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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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Standard & Poor’s debt ratings group is raising a red flag which could cause some added skepticism over the Apollo-backed Hexion Specialty Chemicals’ acquisition of Huntsman Corp. (NYSE:...
Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) is now indicated down after a rise yesterday.  Apparently, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse have said they do not want to fund the Apollo-led merger with the Hexion...
If you have followed the old broken and then re-engaged private equity buyout of Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN), then you might feel like you witnessed a "private equity meets the credit crunch and...