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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

What a difference six months make. In the last few days, rumours have been flying that cellular operator Sprint Nextel and Wireless Internet provider Clearwire have resurrected... 2008-02-04

Strong private equity activity will continue in 2008, though not at the blockbuster levels seen in early 2007, predict two partners from the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

Gryphon Investors will be raising its fourth private equity fund in late 2008 or 2009 now that it's raised an additional $100 million from its investors.

Claims by the largest and best-known buyout firms that their transactions are a force for adding value are undermined by a controversial new report by Moody's into the post-LBO strategies... 2008-01-18

Baird announced last week that it’s beefing up its technology investment banking team and expanding it on the West Coast.

Advent International Corporation last week sold American Radiology Services after a number of potential suitors contacted the New York-based global buyout firm expressing interest... 2008-01-14