Leveraged Buyouts

ICM managers Jeff Berg and Chris Silberman announce a management buyout of the powerhouse Hollywood talent agency. They are buying out the interest of Suhail Rizvi, co-founder of Rizvi Traverse Management....

Research in Motion's stock rose 10% in trading on Wednesday after rumors began to circulate that the Canadian company had been in various talks to sell itself to Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Nokia Corp....

Research In Motion is facing a new lawsuit for its use of BBM as a name for its BlackBerry Messenger service by a Canadian radio and TV industry group known as BBM Canada....

Research in Motion possible executive changes: Research In Motion may reportedly relieve its co-CEO's, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, of their positions as co-chairmen of the company's board of directors....

See the first collection here New York Times: Mr. Tyler, a former long-time aide to Mr. Gingrich who helped set up the super PAC supporting him, [said] “I’m a capitalist, I’m a conservative.I’ve spent a lot of time defending free.....

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is again at the center of buyout rumors and this time the speculated buyer is consumer electronics giant Samsung....

Just one day after Research In Motion shares received boost off news that Samsung Electronics might be interested in buying the struggling smartphone and tablet maker, Samsung came out on Wednesday and said the rumored deal isn't happening....

John Rowe made no secret of the fact that he badly wanted a signature merger to top off his career as the chief executive of Exelon Corp. How badly can be seen in the settlement he just agreed to in Exelon's bid to purchase Baltimore's Constellation...

On Nov. 8, a two-page letter appeared on Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy court docket, wedged between the usual stream of motions and lawyer fee applications. It was written to the judge by an angry and bewildered Colorado investor named Mark Lies, who had...

99 Cents Only Stores Inc. has agreed to be taken private in a deal valued at about $1.6 billion, the City of Commerce deep-discount retailer said Tuesday, after months of talks with several groups interested in buying the company. The chain said it had...

Constellation Energy Group and Exelon Corp. shareholders will have their say on the companies' proposed merger at separate meetings on Nov. 17, according to regulatory documents filed Wednesday. Along with state and federal regulatory approval, investors...

Japan's Olympus came under more pressure to disclose details of payments made in a series of acquisitions as its shares plunged for a third straight day following the unexpected dismissal of its chief executive last week. British former CEO Michael...