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Woolworths sets its Warehouse price
John Drinnan & Christopher Niesche - New Zealand Herald- 07 June 2007
Woolworths has told The Warehouse Group it is prepared to pay $7.15 a share to gain control of the Red...
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French probe buy-out collusion
James Mackintosh & Martin Arnold - Financial Times- 07 June 2007
The French financial regulator is investigating suspected collusion between hedge funds and private equity designed to force listed companies to...
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CPP lobbies BCE to ease bid rules
Sinclair Stewart & Boyd Erman - The Globe and Mail- 07 June 2007
A bidding group led by the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board is seeking permission from BCE Inc. to recruit additional...
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Boost for Chinese private equity
Jamil Anderlini & Sundeep Tucker - Financial Times- 07 June 2007
China often lament the fact that up to 90 per cent of corporate financing in the country still comes from...
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Avista tapping WideOpenWest
Kelly Holman & Chris Nolter - The Deal- 07 June 2007
Avista Capital Partners has launched a recapitalization of Englewood, Colo.-based telecommunications company WideOpenWest LLC that will yield a $400 million...
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Aeroflex buyout still on track
Kate Gibson - The Deal- 07 June 2007
A $15 million disagreement over the cost of terminating a previous merger deal, while unusual, is unlikely to derail a...
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Fund aims at emerging markets
Luisa Beltran - The Deal- 07 June 2007
PCG International LLC said Thursday, June 7, it has closed a $400 million emerging markets fund backed by the California...
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Singulex doubles up with $19.1M
Paul Bonanos - The Deal- 07 June 2007
Molecular diagnostics platform developer Singulex has added OrbiMed Advisors to its roster of investors in a new $19.1m fourth round,...
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VCs hit it big with Infinera IPO
George White - The Deal- 07 June 2007
Venture capital firms behind Infinera Corp. enjoyed flashbacks to 1999 Thursday, June 7, as the fabless chip maker soared more...
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Sponsor to gain on Chart
Christine Idzelis - The Deal- 07 June 2007
First Reserve Corp. is cashing out of Chart Industries Inc. through a secondary offering that will deliver the private equity...
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Calpine rejects private equity
Mark DeCambre - The Street.com- 07 June 2007
Calpine is going it alone. The bankrupt independent power producer has opted to reject financing offers from private equity firms...
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Stelco sells stake in Wabush mine
Romina Maurino - TheStar.com- 06 June 2007
Stelco Inc. said Wednesday it is selling its 44.6 per cent interest in the Wabush mine to Consolidated Thompson Iron...
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Bunnings sells warehouses
New Zealand Herald- 06 June 2007
Hardware retailer Bunnings has completed the sale and leaseback of 11 retail warehouse properties in Australia and New Zealand, netting...
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Metcash interested in Coles
Rebecca Urban - The Age- 06 June 2007
Having successfully stolen customers from ailing retail giant Coles Group, Metcash Trading now wants its...
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Nortel frozen out by Avaya deal
Andrea Orr - The Deal- 05 June 2007
The $8.2bn deal to take Avaya private raises questions about the future of rival Nortel Networks and a collection of...
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IceBreaker hooks up with $7.2M
George White - The Deal- 05 June 2007
Mobile social software developer IceBreaker Inc. has raised $7.2 million in additional venture funding to expand its platform designed as...
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Carlyle leads Verari round
Clifford Carlsen - The Deal- 05 June 2007
Blade server and storage developer Verari Systems Inc. raised $20m in a third round of funding from insiders to expand...
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Flextronics buys rival Solectron
The Standard- 05 June 2007
Singapore-based Flextronics International agreed to buy smaller rival Solectron Corp for about US$3.6 billion (HK$28.08 billion) to expand in the...
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Cotton battle spun out
New Zealand Herald- 05 June 2007
Shares of Queensland Cotton rose A8c to A$5.97 after Louis Dreyfus, the world's largest cotton trader, raised its offer by...
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Anshan buys into Perth firm
People's Daily Online- 05 June 2007
Anshan Iron & Steel Group, one of China's top steel mills, will buy a 12.94 percent stake in Australian iron...
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iSoft client tries to cut in on IBA
Nabila Ahmed - The Age- 05 June 2007
Medical software developer IBA Health is confident its proposed takeover of London-listed iSoft will go ahead as planned, after the...
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'We've given music a home'
Jemima Kiss - The Guardian- 04 June 2007
Lack of funds meant their staff camped on the roof, but after last week's CBS buyout, Last.fm's founders are the...
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Highbridge Capital in private equity push
Peter Thal Larsen & David Wighton - Financial Times- 04 June 2007
Highbridge Capital Management, the giant hedge fund that is majority owned by JPMorgan Chase, has hired a former Goldman Sachs...
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Standing firm on private equity
Christine St Anne - Investor Daily- 04 June 2007
More than ever before the pressure is on fund managers to make the right decision when it comes to selling...
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PNB tightens grip on Synergy Drive
Shahriman Johari - Business Times Malaysia- 04 June 2007
State-run fund manager Permodalan Nasional Bhd has managed to strengthen its grip over Synergy Drive Bhd, making the large plantation...
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Stretch expands with $12M
Clifford Carlsen - The Deal- 04 June 2007
Stretch Inc. turned to insiders for $12 million in financing to boost sales and marketing of its first programmable chips...
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Laureate price rises to $3.8B
Christine Idzelis & Carolyn Murphy - The Deal- 04 June 2007
Shareholder pressure has pushed up the price a buyout group that includes Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Citigroup Inc.'s...
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SVG chairman breaks tax taboo
Martin Arnold - Financial Times- 03 June 2007
Nicholas Ferguson, one of the most prominent figures in Europe’s private equity industry, has broken the sector’s taboo on tax...
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Stelco puts out the For Sale sign
Greg Keenan & Boyd Erman - The Globe and Mail- 01 June 2007
Stelco Inc. confirmed today that it has put itself up for sale amid the consolidation that is reshaping the global...
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TSX buys Equicom Group
The Globe and Mail- 01 June 2007
TSX Group Inc., which runs Canada's major stock markets, has acquired The Equicom Group Inc., which supplies investor relations and...
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Shareholder launches takeover bid
New Zealand Herald- 01 June 2007
A major Kidicorp shareholder associated with chief executive Wayne Wright has launched a takeover offer for the childcare company at...
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Niagara a windfall for backer
Luisa Beltran & Donna Block - The Deal- 01 June 2007
J.P. Morgan Partners LLC stands to quintuple its money when specialty chemicals company Niagara Holdings Inc., parent of specialty chemical...
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Oak Hill acquires logistics firm
David Carey - The Deal- 01 June 2007
Oak Hill Capital Partners is raising a $460m senior debt facility to help finance its pending purchase of Jacobson Cos.,...
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VC TV
David Shabelman - The Deal- 01 June 2007
The Internet is poised for a breakthrough in how we watch television, and a number of startups are developing technologies...
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Goldman Sachs to exit wind group
Andrew Bulkeley - The Deal- 01 June 2007
Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Berlin-based private equity group CMP Capital Management Partners GmbH may sell their minority stake in...
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Accu-break seeks partners
Clifford Carlsen - The Deal- 01 June 2007
Accu-break Pharmaceuticals Inc. raised $5.65m in new capital to rework formulations of existing drugs and form partnerships and licensing agreements...
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