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Apax Partners has completed its previously-announced $570 million acquisition of the Cole Haanhandbag and shoe brand from Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE). www.apax.com The Blackstone Group has acquired a control...
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What will be Dell's price?
Still awaiting specifics of Dell deal. FORTUNE -- Earlier today I received an email from someone at Silver Lake Partners. I opened it immediately, only to be crestfallen when it was just an...
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Exclusive: C. Wonder raises $35 million
Chris Burch secures big investment for preppy retail chain. FORTUNE -- Women's fashion retailer C. Wonder has raised $35 million in private equity funding, Fortune has learned. The investment comes...
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Dell deal is done
Dell going private for $24.4 billion. FORTUNE -- Dell Inc. (DELL) this morning announced that it has agreed to be acquired for $24.4 billion, or $13.65 per share. The purchasing group would include...
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Confie Seguros, a personal insurance company focused on Hispanic consumers, has acquired two new insurance agencies: Cannello Agency (Niagra, NY) and Moose Insurance (Oakland, FL). No financial terms...
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Why Microsoft 'loaned' Dell $2 billion
Microsoft worried that equity stake would have upset others. FORTUNE -- There weren't too many surprises in Dell Inc.'s announcement that it has agreed to be taken private for $24.4 billion. Except for...
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Dell deal: HP and Lenovo respond
Dell's PC rivals have their say. FORTUNE -- Dell Inc. (DELL) is going private, and now its rivals are beginning to chime in on the $24.4 billion deal. First up was Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which is the...
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Desert NDT LLC, a portfolio company of Sterling Partners, has acquired T&K Inspection Inc., a Williston, N.D.-based provider of industrial X-ray services to customers in North Dakota and Montana....
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Dell's tax dodge?
Dell's buyout won't free its 'trapped' foreign cash. FORTUNE -- Dell Inc. has approximately $11 billion of cash "trapped" overseas. And now some folks think that the company's $24.4 billion buyout will...
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The Carlyle Group has completed its previously-announced acquisition of asset management firm TCW Group from Société Générale. No financial terms were disclosed. www.carlyle.com Costa Group, an...
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Why did Dell force employees to sell shares?
Dell made employees dump shares in the midst of buyout discussions. FORTUNE -- Last October, certain Dell employees were forced to sell some of their company stock at just $9.55 per share. Now the...
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Charlesbank Capital Partners and Webster Capital have completed their previously-announced $525 million acquisition of OneStopPlus, a plus-sized mail-order fashion business, from France's PPR SA....
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American Capital has acquired ASAP Industries LLC, a Houma, La.-based maker of flow control products for companies ranging from small local operations to major oilfield services companies and original...
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Major defection at Madison Dearborn
Tim Hurd leaving to form new fund. FORTUNE -- Tim Hurd has left Chicago-based buyout firm Madison Dearborn Partners, where he was in charge of financial services investments. Also gone is Eddie...
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Dell vs. Dell shareholders
Dell's largest outside shareholders are opposing its $24 billion buyout plan. FORTUNE -- T. Rowe Price yesterday became the latest Dell Inc. shareholder to oppose the company's plans to go private,...
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Meredith will likely need help in a Time Inc. deal
Meredith Corp. wants to buy People magazine, but it's going to need help. FORTUNE -- As Fortune reported earlier Wednesday, Time Warner is in talks to sell most of its magazine assets to Meredith Corp....
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Accel-KKR has agreed to acquire Sage Nonprofit Solutions, an Austin, Texas—based provider of accounting, donor and fundraising management and grant management software to nonprofits, from Sage Group...
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Private equity's next political candidate
Advent International investor running for U.S. Senate. FORTUNE -- It appears that the next private equity candidate for federal office will again be coming from Massachusetts. Gabriel Gomez, a...
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Does Warren Buffett still hate private equity?
Warren Buffett has teamed up with 3G Capital to buy Heinz. Yes, that's a private equity firm. FORTUNE -- Warren Buffett is no fan of private equity, having said that buyout firms are short-term...
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Investcorp has acquired Hydrasun, a Scottish provider of fluid control equipment and solutions for the global offshore oil and gas sector, from Equistone Partners Europe. No financial terms were...
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