Financing Strategies

UK newspaper the Daily Mail has reported a rumour suggesting the private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Bain Capital are preparing to bid for upmarket US food retailer Whole... 2011-08-24

The Marcellus shale play's proximity to major consuming regions in the US north east, where natural gas prices are about 30% higher than anywhere else in the nation, will prove increasingly... 2011-08-19

The US's debt problems appear to have claimed another victim. With interest rates in the North America nation near historic lows, we predicted back in March that the dollar covered... 2011-08-16

US food company Sara Lee has reached a deal to sell its North American refrigerated dough business to US private label specialist Ralcorp Holdings for US$545mn. The move comes after... 2011-08-10

US local/long-distance telephone company Windstream Corporation has agreed to buy competitive local/metropolitan networks operator PAETEC for approximately US$2.3bn. The move enables... 2011-08-02

Dunkin' Donuts got the market excited by its return to public trading after a frothy initial public offering (IPO) on the NASDAQ on July 27 2011. Offered at the top band of its range... 2011-08-01

NUS commercial vehicle manufacturer Navistar International's subsidiary Navistar Financial (NFC) has entered into a deal for a one-year renewal of a US$500mn dealer floorplan funding... 2011-07-25

US private label specialist Ralcorp plans to spin off its Post branded cereals business to focus on acquisitions in the private label sector. The firm said the spin-off is likely to... 2011-07-18

US major ConocoPhillips has left the market in no doubt of its 'shrink-to-grow' strategy, announcing on July 14 2011 that it would split into separate publicly traded upstream and downstream... 2011-07-15

In spite of the steep premium BHP Billiton has paid for Petrohawk Energy, we have a positive view on the acquisition. Although gas prices are likely to stay low in the US over the short... 2011-07-15