Private equity firms back out of Harman deal
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Harman International Industries Inc   said its private equity buyers are pulling out of their  $8 billion buyout deal, a severe blow to the company whose  shares fell more than 25 percent on Friday.
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A pullback in commercial property  lending has raised questions about whether a recent surge in  real estate investment trust buyouts signaled a peak for  private equity funds.
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Judging from the recent headlines, it would be easy to think that Wall Street&#8217;s private-equity machine shut down for the entire month of August. That would be an exaggeration &#8212; though not by much. Data from Thomson Financial show that the combined value of private-equity-related mergers and acquisitions of United States companies came to just $4.2 [...].
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Business & money: PM-in-waiting challenged to curb private equity.
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A tax law quirk allows private equity firms to operate as partnerships and to pay lower tax rates than corporations.
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WorldCom Inc. investors canceled a $54 million settlement reached last month with the company's former outside directors after a judge voided a provision of the agreement that would have exposed banks to higher damages.
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Private equity groups KKR and Goldman Sachs pull out of their $8bn deal to buy US hi-fi firm Harman.
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Research suggests that companies bought by private equity firms are not massive destroyers of jobs.
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Let's face it. Private equity firms hogged the deal-making spotlight in 2007, first with their high-flying buyouts and then with their frantic efforts to salvage them. But corporate acquirers, otherwise known as strategics, weren't exactly on vacation. Just ask Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corporation pulled off an audacious takeover of Dow Jones that many said was [...].
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Harman International has reached a compromise with a pair of buyout firms that will allow them to terminate a planned takeover of the company in return for a $400 million investment -- avoiding litigation that both sides viewed as too costly.
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Private-equity firms have been picking off companies faster than bankers can draw up the papers. The targets are varied: Clear Channel Communications, Equity Office Properties, Harrah's Entertainment, the Hilton Hotel chain.
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Olivant Advisers dropped out of the bidding, saying it failed to come up with an offer that would satisfy both it and the government. The move increased the chances for Richard Bransonâs Virgin Group.
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Private equity firms, until recently the high flyers of finance, have had a tough summer.
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Vornado Realty Trust  said on Wednesday it has terminated its cash and stock proposal to acquire Equity Office Properties Trust .
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Up to 10,000 investors in split capital investment trusts will not receive a penny from a compensation settlement agreed last week, after four firms pulled out of negotiations.
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The private equity buyers of Harman International Industries Inc  are worried about financial conditions inside the audio equipment maker, concerns that could threaten the $8 billion deal, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Private equity firms have demonstrated strength in numbers by teaming up to make significant acquisitions, and as some firms keep expanding, investors say the trend toward "club" deals will help them snag assets that once were out of their grasp.