners at $40 a share. That valued the company at about...
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Electronic health-records provider Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) said late last month that it would explore a sale of the company. Bloomberg is reporting this morning that...
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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) is not looking too hot. The IPO of...
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Dan Loeb’s hedge fund, Third Point LLC, has put together a “significant” stake in Murphy Oil Corp. (NYSE: MUR) and filed with the SEC to buy even more. Murphy today acknowledged that it...
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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 reportedly started the process...
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The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) is going big into home automation, and we would note that there is a solar angle here as well. The private equity giant is paying a sum of $2 billion to acquire...
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If a retail company gets in trouble or starts to lag on its growth and business model, it seems like the great response is always a chance of a private equity-led buyout. Reports have Best Buy Co....
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Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW) has been one of the ‘rumor mill’ merger candidates for months. Some would argue that it has been a potential takeover candidate even longer. The jobs...
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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 $4.9 billion in cash....
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Plenty of action on the merger and acquisition front today, with founder Richard Schulze getting an okay from the board of Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) to conduct his due diligence; Hertz Global...
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As a condition of regulatory approval for its acquisition of El Paso Corp., Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE: KMP) agreed to divest some assets in the Rocky Mountains. Today the company made...
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Shares of the maker of the ubiquitous Redbox video rental machines, Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR), have gotten a nice jolt today from a story in the New York Post that the company is in discussions...
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Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) founder and CEO Richard Schulze continues to push his case to take Best Buy private. “You can easily test how real my proposal is by granting me permission to...
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Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) has joined the wave of video game companies that may be up for sale. The great rumor mill of Wall St. (and Cyber Street) now has EA as the next possible buyout...
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David Einhorn and his hedge fund Greenlight Capital reported some changes to the fund’s portfolio last night. The fund added significant holdings in several health care stocks and eliminated a...
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