Private Equity
Signs of a Bubble: JPMorgan launches social media fund Dealing: Echostar Corp. plans Hughes Communications buy Shares: U.S. futures mixed Looting: Egyptian Museum of Cairo artifacts, including a statue of King Tut, go missing
1 min read · 14 February 2011
2 min read · 14 February 2011
1 min read · 11 February 2011
So Nice, they Bought it Twice: Exile on Wall St. pays a visit to Centre Partners, which has twice bought and sold Bumblebee Tuna Best App Ever? You can now hit your friends on iPhone, probably for the things they say and post via iPhone Dealing: Maybe Google will get across the finish line, for once: The search titan is in talks with Next New Networks (say THAT three times fast) Quadrupling Down: TechStars Boston raises $2 million to support start-ups through 2014, according to a regulatory filing
1 min read · 11 February 2011
1 min read · 10 February 2011
Could Twitter Sell? If so, that secondary stake play was a great move… Deals: Visa targets PlaySpan, Deutsche Börse/NYSE Euronext Un-Stimulus: GOP proposes a wave of federal budget cuts Smooth it Out: Nestle/L’Oreal venture Galderma ups Q-Med bid
1 min read · 10 February 2011
Monitor Clipper, the Massachusetts-based private equity firm, will acquire Arizona-based ScriptSave, sources confirm to peHUB.com. It is expected the transaction will be announced soon. Without disclosing specifics, one source who spoke with peHUB.com said that Monitor Clipper typically puts $50 million to $100 million in equity into transactions. The purchase price was not disclosed. ScriptSave has no institutional investors, a source confirmed.
1 min read · 09 February 2011
2 min read · 09 February 2011
2 min read · 09 February 2011
Still Snitchin’: SAC employees bagged in insider trading probe Home Run: Corporate managers in the Kinder Morgan and HCA buyouts stand to reap a windfall from each company being IPO-ed Dealing: AXA and Permira to buy Opodo to merge with eDreams and Go Voyages Seeds: i/o Ventures now accepting applications for its March 2011 program
1 min read · 09 February 2011
