Pension Plan Buyout of Bell Canada Would Set Record
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TORONTO, June 30 -- Bell Canada agreed Saturday to be bought by a private partnership led by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan in a deal valued at $48.5 billion that would be the largest leveraged buyout ever.
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The company wants to swallow its largest customer acquisition yet.
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HALIFAX (CP) - A revised offshore deal between Ottawa and Nova Scotia could add as much as &#36;1 billion to the provincial treasury over the next 16 years.
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The battle to take over Canada's biggest telephone company, BCE Inc.  , may not be over yet, with some on Monday expecting a higher bid to emerge.
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Ottawa is indeed selling off its stake in Petro-Canada, the Calgary-based oil company says. The stock sale would be the biggest in Canadian history.
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The Federal Communications Commission is slated to approve the $67 billion purchase of BellSouth by telecom giant AT&T, formerly known as SBC. Shareholders approved the merger in July and expected government regulators to demand the combined company shed some assets.
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The U.S. sale of airwaves for advanced wireless services grossed a record $13.9 billion, and spectrum-hungry wireless carrier T-Mobile USA, and a group of cable companies were the highest bidders.
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BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications group, has agreed to a C$51.7 billion ($48.5 billion) offer from a group including the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, in what the purchasers said was the largest buyout in Canadian corporate history.
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The combination of BCE Inc. , Canada's biggest phone company, with Telus Corp.  is "an all Canadian solution" to ensure a strong player survives the tough telecoms industry, the chief executive of Telus said on Thursday.
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Texas Pacific and KKR have  announced the biggest private equity buyout ever, valued at $45bn.
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If approved, the deal would be Canadaâs largest takeover and among the largest leveraged buyouts in history.
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Stock index futures rose on Monday, with takeover news in the telecommunications sector, including a $48.5 billion buyout, likely to offset concern about the subprime mortgage market.
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Rogers Communications Inc. on Thursday said it is proposing to launch an exchange offer for all of the outstanding shares of Rogers Wireless Communications Inc.
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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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The U.S. sale of airwaves for   advanced wireless services grossed a record $13.9 billion when   it ended on Monday, and spectrum-hungry wireless carrier   T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless and a group of cable companies   were the highest bidders.
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The bid for the Canadian telecom is the biggest to date, and could get bigger.
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US buyout fund Carlyle Group will pay $400m ($206m) for a 25% stake in insurance company China Pacific Life,  in the country's biggest  private equity deal yet.