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Russia's Unified Energy System's (UES) investment plan which seeks foreign and Russian capital to invest in its electricity generating companies via IPOs and by buying stakes in the... 2008-02-26

Russia's Unified Energy System's (UES) investment plan which seeks foreign and Russian capital to invest in its electricity generating companies via IPOs and by buying stakes in the... 2008-02-26

Another week and yet another victim of the US credit crisis. Banks are expected to face more write-downs this quarter as buyers for leveraged loans are scarce. Some banks, including... 2008-02-20

The news on the IPO front - at least as far as those backed by Private Equity are concerned - is more about withdrawals this week than fabulous debuts. So far in 2008, 16 IPOs have... 2008-02-14

It has only been two weeks since Microsoft made its first approach to buy Yahoo but already the deal is starting to look like it could go the distance. After making the $44.6 billion... 2008-02-14

Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines could announce a merger in the next few weeks. Northwest CEO, Doug Steenland, told employees on February 6 that consolidation is "highly likely."... 2008-02-13

The slowdown in buyout activity is off the agenda for Bain Capital, which has just closed a $20 billion global buyout fund. Bain, the firm of which former Republican presidential... 2008-02-12

With Super Tuesday fresh in our minds and the fight to challenge for the White House heating up nicely (and shaping up to be by far the costliest in U.S. history), it seems an appropriate... 2008-02-12

Freescale Semiconductor, the semiconductor and embedded chip manufacturer that was taken private by a private equity consortium for $17.6 billion, has inked a deal to acquire SigmaTel... 2008-02-12

The Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C) has extended a helping hand to small and medium-size publicly traded firms trying to raise cash by revising the laws governing the sale... 2008-02-04