News tagged with private equity
FTC lets Microsoft proceed with purchase of Skype
The Federal Trade Commission is letting software giant Microsoft Corp. proceed with its largest deal ever, an $8.5 billion bid for web chat and call service Skype.
Jun 19, 2011 |
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News Corp. seeking $100 million for Myspace: WSJ
News Corp. is seeking over $100 million for Myspace and about half a dozen private equity firms and companies are expected to submit bids by the end of this week, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Apr 27, 2011 |
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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.
Jan 20, 2011 |
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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.
Jan 10, 2011 |
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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.
Jul 13, 2010 |
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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
Apr 07, 2010 |
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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.
Jan 27, 2010 |
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The future of private equity
Although global private equity markets have fallen on hard times, reports of their imminent demise are greatly exaggerated. So says Steve Kaplan, a widely recognized authority on entrepreneurial finance and corporate governance ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 16, 2009 |
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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.
Sep 08, 2009 |
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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.
Sep 01, 2009 |
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