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Yesterday morning 24/7 Wall St. covered how the buyout for Affiliated Computer Services (NYSE:ACS) was for all practical purposes looking like toast, and we wanted to see which other pending deals...
Private equity firm Cerberus has terminated its acquisition offer to acquire Affiliated Computer Services Inc. (NYSE:ACS).  This was a $6.2 Billion deal that valued Affiliated at $62 per share....
It is of little surprise that shares of Acxiom Corp. (NASDAQ:ACXM) are hitting new 52-week lows today.  That isn’t a first, but this after the fears have come true and the private equity...
This week we have many mergers coming up for approval from shareholders, and many of these will no longer be trading after this week.  Here is a partial list of the more active stocks up for...
SLM Corp. (NYSE:SLM), or Sallie Mae, has announced that it has been informed by a representative of the buyer group led by J. C. Flowers, Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) that...
Michael Richter, former All-Star goalie for the New York Rangers, has announced the formation of Environmental Capital Partners, LLC as a private equity firm focused exclusively on the environmental...
The Blackstone Group, LP (NYSE:BX) will post earnings for its units on Monday morning, August 13.  First Call looks like the estimates were $0.46 EPS, but investors should be cautious on any set...
Home Depot (NYSE:HD) broke the news this morning that it is in discussions with private equity firms Bain Capital, Caylyle, and with Clayton Dubilier & Rice over restructuring its previously...
If private equity is really dead, then why did a $21.7 Billion private equity fund just get closed upon.  The Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) has sent out notice that today was the final closing of its...
Blackstone Group, L.P. is seeing its shares, well units, trading up almost 2% pre-market on a day when DJIA futures have traded down over 100 points.  The catalyst was the end of the broker quiet...
If you have followed the Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) units on a post-IPO basis, then you will know it is almost impossible to cover without noting how the listed unit has traded lower and...
Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) has gone on the defensive after the close today with a press release refuting the front page article in The New York Times.  Blackstone said the article is filled with...
Blackstone Group LP (BX-NYSE) is only enjoying its third day as a public private equity entity.  Shares, well units, were trading north of $35.00 on most of Friday; and that compared to the $31.00...
It’s no shock that Barron’s decided to make its cover story that of the Stephen Schwarzman picture from the Blackstone Group (BX-NYSE) IPO that closed on Friday.  The article upfront points to...
After all the hemming and hawing, and all the publicity and tabloid-esque coverage of the deal…..It’s finally happened.  The Blackstone Group, L.P. sent out a news bulletin after today’s close...