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		<title><![CDATA[BCE Inc.'s LBO Banks: Where's the Common Sense?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark McQueen Wellington Financial submits:  News item: OMERS to cut hostile takeover bid for Teranet (TNTIF.PK) by 6.8%. Bloomberg   There you have it. The Teranet Board couldn&#8217;t find a better offer than the original C$11 bid by OMERS, so they turned around and recommended what had previously...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:21:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Harrah?s LBO Teetering]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Feirman submits:  The problem is that this is worse than the worst-case scenario. - An executive closely involved with the Harrah&#8217;s LBO on the worst case scenarios factored into their models at the time of the deal, quoted in &#8220;Harrah&#8217;s Changes Its Game: Tough Times For Gambling, Large...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:06:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A "Chewable" Poison Pill?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the scene in the movie "M*A*S*H*" when Painless the dentist decides to commit suicide by downing the poisonous "Black Capsule?" Following a Last Supper-style scene with his cronies and some tender nursing care, however, Painless comes back to life.    Well, that's sort of what what Harvard...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:33:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Subprime crisis inflicts more pain at German banks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN AFP &#8212; Results from two German banks on Wednesday showed that the knock-on effects of the US subprime home loan crisis are still being felt around the world.  Commerzbank, Germany's second biggest private bank, warned after announcing a sharp fall in first-quarter profits that "it could be very...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Banks Chop $100 Billion Off Backlog Of LBO Financings As High-Yield Bond Issues Come Back In Demand]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CORPORATE FINANCING FOCUS   Prospects have improved for clearing away a huge backlog of leveraged loans and high-yield debt to finance already completed corporate takeovers, thanks to a revival of new issuance in the US high-yield bond market. Nearly $20 billion of new issues came to market in October,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Downgrades First Data's IDR to 'B+' on KKR LBO; Rates $15B Bank Debt 'BB/RR2']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Upon conclusion of its review of First Data Corp.'s FDC new capital structure for the expected close of its leveraged buy-out LBO transaction with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.'s KKR, Fitch Ratings has taken the following rating actions on FDC:]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Topspin LBO Acquires Utrecht Manufacturing Corporation from Brynwood Partners]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROSLYN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- Topspin LBO today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Utrecht Manufacturing Corporation ("Utrecht") from Brynwood Partners.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP Commences Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Investors in TXU Corporation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Northen District of Texas, on behalf of all persons who held the common stock of TXU Corp. ("TXU" or the "Company") (NYSE:TXU) at the close of business on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Where is the risk in global financial markets?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Risk spreads and financial market volatility have declined significantly in recent years, but the evidence suggests that these benign financial market conditions are linked mostly to cyclical rather than structural factors - notably strong world growth and high corporate profitability. Markets appear to have projected this positive cyclical picture...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US private equity group KKR plans stock flotation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK AFP &#8212; Leveraged buyout giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co KKR announced it intends to raise 1.25 billion dollars in a stock offering, less than two weeks after private equity rival Blackstone went public.  The long secretive KKR said Tuesday that it had filed an initial public...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Research and Markets: New Report Discusses and Analyzes the Leveraged Buyout of Alltel Wireless by Private Equity Firms]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c59772) has announced the addition of What's News?: Alltel Goes Private to their offering.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BEST INVESTMENT BANKS 2007]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[INVESTMENT BANK The continuing frenzy of global M&A and debt and equity issuance shows no sign of abating - and investment banks are reaping the benefits.   Records fell across the board in 2006 for worldwide debt and equity issuance, as well as mergers and acquisitions, and there are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This Month: Main News - Consortium Acquires US College Loans Provider In Controversial $25bn LBO.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US's largest lender to college students, Sallie Mae  formally known as SLM Corporation has agreed to be acquired by  JPMorgan, Bank of America and private equity funds JC Flowers and  Friedman Fleischer & Lowe for $25bn.    The deal will bring Sallie Mae under...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch: Additional Analysis of Covenant Protection for Western Union Bondholders]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_April_25/ai_n27214482]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Due to heightened investor interest in technology-related leveraged buyouts LBOs, Fitch analyzed the suitability of over 20 technology companies to an LBO scenario with an initial report on Nov. 8, 2006. This analysis focused on the level of bondholder protection afforded by existing indentures, the ability of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sun Capital Partners Announces Closing on Sun Capital Partners V, L.P., a $6.0 Billion Leveraged Buyout Fund]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Sun Capital Partners, Inc. ("Sun Capital"), a leading private investment firm focused on leveraged buyouts, equity, debt, and other investments in market-leading companies that can benefit from its in-house operating professionals and experience, announced today the closing of Sun Capital Partners V, L.P. ("Fund V"), a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Amend: Fitch Downgrades First Data to 'BBB/F3' on LBO Announcement; Watch Negative]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_April_2/ai_n27185068]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- This is a correction for a message issued earlier today. It amends information in the third full paragraph.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Downgrades First Data to 'BBB/F3' on LBO Announcement; Watch Negative]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_April_2/ai_n27272650]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has downgraded First Data Corp. (NYSE:FDC) following its announcement of an accepted $29 billion leveraged buy-out LBO offer from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. KKR:]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Places Affiliated Computer Services on Rating Watch Negative On LBO Offer]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_March_20/ai_n27244891]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has placed Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. ACS on Rating Watch Negative following the proposed offer from Darwin Deason, founder and current chairman of ACS, and Cerberus Capital Management L.P. Cerberus to acquire the company in a leveraged buyout LBO transaction valued at $8.2 billion, including...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch: Assessing LBO Risk at First Data Corp]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_March_7/ai_n27290089]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Due to heightened investor interest in technology leveraged buyouts LBOs, and a widening of the credit default swap spread for First Data Corp., Fitch Ratings has examined LBO risk for the company by assessing the level of bondholder protection provided by bond indentures, specifically change of control...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TXU Buyout â€“ Private Equity Funds Paint Themselves Green]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=469]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A New York Times story this morning is full of gushing praise from environmentalists for the promise by private equity funds Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company and the Texas Pacific Group for promising to scrap plans for eight coal-fired plants at Texas utility TXU Corporation which they are proposing to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:11:18 -0800</pubDate>
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