Leveraged Buyouts

Country Road buys Witchery Group for $181 mln

Australian clothing retailer Country Road will buy local rival Witchery Group in a $181 million deal.


Google acquires social ad start-up Wildfire

Google Inc said on Tuesday it acquired marketing start-up Wildfire to help the world's largest Internet search company expand further into social media.

Lowe's offers to buy Canada's Rona for C$1.8 billion

Lowe's Cos wants to spend C$1.8 billion to buy Canadian competitor Rona Inc,but the struggling Canadian retailer publicly rejected the offer on Tuesday.

EmbanetCompass kicks off sale process - sources

EmbanetCompass Group Inc has kicked off a sale of the company, asking prospective buyers to submit bids next week.


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Unite Private Networks (UPN) today announced an agreement with Zito Media for UPN to acquire an 838 route mile fiber-optic network covering southeast Nebraska and the transfer of certain customer contracts.
The sale of European vending machine business Selecta is under threat after owner Allianz Capital Partners deemed two offers for the business as too low
Global buyout fund Warburg Pincus WP.UL entered into its second China deal in a month after investing $55 million in a Chinese maternity.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co (CBI.N) said on Monday it would buy Shaw Group Inc (SHAW.N) for about $3 billion in cash and stock
Security Properties, a Seattle-based national real estate investment and operating company, has purchased the Honeyman Hardware Lofts building at 514 Northwest 9th Avenue for $20.25 million.
Company acquires 100% of Bixti and opens an office in Buenos Aires. Elo7, the first and largest marketplace for buying and selling handcrafted products in Brazil, announces its expansion in Latin America through the acquisition of Bixti, the leading marketplace for handcrafted products in Argentina.
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Private equity-backed CKE Inc expects to sell 13.3 million shares in its initial public offering at between $14 and $16 each.
Diversified manufacturer Roper Industries Inc (ROP.N) said it will buy privately held Sunquest Information Systems Inc
Aviva has received a number of unsolicited approaches from financial and private equity buyers for a U.S. unit estimated to be worth some 1 billion pounds ($1.57 billion).
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