Sallie Mae says buyers believe takeover threatened
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The investor group led by J.C. Flowers & Co. that agreed to buy out student loan firm Sallie Mae for $25 billion said proposals to cut government subsidies to student lenders could threaten the deal, Sallie Mae said on Wednesday.
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Sallie Mae  said on Wednesday it plans to sell about $2.5 billion of stock and mandatory convertible securities to help pay off derivatives contracts that amounted to a bet that its share price would keep increasing.
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Campaigners threaten legal action over fears insurers' plans to use surplus assets will penalise policyholders.
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Reports that Sprint Corp. may be close to a $36 billion takeover of Nextel Communications Inc. yesterday alarmed consumer advocates, who predicted it would lead to less competition and higher prices for wireless service.
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Alliance Data Systems Corp , a  provider of transaction, credit and marketing services, on  Monday said its $6.76 billion buyout by private equity firm  Blackstone Group LP  is in jeopardy.
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Banknorth Group Inc.'s biggest investors are voicing concerns about the proposed sale of a controlling stake to Toronto-Dominion Bank .
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Don't buy without considering threat of entry, bargaining power, and more.
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Xstrata yesterday threatened to withdraw its hostile Â£2.9 billion takeover offer for WMC if the Australian miner indicated it would dilute value by paying out up to A$1 billion in cash to shareholders.
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Yet another major buyout deal may be on the rocks. The consortium that had agreed to buy Sallie Mae for $25 billion plans to return to the negotiating table and seek a lower price, people close to the group said yesterday. If the group fails, it may move to scuttle the deal.
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A consortium planning to buy the student loan giant Sallie Mae said that legislation aimed at reducing subsidies to lenders might harm the $25 billion deal.
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The recent woes of Citigroup   have encouraged some investment bankers to talk up the chances  that the biggest U.S. bank might feel pressure to buy a major  U.S. rival, with Wells Fargo & Co.  and even Goldman  Sachs Group  touted as potential merger partners.
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Alliance Data Systems Corporation, the big credit card processor, warned that its proposed $6.4 billion buyout might unravel.
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A move to curb sales fees at one of the largest fund providers may be good news for investors, but load funds still scream buyer beware.
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SLM, the parent of Sallie Mae, which for years profited from placing large bets on its own stock going up, now faces a possible loss of more than $1 billion.
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Countrywide, the troubled lender that came to symbolize many of the excesses of the subprime mortgage crisis, is negotiating a sale to Bank of America.
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By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 15--Several dozen water customers balked at the idea of consumers fronting the costs of California American Water's expansion, saying the private company is asking the public to carry its investment risk.
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The consortium that agreed to buy student lender Sallie Mae for $25 billion said on Wednesday that as of today conditions for the closing of the deal would not be met.