Two buyout groups eyeing ServiceMaster: Bloomberg
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ServiceMaster Co. , the U.S. lawncare company that put itself up for sale last year, is drawing interest from at least two buyout groups that may bid more than $4 billion, four people with knowledge of the discussions said, according to a report on Bloomberg News.
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Buyout firm Forstmann Little &amp; Co. could announce as early as Thursday a deal to buy top talent agency International Management Group, which represents some of the world&#39;s best known
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Admiral Acquisitions, the Goldman   Sachs-led consortium which is buying Associated British Ports   (AB ports) for 2.8 billion pounds, has launched syndication of   the loan financing backing the buyout, banking sources close to   the deal said on Monday.
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The Bank of New York's buyout will create the world's largest securities servicing and asset management firm.
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To deal with a groom's death, Mayor Bloomberg is reaching out to community leaders.
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Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings (2501.T)  is considering a management buyout to counter a possible  takeover attempt by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners, Kyodo news  agency reported on Wednesday.
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Investment banks Morgan Stanley   and Lehman Brothers  are among the bidders for a stake  in Japanese house builder Daito Trust Construction Co (1878.T),  which may lead to a multibillion-dollar buyout, sources  familiar with the deal said on Thursday.
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Executives told The New York Times the two companies may be set to merge.
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TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.  has been talking to rival online brokers about potential deals, its CEO said the day after the company disclosed two hedge funds had pushed it to pursue a merger.
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InfoWorld - Claiming Bloomberg and the Bloomberg Terminal&#160; lock customers in with a proprietary workstation and software accessed on an archaic keyboard, and that Bloomberg offers a deep but very narrow selection of financial feeds, Salesforce.com will announce on Tuesday a competitive Wealth Management Edition&#160; of its SaaS (Software as a Service) application for use by wealth management professionals.
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A private equity arm of JPMorgan Chase  & Co.  is eyeing some of Ford Motor Co.'s  luxury  brands, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday, the  latest sign the struggling carmaker is looking to unload assets  as part of a turnaround bid.
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Before announcing the biggest buyout on record, the private equity buyers of utility TXU Corp. came calling on environmental groups, the latest sign of how the green lobby is increasingly shaping the agenda on Wall Street.
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Rival bidders for CBOT Holdings Inc. , the second-biggest U.S. futures market, are each considering raising their offers a third time, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is in talks to buy its New York rival Nymex for $11bn, both firms reveal.
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Dow Jones & Company board members met with Ronald W. Burkle and Brad Greenspan, who are interested in buying a piece of the company.
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Reports suggest Punch Taverns has made an offer to buy troubled pub chain rival Mitchells & Butlers.
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An Internet entrepreneur and a Wall  Street group have joined a list of potential rivals to News  Corp.&#39;s (NWSa.N) $5 billion bid for Wall Street Journal  publisher Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , an adviser to the Dow  Jones employee union said on Thursday.