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Verizon buys Alltell for $28.1 billion

Verizon announces that it has entered into an agreement with Alltel Corporation and Atlantis Holdings LLC, an affiliate...
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6 Retailers Ripe For LBO

Source: Seeking Alpha

One of the best feelings you can experience as an investor is waking up and reading about the acquisition of one of your stocks. I enjoyed this recently with Met-Pro (MPR), which I held in my Top 20 Model Portfolio and was one of my largest positions ...
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DirecTV Consider to Acquire Hulu
DirecTV Consider to Acquire Hulu
DirecTV, the second largest satellite provider in the United States is vacillating over a decision. Should it or should it not buy Hulu? And furthermore ought it to wholly or partially acquire the online site that lends access to television programs?
 
Microsoft plans to update Xbox 360 Dashboard UI for 2013
Microsoft plans to update Xbox 360 Dashboard UI for 2013
Who hasn’t heard of the Xbox phenomenon that has swept the world by storm in recent years. The Xbox 360 Dashboard is being updated for the year 2013. As for the new Xbox it will be launched close to the middle of May.
 
Yahoo to Buy Tumblr and Update Flickr
Yahoo to Buy Tumblr and Update Flickr
The CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer has decided to buy the social micro-blogging site known as Tumblr. She also plans on updating Flickr for her company’s sake. Both these transactions are rumored to take place in an event set for Monday.
 

Sunday Papers: Shell warns against commodity market regulation

Source: Citywire.co.uk

The Sunday Telegraph: Royal Dutch Shell lobbied against proposed European rules designed to clamp down on commodity market abuse, arguing they would raise costs for consumers and increase market volatility. T ...
Full article at: Citywire.co.uk  More like this  13 hours ago

Sucking a Business Dry

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Al Lewis Sometimes private-equity firms do little more than suck up money like a vacuum cleaner and leave someone else holding a big, ol' dusty bag full of debt.David Oreck says this is what happened to the Nashville, Tenn.-based company he found ...
Full article at: Wall Street Journal  More like this  15 hours ago

Tyrrells crisps are up for grabs at £100m

Source: The Independent

Tyrrells, the maker of crisps loved by Middle England, has whetted the appetite of private-equity firms to buy the business for about £100m. Langholm Capital acquired Tyrrells in a deal worth £40m in 2008 but has since expanded ...
Full article at: The Independent  More like this  16 hours ago, 6:26pm CDT

Bidding war for burger chain Byron

Source: The Independent

The owner of Yo Sushi is battling rival private equity firms to acquire Byron, the upmarket burger chain, for £100m. Quilvest, which acquired the sushi chain in 2008, and Searchlight Capital Partners are understood to ...
Full article at: The Independent  More like this  16 hours ago, 6:26pm CDT

Norcross group enters bidding for Woodcrest

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

An investment group led by George E. Norcross III and Ira Lubert announced Saturday that it will bid on the bankrupt Woodcrest Country Club, adding a new player into the mix of potential owners of the Cherry Hill golf course. An ...
Full article at: Philadelphia Inquirer  More like this  1 day ago, 10:38am CDT

Sector estimated at $44.9b in GCC

Source: Middle East North Africa Financial Network

(MENAFN - Arab Times) 4 million students enrol every year in basic education in region. A report issued by KFH-Research noted that the volume of education market in the GCC is 45 billion of total volume of the MENA re ...
Full article at: Middle East North Africa Financial Network  More like this  1 day ago, 8:55pm CDT



 

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