Carlyle Group in Talks to Acquire Virgin Media
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The potential bid for Sir Richard Bransonâs Virgin Media could be worth more than $20 billion.
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Carlyle Group , a U.S. private equity firm, is considering a stock market listing similar to last week's initial public offering by rival Blackstone , Dow Jones Newswires reported on Wednesday.
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Three private equity firms announced they were considering a bid for J Sainsbury, Britainâs third-largest supermarket group.
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Not one who likes to lose News International broadcaster BSkyB is in talks to acquire 365 Media Group according to a report in The Times - also owned by News International.â¦
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The royal family of Qatar is considering a full takeover offer for supermarket J Sainsbury, a report says.
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LONDON, England -- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has invited media giants Time Warner, Bertelsmann and Walt Disney to discuss possible bids for its commercial sales and publishing arm, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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Media & professional: A consortium of four private equity firms is looking at buying Virgin Media, the $8bn (Â£4bn) cable company involved in a spat with BSkyB and whose biggest shareholder is Sir Richard Branson.
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The British Broadcasting Corp (BBC) has invited three of the world's largest media companies to discuss possible bids for its commercial sales and publishing arm, the Financial Times said.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is in talks with Yahoo about a possible deal, according to a press report.
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The Carlyle Group  is in talks  to buy Booz Allen Hamilton's government consulting business, a  source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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Carlyle's cash could come in handy Analysis: Private equity group Carlyle is bidding to take over Virgin Media, the UK's cable monopoly formerly known as NTL. We reckon Branson should take the money. He could get shot of the debt-burdened albatross, and put the money to good use elsewhere in the Virgin telco empire.â¦
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Cable television, phone and Internet   service provider RCN Corp. RCNI.O has hired Blackstone Group   to consider the possible sale of the company, a source familiar   with the matter said on Wednesday.
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LONDON/NEW DELHI  - Virgin Group will try to win over shareholders with a sweetened bid for Northern Rock on the eve of a speech by the British Chancellor to Parliament about the struggling UK bank, an unsourced Sunday Times report said.
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Carlyle Group of the District is in talks to buy Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, the world's largest computer chip packager, for $5.7 billion, as demand for computer and mobile-phone components increases.
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Wireless telecommunications company Vodafone Group Plc  has been considering a $160 billion takeover bid of Verizon Communications , the Financial Times reported on Monday on its Alphaville site.
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British cable operator Virgin Media  said on Monday it had received a bid approach from an unnamed group, which sources familiar with the situation told Reuters was U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group
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Media & professional: Private equity group has made preliminary offer for Virgin Media, according to reports.