Stamos Capital Partbers reacquired its stakes from Merrill Lynch & Co and its two other partners. Stamos Capital Partners conducted a management buyout of the stakes held by its two partners and Merrill Lynch & Co.
Leveraged Buyouts
Dailymotion plans for new acquisition, Japan office
According to news agency AFP, video platform Dailymotion intended to continue with its acquisition and Asian expansion plans despite failed buyout talks between its parent company Orange and Yahoo Inc.
Cotton Creek Capital acquires Royal Baths
Texas-based private equity firm Cotton Creek Capital bought Royal Baths Manufacturing for an undisclosed amount.
PPF in discussions to acquire Telefonica's Czech unit
PPF Group, a Czech investment group, had discussed with Telefonica regarding a possible acquisition deal for the Spanish telecoms' unit in Czech Republic.
Advance Auto Parts agrees to acquire General Parts International
Advance Auto Parts would acquire General Parts International to form the largest automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America.
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A total of USD163 million in cash was placed on eight acquisitions Yahoo Inc made during the third quarter this year, according to its recent earnings report.
A regulatory filing by Softbank Corp had confirmed rumors of the Japanese company purchasing a stake in US mobile distributor company Brightstar Corp.
Petr Kellner is seeking to purchase the Czech republic's unit of Telefonica SA. Telefonica SA is hard pressed to extract a higher premium for its Czech unit.
Known institutional investor Cerberus Capital Management is studying its options to determine if it would make a bid for BlackBerry.
Japanese firms Softbank Corp and games developer GungHo OnLine Entertainment had purchased a controlling stake in Supercell for USD1.53 billion.
Anatrace was recently acquired by StoneCalibre to expand its portfolio of detergents and lipids for the marketplace.
No financial details were provided in the acquisition of Applied Products Inc or Retrax by Kinderhook's Tectum Holdings LLC.
In an announcement today, Russia's largest search engine company Yandex said it had acquired Kinopoisk, a movie review site, for an undisclosed amount.
British drugmaker AstraZeneca announced on Tuesday that it had purchased biotech company Spirogen in a deal worth USD440 million in total.
