Carlyle, Prudential to Buy China Pacific Life Stake, People Say
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Carlyle Group Inc., the world&#39;s third- biggest buyout fund, agreed to pay $400 million for 24.9 percent of the life insurance subsidiary of China&#39;s third largest insurer, people familiar with the transaction said.
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The Carlyle Group has agreed to sell a minority stake to the Abu Dhabi government in a transaction that values the Washington-based private equity giant at nearly $20 billion. The deal will expand Carlyle&#8217;s capital base and its ties to a region that is raising its financial profile around the world. It could also [...].
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Prudential is to tap investors for one billion pounds through a share issue, saying it needs the cash to fund its UK growth plans.
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Procter & Gamble Co. PG.N is close  to an agreement to buy Gillette Co. G.N for more than $54  billion in stock, in a bid to create the world's largest  consumer products company, sources close to the situation said  on Thursday.
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Carlyle Group , a U.S.  private equity firm, is considering a stock market listing  similar to last week&#39;s initial public offering by rival  Blackstone , Dow Jones Newswires reported on Wednesday.
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SYDNEY: Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd. said yesterday it was in advanced talks to buy a strategic stake in China&#39;s Jinan City Commercial Bank, based in Shandong Province.
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Goldcorp Inc., Canada&#39;s fourth-largest gold producer, has agreed to buy Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. for $1.8 billion in stock, giving Goldcorp its first assets outside of North America, Chief Executive Robert R. McEwen said.
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The Carlyle Group, the Washington private equity firm, agreed to lend its credit-investment affiliate in the British island of Guernsey $100 million.
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Goldman Sachs (GS) and private equity company Carlyle Group are considering a GBP1.6 billion-plus counter offer to halt the sale of Northern Ireland pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott (WCRX, WCRX.
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Blackstone Group  plans to buy a 20 to 40 percent stake in chemicals company China National BlueStar (Group) Corp for up to $500 million, marking its first major investment in the world's fastest-growing major economy.
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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.
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US investment fund Steel Partners II on Thursday offered to buy 90 percent of Gencorp Inc. (GY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) it does not already own for about $700 million
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The Motley Fool - Here's something you don't see every day -- the continuing brouhaha between Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL - News) and PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT - News) being a notable exception. South Africa's Harmony Gold Mining Company (NYSE: HMY - News) has announced a hostile takeover bid to acquire fellow South African miner Gold Fields Limited (NYSE: GFI - News). The transaction, if it takes place, would be an all-stock acquisition, with Harmony issuing 1.275 new shares in payment for each share of Gold Fields. The deal would value Gold Fields at more than &#36;8 billion. ...
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Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. Ltd.   2318.HK, China's second-largest life insurer, plans to sell   up to 1.15 billion A-shares worth an estimated US$4 billion   (2.17 billion pounds) to replenish its capital.
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The Carlyle Group, the District's private-equity giant, announced today that it is selling a 7.5 percent share of its general partnership to an investment group owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
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The company, battered by the subprime crisis, said it would sell a $5 billion stake to a Chinese investment.
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The Blackstone Group, the private equity firm, bought a 20 percent stake in a Chinese chemical company in its first deal in the country since a Chinese government fund bought into the group. Blackstone, which is based in New York, paid $600 million for the stake in the state-owned China National BlueStar Corporation, the two companies said. The deal, which requires regulatory approval, cements Blackstoneâs status as a central player on the mainland. China National Bluestar is a unit of the China National Chemical Corporation, a state-owned enterprise better known as ChemChina.