Private Equity Firms Bid $15 Billion for HarrahÂs
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The announcement ignited speculation that the American casino business could attract more such proposals.
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Private equity firms Apollo Management  and Texas Pacific Group  appeared set to win a bid for  Harrah's Entertainment Inc.  with an offer of at least  $90 per share for the casino company, The Wall Street Journal  reported on its Web site on Sunday.
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Casino operator Boyd Gaming Corp.  may be the next takeover target following a private equity-led bid for Harrah's Entertainment Inc.  worth roughly $15.5 billion, BusinessWeek said in its December 4 issue.
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Qatar is buying shares in Credit Suisse and plans to spend as much as $15 billion on European and American bank stocks over the next year.
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Nasdaq and Borse Dubai raised their bid for the Swedish exchange by 15 percent to $4.9 billion and entered agreements with key shareholders to secure nearly half of OMX shares.
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Qatar has bought shares in Credit Suisse , and plans to spend as much as $15 billion on European and U.S. bank stocks during the next 12 months, Bloomberg News reported, citing the Qatari prime minister.
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Vornado Realty Trust modified its $41 billion bid to acquire Equity Office Properties, by paying the cash portion of its offer within a few weeks.
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At a conference of investors and entrepreneurs this week, several prominent venture capitalists agreed: $15 billion is about the right valuation for Facebook.
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A consortium of private equity firms agreed to pay $8.5 billion, nearly $2 billion less than the original agreement.
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Retailer Woolworths raised its bid Thursday for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group (ALH) by 15 percent to Aust. $1.11 billion ($795 million), topping an offer by private equity firm Newbridge Capital.
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A group of private equity firms is  courting bankrupt cable firm Adelphia Communications Corp.  ADELQ.PK with a view to making a joint bid for its assets,  the New York Times reported on Friday, citing executives  involved in the auction.
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Harrah's Entertainment Inc. , the target of a $15 billion buyout offer in the United States, said it had pulled out of the race to build and run Singapore's second casino resort, citing the project's high cost.
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Private equity firms Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group  were near reaching a deal to buy Harrah's Entertainment Inc. , the world's largest casino operator, with an increased $16.7 billion bid, sources familiar with the situation said.
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Two groups of private equity firms are   bidding to buy chip maker Freescale Semiconductor Inc. FSL.N   for about $16 billion, sources familiar with the matter said on   Monday, which if completed would be the technology industry's   largest leveraged buyout ever.
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Offers for Home Depot Inc.&#39;s   supply division are due on Friday, according to a source  involved with the deal, with two groups of private equity firms  expected to be among the remaining bidders.
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The unit was sold for $10.3 billion to a group of private equity firms that will take an equal stake in the company.
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Blackstone Group LP  units rose 15 percent in their first day of trading on Friday, as the first major U.S. private-equity firm went public and minted billions of dollars of new wealth for its founders.