Private Equity Buyout of TXU Is Enormous in Size and in Its Complexity
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A new tactic in financing is expanding the role of Wall Street banks, which have essentially served as mortgage lenders to deal-hungry private equity firms.
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The private-equity firm invests more than 10% of its assets in the latest quarter.
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The expanding credit crunch saves the TXU buyout, but will likely prevent others like it.
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TXU Corp.  said it agreed to be acquired  by a group led by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts  & Co.  and Texas Pacific Group  for about $45  billion including debt.
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Forget your holiday plans for a minute and think back. Way back. All the way to June. That was when the frenzy of leveraged buyouts hit its peak, cresting with a $48 billion bid for BCE, the parent of Bell Canada, which remains the largest buyout deal ever. A week later, Hilton Hotels agreed to [...].
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The company has some major issues, which weighed heavily on its recent IPO.
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Buyout firms have drawn upon a seemingly bottomless wellspring of investorsâ money and extraordinarily lenient lending terms to close ever-larger deals.
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The Blackstone Group officially took possession of about 12 million square feet of office property in the Boston area yesterday as it completed the nation's largest private real estate purchase ever, from Equity Office Properties Trust for $39 billion .
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The company is in a phase of explosive growth, and that costs money.
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The purchase of big public companies by private-equity firms, like this summer's acquisition of hospital giant HCA Corp. , come prepackaged with a standard win-win spin.
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The chip company makes a major deal to reach a new market.
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DALLAS -- Shareholders of TXU Corp. approved the sale of the largest power generator in Texas for $32 billion on Friday in one of the largest private buyouts ever.
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An industry giant is inspired to spend billions on its own shares.
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The acquisition of EOP has a ripple effect throughout the industry.
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A $55 million purchase could be bigger than investors think.
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Management leads a $4.7 billion buyout bid. Are other bids on the way?
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Texas Pacific and KKR have  announced the biggest private equity buyout ever, valued at $45bn.