Sallie Mae says buyers believe takeover threatened
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A group of private equity firms and banks have threatened to scuttle their planned $25 billion buyout of Sallie Mae, the student lender said on Wednesday, in the most dramatic sign yet that a once-booming takeover market may be cooling.
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Concerns mount that Warren Buffett's holding company might be overvalued.
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A $25 billion takeover of Sallie Mae  was on the verge of collapse on Wednesday after the student lender said a consortium does not expect to complete its planned acquisition on the agreed terms.
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Sallie Mae  said on Wednesday it plans to sell about $2.5 billion of stock and mandatory convertible securities to help pay off derivatives contracts that amounted to a bet that its share price would keep increasing.
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For some prospective home buyers in Southern California, the effect of the U.S. mortgage crisis has been to keep them on the sidelines of the home market, wary of stepping in for fear prices will fall further.
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Shares of Sallie Mae tumbled more than 13 percent as investors reacted to the companyâs disclosure that it would cut back on its core business of making student loans.
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There's an anxious face-off between sellers and buyers of homes as expectations of big profits fade
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Johannesburg - South African gold mining giant Gold Fields on Wednesday warned its shareholders that rival Harmony was &quot;financially stretched&quot; and was offering them overvalued shares in a hostile takeover bid.
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Insurance group Resolution faced a bidding war on Friday as Pearl Assurance trumped an agreed bid from Standard Life.
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Consumers cast a worried eye on the bond market as mortgage rates rose, while investors rode a bullish wave to end the week. Blackstoneâs founders were poised for a big payoff as they prepared for an initial offering.
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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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Securities regulators told the mortgage giant Wednesday that they are considering civil charges for alleged manipulation of the company's reported earnings.
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A move to curb sales fees at one of the largest fund providers may be good news for investors, but load funds still scream buyer beware.
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Competition gets heated between two public REITs in their efforts to acquire Mills.
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WASHINGTON -- Shares of Sallie Mae plunged Wednesday after the chief executive said the student lender would consider cutting its dividend next year to shore up its finances amid rising loan defaults and dwindling government subsidies.
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The threatened buyout of student  lender Sallie Mae may still go ahead -- but the $25 billion  price tag could be negotiated down.
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The battle for the United Kingdom developer Chelsfield intensified over the weekend, with reports from London that executives of the property giant are considering a management buyout to