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If you have used Twitter you either love it or can’t wait to get off it. Social networking meets micro-blogging. The company just closed on another round of funding, although it basically swears...
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Third Wave Acquisition Corp. has just filed with the SEC to withdraw it proposed inital public offering. You can probably guess why: In light of current market conditions.
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This may be far from a super-merger and may be far from a return or thrust from private equity. But it is a deal in the drug and research sector. PharmaNet Development Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDGI)...
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If you are not familiar with the name Kingdom Holding Co., you may know its owner by the name of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. He has been a very visible investor in many companies including...
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Cerberus Capital Management was one of the top private equity firms any MBA graduate would have wanted as their career destination. But this week may mark another stark reminder that private...
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There is an interesting trend where Barclays has essentially cut its rankings on hedge fund and private equity operators. Here are the calls, plus a call elsewhere on a bank: Blackstone (NYSE: BX)...
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Another Special Purpose Acquisition Company, or SPAC, has bitten the dust. This one bit the dust before it even launched. In a filing with the SEC, Greenstreet Acquisition Corp. is the latest...
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Cerberus, the private equity firm which has taken large positions in Chrysler and GMAC, is stopping year-end withdrawals from one of its large funds. According to The Wall Street Journal, "Stephen...
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Last summer, Suzlon Energy Limited had a nasty problem with its wind turbine blades. Blades shipped to the US started cracking. Then blades sold in the company’s home country, India, also started...
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Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) has managed to secure an additional investment from Elevation Partners for $100 million. It is easy to understand why Palm would want the investment, but we’d note that...
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American Land Lease Inc. (NYSE: ANL) is perhaps one of the more unusual plays seen yet in private equity acquisitions. Despite a 200% premium, the more odd part of "for how much" is the...
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Rock star Bono must be a lot less well off financially than he was two years ago. He must also wish he never met Roger McNamee, who runs private equity firm Elevation Partners where Bono is one of...
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There is one huge going-private transaction which has yet to close and has been pending for what feels like an eternity. BCE, Inc. (NYSE: BCE) in Canada has been in the works for more than a...
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TheStreet.com’s (TSCM) share price is down far enough that the company’s management must be giving some consideration to taking Cramer & Co. private. At $3 a share, the stock is down from a...
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Greenhill & Co., Inc. (NYSE: GHL) has filed to sell up to 3.5 million shares of common stock in a secondary offering. The offering will allow the company and certain stockholders to sell shares...
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