Private Equity

STOCKHOLM, May 23 (Reuters) - Norway's Orkla, Danish brewer Royal Unibrew and private equity firm Nordic Capital have proceeded to the second round of bidding for Heineken's Finnish division Hartwall, three people familiar with the matter said. The...

BRUSSELS, May 21 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- Private equity firms KKR and Bregal Fund to jointly invest in private school...

(Adds Sprint Nextel, Dish Network, DBS Group, France Telecom, Natixis, Alere Inc, EDF and others) May 21 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Tuesday: ** Sprint Nextel Corp said its Japanese...

By Michael Erman and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - Specialty chemicals producer Rockwood Holdings Inc's pigments businesses have attracted offers from buyout firms including Blackstone Group LP and Advent International Corp, several...

(Reuters) - Websense Inc said it had agreed to be taken private by Vista Equity Partners in a deal that values the online security firm at about $907 million, a move that should come as a relief to investors after years of weak sales from its legacy...

(Reuters) - Pactera Technology International Ltd said on Monday that Blackstone Group LP , together with the company's management, made a $680.3 million non-binding proposal to take China's largest technology outsourcing firm private. Pactera said it...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Sovereign wealth funds in the Gulf Arab region are raising their allocations to private equity investments at a faster rate than other types of investment, U.S. fund manager Invesco says in a new study. "Contrary to popular...

LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - British newspapers reported the following business stories on Sunday: The Sunday Telegraph CARR IN POLE POSITION TO BECOME CHAIRMAN OF BAE SYSTEMS Roger Carr, Chairman of Centrica and outgoing president of the...

By Soyoung Kim and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Onex Corp has called off its auction of medical imaging firm Carestream Health Inc after failing to find a buyer that was willing to meet its price expectation of as much as $3.5 billion,...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Onex Corp has called off its auction of medical imaging firm Carestream Health Inc after failing to find a buyer that was willing to meet its price expectation of as much as $3.5 billion, three people familiar with the matter said...

As the stock market reaches new highs, companies are trying to get in on the action by raising money through initial public offerings of their shares. So far this year, U.S. companies — and their owners — have tapped $16.1 billion through...

BRUSSELS, May 17 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- Czech group Agrofert to buy Italian pasta maker Barilla's German bakery chain Lieken...