Dealmaking

PE HUB Second Opinion

Second Opinion wraps up the week with news that Arconic is splitting into two companies are rejecting Apollo's buyout offer, Sprint is suing AT&T, alleging it falsely brands 4G as 5G and Amazon's Jeff Bezos accused the National Enquirer of attempted blackmail.

Venture-investor confidence at lowest point in 10 years

PE and strategics circle Vitech Systems

Brookfield in talks with India's Reliance Industries to buy tower, fibre assets, says report.

Canadian private equity firm Brookfield Asset Management is in preliminary talks with India’s Reliance Industries to buy a stake in its optical fibre and telecom tower assets, The Times of India newspaper reported on Friday.

PE HUB First Read

First Read closes out the week with news that Mattel shares soar after strong Barbie sales fuel surprise profit, Sears gets a second life and Twitter's user count falls for three quarters in a row, so the company will stop reporting the number.

Highbridge spinout HPS targets $8 bln for fourth mezz pool

Via M&A, GTCR's Resonetics doubles revenue in a year

PE HUB Second Opinion

In Second Opinion, Food delivery startup Postmates files for an IPO, Dell is exploring a sale of cybersecurity company SecureWorks and Woody Allen is suing Amazon Studios for killing his movie deal.

Baratta: Blackstone to focus on 'unloved' large side of the market

Early-stage performance fell in Q3, while late-stage advanced