Cadence Design buyout talks stall: report
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Talks over a possible takeover of  Cadence Design Corp.  by two private equity firms have  stalled over price, The New York Times reported on Monday,  sending the software maker&#39;s shares down nearly 5 percent.
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US equity fund Newbridge Capital Ltd., which is selling Korea First Bank, yesterday postponed its anouncement of a preferred bidder, indicating that it is having difficulty setting the sale price with HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc.
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Chip maker Freescale Semiconductor   Inc. FSL.N said on Friday it agreed to be bought for $17.6   billion, or $40 a share in cash, by a private equity consortium   led by Blackstone Group, in what could be the biggest leveraged   buyout of a technology company.
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic-design innovation, today announced the availability of the Cadence(R) Allegro(R) Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) design-in IP portfolio.
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The Spanish bank poised to take over Britain&#39;s Abbey National will walk away if the Â£8.2bn (â¬12.1bn) deal is stalled by competition concerns, it was reported today.
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Merger talks between Qwest Communications and MCI cooled on Friday, though the two companies may still reach an agreement.
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Talks over a possible takeover of Cadence Design Corp.  by two private equity firms have stalled over price, The New York Times reported on Monday, sending the software maker's shares down nearly 5 percent.
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Business & money: Â· No talks yet to extend designer's contractÂ· Retailer to report worst performance for two years
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Bain Capital, a U.S. equity investment firm, declined to comment Wednesday on news reports that a U.S. government panel reviewing a proposed acquisition of networking vendor 3Com plans to extend its review.Bain would get an 83.5 percent stake in 3Com, and Chinese networking giant Huawei Technologies would get the remaining piece in the $2.2 billion deal. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), part of the U.S. Department of Treasury, is investigating whether the investment by Huawei poses a risk to U.S. national security after Bain voluntarily submitted the deal for review in October.Normally, a CFIUS review runs for 30 days, but the interagency committee can take another 45 days. The Financial Times on Tuesday reported that CFIUS this week would likely take the additional time.A Bain spokesman declined to comment on the news report Wednesday, saying the CFIUS review was a &quot;confidential process.&quot;&quot;Bain Capital is working closely with CFIUS to provide U.S. officials with information about the proposed transaction,&quot; the company said in a statement. &quot;As stated previously, we believe CFIUS will conclude that the company will remain firmly in the control of an American firm, has only a small minority foreign shareholder, and that the deal presents no risks to national security.&quot;Some critics have disagreed. U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, a Michigan Republican, has called on CFIUS to reject the deal. Huawei&#39;s take in 3Com, which markets intrusion detection systems, would &quot;gravely compromise&quot; U.S. national security, he said in a House floor speech in October.The U.S. Department of Defense uses 3Com intrusion detection products, and Chinese hackers have targeted the agency, McCotter said. &quot;Given this and other instances of communist China&#39;s persistent cyber warfare against us, approving this sale would be an abject abdication of CIFUS&#39; duty to protect America&#39;s vital defense technologies from enemy acquisition,&quot; he said.
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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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Australian steel maker Smorgon Steel Group Ltd.  and its suitor OneSteel Ltd.  sought trading halts on their shares pending an announcement that sources close to the companies said was likely on Monday.
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Citadel Investment Group is not negotiating to buy Bank of America's  prime brokerage unit, a source close to Citadel said, throwing cold water on a media report the hedge fund firm has inspected the bank's books.
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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.
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A $3.1 billion debt sale to pay for the buyout of General Motors' Allison Transmission unit has been postponed, the Wall Street Journal said on its Web site on Monday, citing an unnamed source.
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc. FSL.N   said on Monday in a statement that it was in talks regarding a   "possible business transaction" after the New York Times   reported that it was nearing a $16 billion buyout with private   equity firms.
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today further extended the capabilities of the Cadence(R) Encounter(R) digital IC design platform with the announcement of its Encounter Timing System.
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The credit card services provider said it has received notice from Blackstone that the private equity firm does not expect to complete the deal.