Carlyle eyeing bid for Merck generics unit -source
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Private equity firm The Carlyle Group is mulling a bid for the generics business of Germany's Merck KGaA , a unit worth at least 4 billion euros ($5.3 billion), a source close to the process said.
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The company is ready to handle competition from generics.
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Philadelphia Media Holdings Chief  Executive Brian Tierney said on Thursday he is interested in  bidding with partners for Wall Street Journal publisher Dow  Jones & Co. Inc.
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General Electric Co. and Pearson Plc may challenge News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co., with a plan that could let Dow Jones's controlling Bancroft family keep an interest in the company, the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal reported on their Web sites on...
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Carlyle Group, the US private equity fund, is in talks with the Hanjin Group over the purchase of some of the South Korean conglomerate&#39;s transport and logistics
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The newly empowered Democrats' vow to cut healthcare costs might spell bad news for the brand-name pharmaceutical industry, but could provide new momentum for generic drug rivals, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Tuesday.
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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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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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General Electric Co.  and Pearson Plc  may challenge News Corp.'s  $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co. , with a plan that could let Dow Jones's controlling family to keep an interest in the company, the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal reported on their Web sites on Sunday.
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The deal, which must be approved by regulators, will make the German group the number one generics company in Scandinavia, a growing market worth about 600m last year, according to Merck.
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Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. said Tuesday it has submitted a bid for the generics unit of Germany's Merck KGaA, but did not disclose how much it was offering.
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German drugmaker Merck KGaA   unveiled a surprise 16.6-billion-Swiss franc ($13.3  billion) deal to buy Swiss biotech firm Serono on Thursday,  creating a new force in European pharmaceuticals.
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Health care and consumer products maker Johnson & Johnson is in negotiations to acquire medical-device maker Guidant Corp., sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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The Carlyle Group is in discussions with Virgin Media, the British cable company whose largest investor is Richard Branson, over a potential bid worth around $20 billion, a person familiar with the negotiations said yesterday.
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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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Mylan Laboratories Inc., the biggest US maker of generic drugs, received a $20-a-share bid from Carl Icahn, the company&#39;s largest investor and a critic of Mylan&#39;s plan to buy King Pharmaceuticals Inc.