Leveraged Buyouts

Sunstone Hotel Purchases Boston Park Plaza

Sunstone Hotel purchases the iconic Boston Park Plaza for US$250 million. Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc has entered into an agreement to purchase the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers.


Baidu Acquires PPS Online Video Operations

Baidu acquires PPS online video operations to expand its market share. Baidu. com, the Beijing based Chinese language Internet web search portal announced that it was purchasing the online video operations of PPS for the price of US$370 million.

Fastback Networks Completes Series B Financing Round

Fsstback Networks completes its Series B Financing raising US$15 million for the company. In an announcement, Fastback Networks said that it has closed its US$15 million Series B financing.

Onex Acquires Nielsen Expos

Onex, in a bid to expand its watch and buy segment, purchases Nielsen Expositions from its parent firm.


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Clearwire issues a statement recommending the acceptance as the best option for minority shareholders.
Inergy Midstream to purchase Crestwood Midstream for an estimated US$1.25 billion. Inergy Midstream LP is a pipeline partnership that was traded publicly a year and a half ago.
Buffett denies speculation that Suntech is in the list of acquisitions of MidAmerican Energy. The chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett has indicated that he has no plans to purchase Suntech Power Holdings Co.
Intel's McAfee purchases firewall security software expert Stonesoft for Eur4.50 per share. The security software division of chipmaker giant Intel Corp, McAfee, announce plans to purchase network firewall software developer Stonesoft Oyj of Finland.
A consortium of private equity firms are in the process of buying out BMC Software. A consortium consisting of Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital Corp are near to finalizing a deal that would lead to the acquisition of BMC Software.
The M&A market is now primed for growth after a dip in the past few months. Cash rich companies are now in the midst of a mergers and acquisition spree that can help boost the European equities market rally after being stalled for quite some time.
Reliance deemed as frontrunner to acquire IMG. In a report from the Indian Express, it was disclosed that the Chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd. Mukesh Ambani is in discussion regarding the acquisition of IMG Worldwide, a talent agency based in New York, according to anonymous Reliance officials.
Dish Network bid cut up by Softbank CEO. Softbank's list of achievements in order to acquire Sprint Nextel just got shorter when it was allowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to send out proxy materials to its shareholders regarding the upcoming vote for the said buyout transaction.
Buyout flipping means private equity funds sell and buy assets from one another, which to many looks like recycling in order to generate funds.
More and more banks are incensed with deals done privately instead of the normal auction process conducted.
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