Carlyle to buy Manor Care for $4.9 billion
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Manor Care Inc. , the largest U.S. operator of homes for the elderly, said on Monday it agreed to be acquired by Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion, becoming the latest health care provider taken off the public market by a private equity buyer.
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Bank of America Corp said on Friday that it would buy battered mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp for $4 billion, a move that could avert one of the biggest collapses from the U.S. housing crisis.
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Triad Hospitals Inc.  was expected to announce as early as Monday morning that it was selling itself to private-equity buyers for about $4.4 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Manor Care Inc  and private  equity firm Carlyle Group  will contest a temporary  halt on their $4.9 billion merger imposed by a Michigan court,  Manor Care said on Thursday.
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British cigarette maker Imperial Tobacco said it would buy Commonwealth Brands, the fourth biggest player in the United States, for 1.9 billion dollars (1.46 billion euros).
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Bethesda-based Coventry Health Care Inc. is buying managed health care company First Health Group Corp. for $1.8 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create a national health benefits company capable of providing health insurance and administrative services to a broad array of clients.
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The insurance giant MetLife Inc. is buying Travelers Life &amp; Annuity Co. for at least $11.5 billion from Citigroup Inc. , the nation's largest financial institution.
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Private equity firm Carlyle Group  said on Monday it would buy aircraft and auto parts maker Sequa Corp.  for $2 billion.
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Manor Care Inc. , the largest U.S. owner of nursing homes, on Monday said it agreed to be acquired by Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion, the latest health-care provider taken off the public market by a private equity buyer.
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Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia's Macquarie Group in a deal valued at $1.4 billion.
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Insurer Standard Life has agreed to buy rival Resolution for 4.9 billion pounds ($10.1 billion), topping a competing offer and breaking up Resolution's planned merger with Friends Provident.
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The Carlyle Group said on Monday that it would buy the Sequa Corporation, a maker of aircraft and auto parts, for $2 billion.
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General Electric Co. agreed to buy a Citigroup business that provides lending and leasing services to the trucking industry for $4.4 billion in cash to build its commercial finance unit in areas where it already has expertise.
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- Aircraft and auto parts maker Sequa Corp.  said it agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Carlyle Group  in a cash deal valued at $2.7 billion.
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Triad Hospitals Inc. , under pressure from its biggest stockholder to raise the share price, agreed to be acquired by CCMP Capital Advisors and a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. unit for $4.7 billion.
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The Carlyle Group, the District private-equity giant, continued its recent acquisition spree yesterday with a $2.7 billion deal for Sequa, a manufacturer of as diverse a group of products as pumps that inflate automobile airbags and After Six tuxedos.
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Carlyle Group, a District-based private-equity firm, is in the early stages of discussions to purchase Virgin Media, according to a source familiar with the talks.