Global mergers and acquisitions activity is expected to rocket upward 36% next year, getting its strength from the financial and real estate industries, according to a report released Monday — a level of increase that hasn’t b…
A new Bloomberg poll shows 68% of investors say Obama’s policies are “detrimental to the U.S. investment climate.” That’s despite soaring corporate earnings and a huge bounceback in stock prices during his administration. Somew…
Novartis will discontinue studies of an experimental lung-cancer cancer drug because of disappointing trial results.
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Hospital chain HCA will issue a $2 billion dividend to private-equity owners including KKR & Co. and Bain Capital LLC.
HCA will use a $1.5 billion high-yield bond sale to help pay for the dividend, Bloomberg News reported.
A private equity consortium purchased HCA for $33 billion four years ago. In May, the company filed to sell as much as $4.6 billion worth of shares in an IPO….
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HCA to Pay $2 Billion Dividend to Private Equity Owners originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:46:00.
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Pfizer shares were down more than 1% Monday afternoon despite the pharmaceutical giant’s report Sunday of successful late-stage trial results for an experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug. The study showed tasocitinib reduced p…