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  • September 2008

    • Lehman: Finding a Buyer Will Be Tough

      Bloomberg  |  Sep 11, 08 8:30 AM CDT

      Lehman: Finding a Buyer Will Be Tough

      (Newser) - Lehman Brothers is in the same bind as home sellers in a tight real estate market: they have a great asset for sale, but nobody has the money to buy, reports Bloomberg. The bank hopes to auction 55% of its asset-management fund, but experts say interested investors may not be able to finance a takeover that will cost billions. More »

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      subprime crisis  • Lehman Brothers  • Richard Fuld  • LBO  • spin-off

  • July 2007

    • Dow Tumbles Over 300 Points

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 26, 07 3:27 PM CDT

      Dow Tumbles Over 300 Points

      (Newser) - The Dow Jones lost 2.25% of its value today, after continuing subprime concerns, poorer-than-expected housing numbers, and a dearth of positive earnings reports scared traders off from recent rallies. The index was down 311.50 to 13473.57, though at one point its losses surpassed its worst close this year, at over 415 points. More »

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      Dow Jones  • S&P 500  • subprime mortgages  • Nasdaq  • housing market  • LBO

    • Deals Excite Nervous Markets

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 2, 07 8:06 PM CDT

      Deals Excite Nervous Markets

      (Newser) - The Dow rose 126.81 points to 13535.43 today, as several big deals assuaged traders worried the recent LBO spate is coming to an end. Chief among them, the Journal 's Market Watch reports, was a $32.6B buyout of BCE, Canada's largest telecom, by a consortium including two US firms. More »

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      Dow Jones  • stock market  • S&P 500  • NASDAQ  • Carlyle Group  • LBO  • Virgin Media

    • BCE Agrees to Landmark LBO

      Globe and Mail  |  Jul 1, 07 10:24 AM CDT

      BCE Agrees to Landmark LBO

      (Newser) - Canada's dominant telecom company will go private in the country's biggest takeover ever, and one of the largest LBOs in the world. A powerful teachers' retirement fund and two American private-equity firms made a deal yesterday for CBE, also known as Bell Canada. The $48.5 billion (C$51.7 billion) bid must still clear regulators and shareholders. More »

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      Canada  • private equity  • buyout  • takeover  • privatization  • teacher  • telecom  • retirement fund  • LBO  • Providence Equity  • Madison Dearborn

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