Private equity firm Thoma Bravo's quick flip of Digital Insight to NCR Corp just 124 days after it acquired the firm from Intuit was highly profitable for the company, a report from The New York Times The Dealbook said.
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Indonesian taxi operator Blue Bird fails to secure regulatory approval for 2013 IPO
Indonesia's largest taxi company Blue Bird Group reportedly postponed its initial public offering this year after failing to get an approval from the Financial Services Authority of Indonesia.
AMC Entertainment Holdings says it will raise USD 368 million in IPO
US movie company AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc said it will seek to raise USD 368 million in its initial public offering. AMC is owned by the Dalian Wanda Group controlled led by Wang Jianlin, the richest man in China.
Calpine to pay $625M for Texas power plant
Houston-based energy firm Calpine Corp said it agreed to buy the 1,050-megawatt Guadalupe Power Plant near San Antonio for USD625 million from MinnTex Power Holdings LLC.
Executives bid to takeover Kering's La Redoute in France
La Redoute chief executive Nathalie Balla and Redcats finance chief Eric Courteille have reportedly made a joint bid to acquire Kering's loss making mail order business La Redoute.
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San Antonio based global media and information company Hearst Corp agreed to purchase an 85% stake in Dallas-based home health and hospice software maker Homecare Homebase LLC for an undisclosed amount.
Los Angeles-based media platform company The Chernin Group (TCG) acquired a majority stake in anime video distribution firm Crunchyroll, giving Peter Chernin's company one of the world's largest streaming websites.
New rules set forth by the UK Pensions Regulator will enable companies to make their businesses more sustainable while still being able to give their employees their retirement benefits.
A Financial Times report said investment banks worldwide are set to reduce employee remuneration for the third year even as profits have increased, highlighting the importance placed on shareholder returns than on the pay of employees.
San Francisco-based web app Swarm Mobile raised around USD3.5 million to develop technology that can track in-store shoppers through their smartphones to help physical stores compete with e-commerce retailers.
U.S. cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc plans to raise as much as $368 million from an initial public offering of 18.4 million Class A shares.
EIG Global Energy Partners successfully closed its sixteenth fund with USD 6 billion in capital commitments from 150 limited partners coming from 18 countries. it is the largest fund so far in the firm's history.
Oil States Industries, Inc., subsidiary of Oil States International, Inc., has acquired Quality Connector Systems, LLC, headquartered in Houston, Texas. QCS designs, manufactures and markets a portfolio of proprietary deep and shallow water pipeline connectors for subsea pipeline construction, repair and expansion projects.
Apple Inc has acquired social media search and analytics startup Topsy, an unusual purchase for a hardware-focused company that has made few forays into social networking.
