News tagged with equity firms

US private equity to take stake in Russia's Kaspersky Lab

Russian computer security provider Kaspersky Lab on Thursday announced that it had sealed a major share deal with global private equity firm General Atlantic.

Technology / Business

created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US-based iGate in $1.2-bn Indian outsourcing deal

US-based iGate and a British private equity firm announced a 1.2-billion-dollar deal on Monday to buy one of India's oldest software firms in a major move into the outsourcing business.

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KKR, tech companies to go public this week

(AP) -- A handful of young technology companies are expected to kick off the market for initial public offerings in the third quarter on a hopeful note.

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created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Insolvency risk lower for private equity-backed companies

Private equity-backed buyouts are less likely to fail than non private equity-backed buyouts, according to a report published today by a team of academics.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

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Yelp gets $25M thumbs up from Elevation Partners

(AP) -- The online business rating site Yelp has raised $25 million from the private equity firm Elevation Partners.

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AOL taps exec who famously warned Yahoo of trouble

(AP) -- AOL LLC has tapped former Yahoo Inc. executive Brad Garlinghouse for a key position that is meant to beef up the struggling Internet company's presence in Silicon Valley.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

eBay to sell Skype to investor group, to retain 35 pct stake (Update)

Online auction giant eBay announced Tuesday it has agreed to sell 65 percent of its stake in Skype to a group of investors in a deal that values the Web communications service at 2.75 billion dollars.

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