Carlyle Group to Buy Manor Care
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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 private equity firm Blackstone has had its Â£564m offer for listed UK nursing homes group NHP accepted. The successful completion of the deal would mark a big step forward in its ambition to build one of the UK&#39;s large homes providers.
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The Carlyle Group, under siege for weeks by a labor union critical of its $6.3 billion purchase of Manor Care nursing homes, has taken the rare step of putting in writing its promise to provide adequate staffing and resources to the chain.
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U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group  is expected to buy Libya's European oil company Tamoil, Britain's The Business newspaper reported on Sunday, citing a source close to the deal.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nation&#39;s largest health insurer, is buying privately-held benefits provider Definity Health Corp.
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The Blackstone Group agreed to buy the Tussauds Group, owner of the Madame Tussauds wax museums, for Â£1 billion ($1.9 billion) in cash.
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The Carlyle Group, a Washington-based private equity firm, said today that it has agreed to acquire Annapolis-based ARINC Incorporated, a provider of communicaitons for transportation systems.
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Hyatt Corporation, the hotel operator owned by the Pritzker family, yesterday said it would buy the AmeriSuites chain from Blackstone, the private equity group, in a deal believed to be worth about $600m.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson announced a $25.4bn (Â£13.1bn) deal yesterday to buy Guidant Corporation, giving the healthcare company a stake in the fast-growing market for devices that regulate heartbeats.
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NEW YORK/TAIPEI  - A private equity consortium led by The Carlyle Group plans a $5.5 billion bid for the world's top chip packaging firm, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE), Taiwan-based ASE said on Friday.
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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, becoming the latest health care provider taken off the public market by a private equity buyer.
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Warner Chilcott, the speciality women's healthcare group, said that it had agreed to a 1.62-billion-pound (2.33 billion euros, 2.98 billion dollars) takeover bid from private equity funds run by JP Morgan and Credit Suisse First Boston.
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A Michigan court ordered a temporary halt on Thursday to the $4.9 billion sale of Manor Care Inc  to private equity firm Carlyle Group , according to an Ingham County Circuit Court order.
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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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NEW YORK -- Manor Care Inc. , the operator of more than 500 long-term care centers, agreed yesterday to be taken private by Carlyle Group for about $4.9 billion, 20 percent more than the market value in April when the company put itself up for sale.
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Private equity group Carlyle is poised to launch an $8 billion bid for Britain's Virgin Media , the cable company whose largest shareholder is Richard Branson, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper said, citing City sources.
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Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless  tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of  infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia&#39;s  Macquarie Group.