Companies such as Duke Energy and DuPont are off and running with megamergers early this year. Even Playboy is among the dealers. And market pros say the trend is far from over. Why are so many U.S. companies tying the knot? Fa…
For more than a year, adult entertainment company Playboy Enterprises has been looking for someone to save it, but in the end, its savior came from within. Last July, founder Hugh Hefner offered to take Playboy private, and Mon…
Warehouse retailer BJ’s Wholesale Club is in the process of hiring an advisor to explore a possible sale of the company to a private equity firm.
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Natural gas prices have been persistently sluggish lately, but it looks like deal-making is revving up: The latest offer comes from the CEO of Exco Resources, Douglas Miller, who has offered to buy the energy company for $20.50…
Harbin Electric’s CEO and Baring Private Equity Asia Group are proposing taking the Chinese electric motor maker private with a bid of $24 per share, or $752.2 million. It’s a notably rare instance of a private equity-backed bu…