Leveraged Buyouts

Fanatics Completes Acquisition of Dreams; Receives $150 Million in Equity Funding

Fanatics, Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Dreams, Inc. Fanatics, Inc. , a leading online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Dreams, Inc.


Ancestry.com weighs sale, seeks buyers -Bloomberg

Family-history research website Ancestry.com Inc is thinking of putting itself up on the block and is working with Frank Quattrone's Qatalyst Partners to find buyers.

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.

THL buys control of Party City

Thomas H. Lee Partners has struck a deal to buy control of Party City in a deal that values North America's largest retailer of party goods at $2.69 billion.


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Hero MotoCorp , India's largest two-wheeled vehicle manufacturer, has approved a proposal to merge the investment arm of its parent into the automaker
Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.
News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending June 1. News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending June 1.
Canada's biggest telecommunications company, BCE Inc (BCE.TO), has joined with a group of private equity fund managers to buy data center company Q9 Networks Inc for C$1.1 billion ($1.06 billion).
Private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners is in final discussions to buy Party City. Private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners is in final discussions to buy Party City, North America's largest retailer of party goods such as balloons and Halloween costumes, for as much as $2.
Australia's bourse operator, ASX Ltd (ASX.AX), said on Friday it may buy share registry Link Market Services from Pacific Equity Partners.
A Russian state firm has offered to buy BP's half share in its huge oil joint venture. A Russian state firm has offered to buy BP's half share in its huge oil joint venture, a source said on Friday, in what would amount to a stunning reversal for the British firm and a bold assertion of Kremlin control over the oil sector.
Japanese buyout firm Unison Capital is seeking a buyer for its popular sushi restaurant chain Akindo Sushiro.
A field of mainly private equity firms has tabled offers for logistics group GEFCO. A field of mainly private equity firms has tabled offers for logistics group GEFCO, valuing the business that ships cars around the world for French auto maker PSA Peugeot Citroen at up to 1.
Transaction Valued at $369 Million The Talbots, Inc. (NYSE:TLB) (“Talbots” or the “Company”) and Sycamore Partners today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which an affiliate of Sycamore Partners will acquire all the outstanding common stock of the Company for $2.
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