Leveraged Buyouts

Restaurant chain Benihana to go private for $296 million

Japanese-themed restaurant chain Benihana Inc plans to go private in a $296 million deal with investment adviser Angelo Gordon & Co


India's Unitech denies Blackstone asset sale report

Unitech, India's No. 3 property developer, on Wednesday denied a newspaper report that it was in talks to sell three of its assets for about 30 billion rupees ($541 million) to U.S. private-equity firm Blackstone.

SAP's acquisition of Ariba: battle with other tech giants

SAP has announced a $4.3 billion takeover of Ariba to expand its cloud computer services. SAP, the German business software giant, has announced a $4. 3 billion takeover of Ariba to expand its cloud computer services.

American Spectrum Realty, Inc. is in Discussions to Raise Capital

American Spectrum Realty, Inc. is in discussion with several parties to sell or spin-off to one or more joint venture partners its property management and tenant-in-common (TIC) businesses.


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Private equity firm TPG Capital agreed to jointly buy bankrupt apartment developer Joint Corp with property consultancy Savills.
Private equity group Nordic Capital said on Monday it has bought Sport-Master, Denmark's largest sporting goods chain, continuing a string of recent deals in the region's buoyant buyout market.
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Israel's IDB Development Corp agreed to sell 49.9 percent out of its 60.5 percent stake in Clal Industries and Investments (CII) to U.S.-based Access Industries .
Pressure on the mining industry amid a global economic slowdown has not deterred a handful of mining companies from tapping the high-yield market with five deals emerging in recent weeks.
Manulife Financial Corp and Metlife are among the companies that have submitted first round bids for ING's entire Asia life insurance business, sources said on Saturday.
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Private equity firm Carlyle Group is in talks to sell its stake in Taiwan's Ta Chong Bank to Yuanta Financial in a deal worth up to T$37 billion ($1.
Australian private equity fund Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) has approached potential buyers for its share-registry business Link Group.
Firm Participates in Buyout Deal of Leading Secure and Managed File Transfer Software Provider Peterson Partners invested $3. 5 million in Globe Equity Partners’ acquisition of CLEO Communications, a company specializing in enterprise software for managed file transfer and email-to-fax needs.
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