by | Feb 1, 2011 | Towing
Citigroup has foreclosed on U.K.-based record label EMI Group, taking it back from private-equity firm Terra Firma, which bought EMI from Citigroup for a whopping $4.7 billion in 2007.
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by | Jan 27, 2011 | Towing
The European Commission on Wednesday approved Intel’s $7.68 billion acquisition of security-software company McAfee. Regulators had been concerned that the deal would exclude competing software from working with Intel processor…
by | Jan 12, 2011 | Towing
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…
by | Dec 20, 2010 | Towing
The U.S. biotech is holding an analyst and investor meeting focused on the commercial potential of its multiple sclerosis drug Campath. The goal: to convince Paris-based Sanofi-Aventis to raise its hostile takeover offer in a b…
by | Dec 6, 2010 | Towing
Hedge fund manger Bill Ackman says he will finance a takeover bid for rival bookseller Barnes & Noble at $16 a share — a 20.5% premium over Friday’s closing price. Faced with increased competition, B&N has seen sales plunge in…