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Huntsman: A Good Price on a Busted Buyout Deal: George Spritzer submits: The SKP merger arbitrage is finally closing on June 30, so I've been looking around for other investments in that space. I bought some shares of Huntsman HUN on Friday when the share price was driven down that morning. Huntsman is a busted buyout deal....; Tags: Materials/Industrials, Huntsman Corp.; External links 2008-06-29
The Mature Buyout Firm - Balancing Entrepreneurship and Control: This article focuses on the tension between private equity's entrepreneurial roots and the need for more mature firms to institute controls as they grow. It looks at several critical issues for maturing firms - how they determine optimum fund size, and ways to implement structure while retaining the best aspects...; Tags: Ernst & Young LLP, entrepreneurial, entrepreneurship, private equity; White papers 2004-10-19
UBS Sues Deutsche AndTerra Firma Owned Firm: LONDON (Reuters UK) - UBS AG UBSN is suing a company owned by buyout firm Terra Firma TERA and Deutsche Bank DBKGn over the syndication of buyout debt to new investors, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. German motorway service operator Tank & Rast...; Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, London, UBS AG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Sales Strategy, TeraForce Technology Corp.; News items 2008-06-19
Killed by the Huntsman: Kevin Cook submits: Shares of Huntsman Corp. HUN fell by over 40% yesterday as markets digested the news that buyout firm Apollo Management and one of its businesses, Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc., announced after the market close yesterday that they were suing to back out of an agreement to acquire...; Tags: Huntsman Corp., Materials/Industrials; External links 2008-06-20
The Messy Reality Of SOX On Private Equity: The article talks about the New Yorks’ mid-market buyout firm Castle Harlan Inc. that acquired auto-parts maker Advanced Accessory Systems LLC last month for $260 million, the management paid cash for stock in the company. But Castle Harlan is in a bind. It would like to offer management further incentives,...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Investment, FleetBoston Financial Corp., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, private equity, stock, bond, incentive; White papers 2003-06-01

Are Private Equity Buyouts the Devil's Work?: Private equity deals have always had a bad rap. The naysayers argue that PE-driven leveraged buyouts of public companies lose money for investors, victimize employees, lead to massive job cuts, and pretty much steal money from orphans and widows when given half a chance....; Tags: Investment, Financial services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sean Silverthorne, private equity, Josh Lerner; Blog posts 2008-04-07
Daily Dispatch: Sara Lee, Starbucks, Whole Foods, and AirTran: Sara Lee Corp. saw a 7.1 percent increase in sales for 2007 in all six of its divisions. Much of the company's success can be attributed to its new customer-centric sales strategy, which focuses on the vendor as customer. Rather than relying on brokers, the company sells...; Tags: Sales strategy, Retail, Food & Beverage, Mergers & Acquisitions, Lori Deschene, Whole Foods, Starbucks Corp., Sara Lee Corp., AirTran, Midwest; Blog posts 2007-08-15
Venture Capital Isn't as Sick as VCs Want You to Think: At least a few venture capitalists seem to be crying in their cognac about the collapse of the IPO market for venture-backed firms. According to a study by the National Venture Capital Association, leaked first to the New York Times, not a single venture-backed company went public in the...; Tags: Financial Planning, Investment, Dan Ackman, IPO, Paul Kedrosky, venture capital; Blog posts 2008-06-30
BNET Daily Dispatch: Thomson, Dell, Microsoft, and Retail: Thomson announced that it will sell its educational textbook and academic testing businesses to raise money for the Reuters acquisition. London-based buyout firm Apax Partners will buy the companies for a total of $7.75 billion cash, which will contribute substantially to financing the $17.5 billion Reuters deal. Thomson shares rose...; Tags: Storage, Investment, Flash memory, Andrew Hines, Thomson Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2007-05-11
Prosecutors Seek Stiff Jail Term For Ex-Refco CEO: By Martha Graybow NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Refco Inc Chief Executive Phillip Bennett deserves a long prison term when he is sentenced for fraud after presiding over "a conspiracy of historic proportions," U.S. prosecutors argued in court papers made public...; Tags: Litigation, prosecutor, fraud, Adelphia Communications Corp., WorldCom Inc., Manhattan, LBO, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, civil lawsuit, lawyer, CEO, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., bankruptcy, U.S., accounting, financial; News items 2008-06-12