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Palm mulls $2 billion buyout dealUS hand-held device maker Palm is reportedly close to a $2 billion sale, with buyout firms TPG and Silver Lake among the favourites to buy the business.
- TPG in $945m surgery center deal
Some management team members of HealthSouth Corporation, the parent company of the surgery division to be acquired, will join the newly formed stand-alone surgery company.
- Leonard Green closes $5.3bn fund
The Los Angeles buyout firm has tripled the size of its previous fund with the close of Green Equity Investors V.
- CVC-led group makes first approach to Sainsbury
The private equity consortium linked with a bid for Sainsbury has reportedly made its first tentative approach to the UK retailer, as it considers making a bid ahead of its April 13 deadline.
- Consortium given nearly six weeks to decide on £10bn Sainsbury bid
The private equity consortium circling Sainsbury, a UK supermarket chain valued at about £10 billion, has been given until April 13 to decide whether or not to bid for the company
- Sainsbury shares rise as buyout consortium takes pole position
UK retailer Marks & Spencer has ruled out an imminent bid for supermarket chain Sainsbury, removing a major obstacle to a potential offer from the CVC-led buyout consortium eyeing the company.
- Sale on at New Look
Permira and Apax could be set for a substantial return if New Look, the UK clothing retailer, goes ahead with a £2 billion secondary buyout or flotation.
- Qantas bid still in doubt despite government approval
Government approval of the Macquarie-led consortium’s A$11.1bn bid for Qantas, an Australian airline, might not be sufficient to get the deal approved by shareholders.
- Blackstone: top of the world
The Blackstone Group was the only real candidate for the inaugural Editors’ Awards in Private Equity International’s annual poll, despite fierce competition in the large buyout firm of the year category.
- TXU sale could be blocked
The introduction of a new bill in Texas may heighten the state’s authority to block the KKR- and TPG-led $45bn bid for the Dallas utility company.