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Baltimore's R2integrated receives investment from Dallas private equity company
Dallas-based Orix Private Equity announced Wednesday it has invested an undisclosed amount in Baltimore-based R2integrated, which the digital marketing and technology company hopes to use to expand rapidly in the next few years. Founded in 2005, R2i...
Tags: Black & Decker, Companies and Corporations, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Microsoft Corporation, Orix Corporation
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Part one: Zell's big gamble
Aside from the business suit he was wearing, which he joked was rented for the occasion, Sam Zell was never more himself than when he appeared at a New York lender conference in April 2007 to hawk his $8.2 billion buyout of Tribune Co. Slinging one-...
Tags: Television Industry, Michigan Avenue, Tribune Tower, Music, Chicago Tribune
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Legg Mason stock slides a day after rising on sale rumor
Legg Mason Inc.'s stock retreated Friday, a day after shares shot up on a report that the company's board rejected — at least for now — a proposal by senior managers at its affiliates and private equity investors to take the company private....Tags: Finance, Corporate Officers, Companies and Corporations, Legg Mason, Inc.
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A Cerberus Carol?
Paging Mr. Fezziwig. One might get the notion that Charles Dickens' good-hearted fictional employer was back in business after the announcement this week by a private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management, that it intends to sell Freedom Group Inc.,...
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Maryland's mismanaged pensions
There are serious clouds over the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System and the way the O'Malley administration has managed it. Consider the following: 1. The rate of return in the year ending March 31 was 3.18 percent, and the rate of return over...
Tags: Real Estate Sellers, Michael Bloomberg, Pension and Welfare, Government, Interior Policy
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UPDATE 3-SandRidge ousts CEO Ward, Bennett takes the helm
Reuters(Adds quote from Ward's attorney, background) By Anna Driver and Michael Erman June 19 (Reuters) - SandRidge Energy Inc's board of directors removed the energy company's founder and chief executive, Tom Ward, on Wednesday after a months-long struggle...Tags: Morningstar Incorporated, Corporate Officers, Business Enterprises, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Aubrey K. McClendon
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SandRidge ousts CEO Ward, Bennett takes the helm
Reuters(Reuters) - SandRidge Energy Inc's board of directors removed the energy company's founder and chief executive, Tom Ward, on Wednesday after a months-long struggle with activist investors who accused him of strategic mistakes and self-dealing at the...Tags: Corporate Officers, Morningstar Incorporated, Business Enterprises, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Aubrey K. McClendon
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BC Partners to buy Springer Science for 3.3 billion euros
ReutersFRANKFURT (Reuters) - Buyout firm BC Partners agreed to buy German publisher Springer Science+Business Media for about 3.3 billion euros ($4.4 billion) on Wednesday, the largest private-equity acquisition in Germany for seven years. Owners EQT and...Tags: Germany, Global Expansion, Companies and Corporations, Book, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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EU mergers and takeovers (June 19)
ReutersBRUSSELS, June 19 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- U.S. technology services company IBM's Italian unit to acquire a new company set up...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Power-One Incorporated, Companies and Corporations, Telefonica SA, Crane Company
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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
Reuters(Adds ViroPharma, Wind Mobile, Elan, Celesio, DE Master Blenders, RCS Mediagroup; updates Vodafone) June 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday: ** Billionaire investor Carl Icahn...Tags: Rostelecom, Television Industry, Real Estate, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Forest Laboratories Incorporated
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JCI looks to private equity to sell auto electronics unit -sources
ReutersBy Soyoung Kim and Deepa Seetharaman NEW YORK/DETROIT, June 17 (Reuters) - Johnson Controls Inc is speaking to private equity firms about selling its roughly $1 billion automotive electronics unit, after buyout interest from several rival auto parts...Tags: Car Repair, Automotive Equipment, Passenger Cars, Auction Service, Car Parts
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JCI looks to private equity to sell auto electronics unit: sources
ReutersNEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - Johnson Controls Inc is speaking to private equity firms about selling its roughly $1 billion automotive electronics unit, after buyout interest from many rival auto parts suppliers faltered, according to several people...Tags: Car Repair, Automotive Equipment, Passenger Cars, Auction Service, Car Parts
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