$45 Billion Bid for a Texas Utility in Biggest Buyout Ever
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Private-equity giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company and the Texas Pacific Group are near a deal to acquire the TXU Corporation.
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BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  ,  the world&#39;s biggest miner, is in talks with private equity  firms to team up for a possible $40 billion bid for U.S.  aluminum company Alcoa Inc , the Times said on Tuesday.
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One of the largest financial institutions in Texas has drawn the attention of a New York banking giant. Bryan-based First American Bank SSB will be acquired by New York-based Citigroup Inc.
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On Sunday, Equity Office accepted a $36 billion offer from the Blackstone Group. It would be the costliest buyout in history.
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British group Scottish Power accepted a takeover bid worth 11.6 billion pounds (17.15 billion euros, 22.55 billion dollars) from Spain's second-biggest power company Iberdrola, a move that is set to create Europe's third biggest utility group.
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Texas power company TXU Corp. , which has agreed to the largest leveraged buyout in history, reported higher fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday, helped by improved margins and lower operating costs.
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Repsol YPF, Spain&#39;s biggest oil firm, plans to sell up to 45 percent of its Argentinian unit, a deal that could earn it more than four billion euros (5.4 billion dollars).
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A rush of multibillion-dollar buyouts  has catapulted the volume of private equity deals to their  highest level on record, data published on Tuesday shows.
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NEW YORK/PARIS  - The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), the world's largest energy market, is exploring a sale for about $14.3 billion, a news agency reported on Friday, as exchanges worldwide hustle for the best merger partners.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 26  Â Puget Energy, parent company of Puget Sound Energy, Washington Stateâs largest private utility, said Friday that it had agreed to be acquired and taken private by a consortium of investors for $30 a share in cash, a transaction that the company valued at $7.4 billion, including debt.
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Texas Pacific and KKR have  announced the biggest private equity buyout ever, valued at $45bn.
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A combination of National, Alamo, Thrifty and Dollar in a deal valued at more than $3 billion is being discussed.
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HOUSTON/NEW YORK  - Proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis and Co on Tuesday recommended TXU Corp.  shareholders vote in favor of a $32 billion buyout of the Texas power company.
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Public Service Enterprise Group, owner of the state&#39;s biggest gas and electric utility, yesterday agreed to be acquired by Exelon in a $12.2 billion deal that would create the nation&#39;s biggest
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BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications group, on Saturday accepted a C$51.7 billion ($48.5 billion) offer from a group including the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, and said it would be the largest buyout in Canadian corporate history.
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In a deal that would create the nation's biggest power company, the Exelon Corporation said it would buy the Public Service Enterprise Group of New Jersey.
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Exelon (EXC:NYSE - news - research) is reportedly in advanced talks to buy New Jersey&#39;s largest utility group, Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG:NYSE - news - research).