Ahold to Sell Spain Operations to Permira
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The Dutch supermarket retailer Ahold, seeking to streamline global operations and reduce debt, said Sunday it will sell its holdings in Spain to Permira Funds for about &#36;849 million.
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Arts and crafts retailer Michaels   Stores Inc. MIK.N on Friday agreed to sell itself to two   private equity groups for more than $6 billion in a deal that   attracted many of the world's biggest buyout firms.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Ports and shipping group P&amp;O (UK:PO) has sold its La Manga sports and leisure resort in Spain to the local MedGroup for 102 British pounds ($197 million).
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Ahold is to complete its exit from the Brazilian market early in 2005 after agreeing the sale of its G Barbosa supermarket business to an affiliate of US firm ACON Investments.
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Spanish wind farm manufacturer Gamesa said it had signed an agreement worth more than 2.3 billion euros (2.9 billion dollars) to sell wind farms to electricity producer Iberdrola.
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SPAINâS Santander Central Hispano is to sell up to 79 million shares in Royal Bank of Scotland, and said it will end cross-directorships with RBS if its bid for Abbey National is successful.
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European plane maker Airbus  plans to agree in the coming week to sell four of its European factories to U.S. group Spirit AeroSystems Holdings , a German newspaper reported on Saturday.
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Arts and crafts retailer Michaels  Stores Inc.  on Friday agreed to sell itself to two  private equity groups for more than &#36;6 billion in a deal that  attracted many of the world&#039;s biggest buyout firms.
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Dutch retailer Ahold said on Thursday  it had agreed to sell its Bruno's and BI-LO retail chains in  the United States to Lone Star Funds for $660 million, which is  slightly below market expectations.
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The global food retailer Ahold NV, which owns the Stop &amp; Shop and Giant chains in the United States, said Monday it will buy a 20 percent stake in Scandinavian grocer ICA AB for 7.35 billion Swedish kronor (&#36;1.03 billion).
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Dutch retailer Ahold said on Thursday it had agreed to sell its Bruno's and BI-LO retail chains in the United States to Lone Star Funds for &#36;660 million, which is slightly below market expectations.
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Dutch retailer  Ahold sells its network of about 600 Spanish retail stores to private equity group Permira.
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The Perrigo Company, the world&#39;s largest maker of store-branded over-the-counter drugs, plans to announce today that it has reached an agreement to buy Agis Industries, a developer and
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The Spanish power company Iberdrola SA plans to buy regional utility owner Energy East Corp. for $4.5 billion in cash, giving it a foothold in the United States, the companies said yesterday.
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Permira Advisers, manager of Europeâs largest buyout fund, increased its stake in the Valentino Fashion Group to 60.2 percent by purchasing Canova Finanziariaâs shares for 491.4 million euros ($668 million). The shares were bought for 35 euros each through Permiraâs Red & Black Lux SARL unit, Permira said. Valentino Fashionâs chairman, Antonio Favrin, and his associate, Dario Segre, controlled the 18.95 percent Valentino Fashion stake through Canova. Permira, based in London, offered to buy Valentino Fashion last month in a transaction valuing the company at 2.6 billion euros, lured by its Hugo Boss clothing brand, and plans to bid for the rest of the outstanding stock. Valentino is based in Milan.
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Move sparks talk of a possible bid for Spain's flag carrier, Iberia LONDON British Airways said Wednesday that it would sell its stake in Qantas Airways and use the proceeds to strengthen its balance sheet for ...
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AMSTERDAM  - Global food retailer Royal Ahold NV said Thursday it will sell two of its U.S. grocery chains, BI-LO and Bruno's, to Dallas-based Lone Star Funds for &#36;560 million US in cash.