Investment Firm JDS Buys DreamWorks Music
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Private investment firm JDS Capital Management, Inc. on Thursday said it acquired DreamWorks Music Publishing, a unit of the DreamWorks entertainment group that holds the rights to music by legendary artists John Denver and The Byrds and popular tracks including "The Thong Song" and "Take the A Train."
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group is buying the owner of Madame Tussauds waxworks museums for about 1 billion pounds ($1.9 billion) cash, creating the world's second-biggest theme park group behind Walt Disney Co.
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DreamWorks Animation Inc., riding on a wave of recent hit films including &quot;Shrek 2&quot; and &quot;Shark Tales&quot; was looking for friendly waters on Wall Street Thursday with its highly anticipated initial public offering.
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Mid-priced clothing retailer and maker  Jones Apparel Group Inc. JNY.N said on Thursday it was buying  Barneys New York Inc. BNNY.OB in a $400 million deal to boost  its retail business and move into luxury apparel.
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Real estate investment trust  Archstone-Smith  has agreed to be acquired by Tishman  Speyer and Lehman Brothers Holdings  for $22.2 billion,  including debt, the companies said on Tuesday.
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Shares in DreamWorks Animation, the studio behind the hit films &quot;Shrek 2&quot; and &quot;Shark Tale,&quot; gained 38.4 percent on Thursday, their first day of trading.
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Real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith  will be acquired by real estate company Tishman Speyer and investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings  for $22.2 billion, including debt, the companies said on Tuesday.
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Mid-priced clothing retailer and maker  Jones Apparel Group Inc. JNY.N said on Thursday it was buying  Barneys New York Inc. BNNY.OB in a deal worth $400 million as  a move to expand into luxury apparel retailing.
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A consortium led by Japan&#39;s Sony Corporation has bought the Hollywood MGM Studio to mine MGM&#39;s lucrative library for the booming DVD market.
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DreamWorks Animation, the company behind the blockbuster Shrek movies, has enjoyed a fairytale beginning on Wall Street with its share price leaping nearly 40 per cent.
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Shrek creators DreamWorks Animation could raise up to $725m through its US stock market flotation. The group set an estimated offer price of $23-$25 per share in a filing to US financial watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Star-struck Wall Street gave a  dazzling welcome to DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. DWA.N on  Thursday, sending shares of the animated film maker up more  than 35 percent in their market debut.
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Tishman Speyer Properties LP and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. agreed to buy US apartment developer Archstone-Smith Trust for $13.5 billion, expanding their residential assets as rents rise.
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Riding the tail of a shark, DreamWorks Animation Inc. arrives on Wall Street today in the most high-profile entertainment company initial public offering in years.
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DreamWorks, which created box office smash Shrek, raises $812m from its floatation on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Morgan Stanley's  real estate unit said on Thursday it would buy Australia's Investa Properties Ltd.  for A$4.7 billion (US$3.9 billion), the latest in a string of property takeovers by the U.S. investment bank.
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DreamWorks Animation SKG on Tuesday set its planned initial public offering of stock at 29 million common shares at an estimated price of $23 to $25 per share.