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CD&R in talks to purchase Ingersoll-Rand unit-sources, (NYSE: IR), (NYSE: JPM) - Takeover Chatter
N) is in late-stage discussions with private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice to sell its Hussmann refrigeration business, two people familiar with the matter said. The value was not immediately clear on Tuesday. ...
Maple Group may go hostile with TMX bid -source, (TSE: X), (LSE) - Takeover Chatter
"There will be a press release in the next day or so to announce our next move," said the source, who was not authorized to speak on the record. "Obviously we would like somehow to take this proposal to the shareholders even though the TMX is not ...
Federal-Mogul bidders shy, deal uncertain-sources, (NYSE: APO), (NASDAQ: FDML ... - Takeover Chatter
The sources declined to be named because details of the auction are not public. Apollo and Carlyle submitted initial bids for Federal-Mogul at the end of March and remain in the auction for the company, owned by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, ...
NYSE, D.Boerse examine payouts to win support, (NYSE: NYX), (NASDAQ: NDAQ ... - Takeover Chatter
DE) are weighing several options to win support for their $10.2 billion deal, including paying special dividends to shareholders, three sources briefed on the matter said on Wednesday. NYSE could give its own shareholders a special dividend at the time ...
Qatalyst advises National Semi on $6.5 billion deal - source, (NYSE: GS ... - Takeover Chatter
N)on the transaction, which was announced after the market closed on Monday, the source said. This marks the second multi-billion technology deal for Qatalyst this year. The San Francisco-based boutique bank advised Atheros Communications Inc, ...
Evercore hires senior UBS tech banker - Takeover Chatter
Eric Mandl will join the boutique bank as a senior managing director based in New York. He will advise large cap technology, software and Internet companies, the source said. Evercore declined to comment. The source declined to be identified because ...
Berkshire's Sokol part of Lubrizol talks-source, (NYSE: LZ) - Takeover Chatter
N) units MidAmerican Energy and NetJets, was involved in the process, though Buffett made the final decision, the source said. Berkshire Hathaway struck a deal to buy lubricant maker Lubrizol for $9 billion in cash in a bet on industrial growth in ...
PPL close to E.ON UK deal -- CNBC, (NYSE: PPL) - Takeover Chatter
DE) UK power networks for $6 billion in cash, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing a person close to the deal. CNBC said the deal is expected to be announced on Tuesday. Germany's E.ON put its British networks up for sale in December as part of a promise ...
PPL nears deal to purchase E.ON's UK grids, source says, (NYSE: PPL) - Takeover Chatter
Earlier on Tuesday, CNBC's website said PPL was close to a $6 billion cash acquisition of the networks, citing a person close to the deal. Two days ago, the Sunday Times had reported rival bidder Li Ka-Shing, the Hong Kong billionaire, ...
Emergency Medical close to deal with CD&R-source, (NYSE: EMS) - Takeover Chatter
A deal could be announced as early as Monday, the source said. As with all such deals, however, there is also a chance it may not happen.
Sberbank in hunt for Volksbanken VBI unit -sources - Takeover Chatter
MM) is among three potential buyers eyeing Austrian lender Oesterreichische Volksbanken AG's VBI eastern European arm, sources close to the matter said. ...
SKorea Lotte to bid for Matahari hypermart ops -source, (MPPA), (CASP), (CARR) - Takeover Chatter
JK), which the group hopes to sell for $1 billion, a source said. French retailer Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (CASP.PA), which recently snapped up ...