Carlyle Looks Toward Commercial Aerospace
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Private investment firm Carlyle Group, which has a reputation for making well-timed and occasionally controversial plays in the defense industry, has quietly placed its bets on another part of the market.
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By Marla Matzer Rose, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 3--A Chicago space-tourism company that might locate operations in Columbus has signed a deal with NASA to help the agency develop space shuttle-type aircraft.   PlanetSpace Inc.
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LONDON  -- British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send "thousands" of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years.       Branson, a flamboyant communicator and high-profile tycoon, said his Virgin Atlantic airline had signed a technology licensing deal with the US company behind SpaceShipOne, which in June became the first private manned craft to travel to space...
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The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus said it sees orders for 17,328 commercial airplanes between now and 2023, or 866 a year, with a total value of 1.9 trillion dollars (1.42 trillion euros).
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Fierce competition between giant aircraft makers, Boeing and Airbus, has been heating up. The US government and the European Union have both stepped in to boost their prospects.
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Two aerospace giants, Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp., said on Tuesday they will form a partnership to compete for the contract to build NASA's next manned spaceship.
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NEW YORK/TAIPEI  - A private equity consortium led by The Carlyle Group  is planning to make a $5.5 billion bid for the world's biggest microchip packaging firm, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE)  , the companies said on Friday.
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Hanjin Shipping Co. has been approached by US private equity fund Carlyle Group LP to acquire some of the South Korean company&#39;s transport and logistics assets, Hanjin officials said.
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Booz Allen Hamilton, the consulting firm, is in talks to sell its government contracting arm to the Carlyle Group and others for about $2 billion, people briefed on discussions said.
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Private investment firm Carlyle Group,  which has a reputation for making well-timed and occasionally  controversial plays in the defense industry, has quietly placed  its bets on another part of the market.
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Regardless, space competitions are poised to become big business.
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Airbus, the aerospace giant, has started talks with suppliers about building a rival to Boeing&#39;s new commercial airliner, the 7e7 Dreamliner.
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Blog: With that purpose in mind, space agency plans to share info with private industry.
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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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The Russian agency has been looking to expand commercial ventures in recent years, amid dwindling budgets for space-related research.
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Rumours of a possible tie-up between French defence electronics group Thales and the European Aeronautic, Defence and Space Company (EADS) are to be discussed by the German and French economy ministers later ...
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The aerospace company EADS Astrium says it will build a plane to take fare-paying passengers on sub-orbital space rides.