Private equity buys TXU in record deal
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Texas power company TXU Corp.  said on Monday it agreed to be acquired by a group led by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.  and Texas Pacific Group  for $31.8 billion in the largest leveraged buyout in history.
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Henry Kravis, whose 1989 takeover of RJR Nabisco Inc. rewrote the rules of leveraged buyouts, set a record yesterday with his firm's $45 billion agreement to buy Dallas-based power producer TXU Corp.
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BBVA, Spain's second-largest bank, said Tuesday it has agreed to buy Texas-based Laredo National Bancshares for &#36;850 million in cash as part of a strategy to gain a greater share of the U.S. Hispanic market.
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- TXU Corp.  said it agreed to be acquired by a group led by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.  and Texas Pacific Group  for about $45 billion including debt.
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The orthopedic device maker on Thursday accepted a takeover bid of $11.4 billion from a private equity consortium.
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The deal, for $17.50 per share, continues a recent trend of networking and telecommunications firms being bought by private equity firms.
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Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. , a struggling subprime mortgage lender, said on Monday it agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Lone Star for $400 million.
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The luggage maker said it agreed to be bought by the private equity firm in an all-cash deal, including assumption of debt.
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Australian flag carrier Qantas agreed to a boosted 11.1-billion-dollar (8.7 billion US) takeover bid from an international private equity consortium.
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Texas Pacific and KKR have  announced the biggest private equity buyout ever, valued at $45bn.
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The unit was sold for $10.3 billion to a group of private equity firms that will take an equal stake in the company.
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An investor group seeking to acquire  TXU Corp.  pledged that if its $32 billion buyout bid is  successful it will hold on to the utility for at least five  years and will not load any acquisition-related debt onto the  utility, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Australiaâs largest airline agreed to an $8.7 billion buyout offer from a consortium led by Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group.
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Forget your holiday plans for a minute and think back. Way back. All the way to June. That was when the frenzy of leveraged buyouts hit its peak, cresting with a $48 billion bid for BCE, the parent of Bell Canada, which remains the largest buyout deal ever. A week later, Hilton Hotels agreed to [...].
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Texas power company TXU Corp.  has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.  and Texas Pacific Group  for about $32 billion in the largest leverage buyout in history, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.
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The business development company makes a rare share repurchase.
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Bell Canada agreed Saturday to be bought by a private partnership led by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan in a deal valued at C$51.7 billion (US$48.5 billion) that would be the largest leveraged buyout ever.