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  • Avaya: a near-perfect private equity target
    For years, telephone handset maker Avaya was a sleepy corporate backwater in the old AT&T corporate empire. No one seemed to want to own it. AT&T…
  • Carlyle Group Plans to List First Publicly Traded Fund
    My colleague Emily Thornton passed this scoop to Deal Flow: Private equity powerhouse the Carlyle Group plans to file to list its first publicly…
  • Another view on strategic buyers
    I argued yesterday that strategic buyers are often at a disadvantage when they are in competitive situation with financial sponsors. Ken Marlin,…
  • Sallie Mae deal at risk
    The $25 billion buyout of student loan company SLM could be scuttled as Congress debates new laws that would cut funding for the market. The…
  • A deal about nothing
    On the deal front, it has been a day of frustration and denial. Cablevision's board has rejected a sweetened $8.9 billion bid from the Dolan…
  • Record year, record bonuses
    The final tally has been completed, and 2006 has entered the M&A record books. Market researcher Dealogic says global M&A volume for the year was…
  • Texas Pacific has great run with J Crew
    Private equity giant J Crew acquired apparel retailer J Crew for $390 million in 1997, according to market researcher Dealogic. Last year, J Crew…
  • Hiring pressure on Wall Street
    As deal volume and fundraising surge deep into record territory, investment banks, private equity firms and hedge funds are scrambling to hire more…
  • A public Blackstone could do ever-larger deals
    The Blackstone Group's plan to go public could hasten the day of the $100 billion leveraged buyout. The private equity giant is considering going…
  • News Corp.'s MySpace deal starting to pay off
    There were plenty of skeptics when News Corp. announced its $580 million acquisition of MySpace back in 2005. The valuation appeared high, for the…

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