Carlyle lines up $8bln bid for Virgin Media: report
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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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Carlyle Group Inc., the world&#39;s third- biggest buyout fund, agreed to pay $400 million for 24.9 percent of the life insurance subsidiary of China&#39;s third largest insurer, people familiar with the transaction said.
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British cable operator Virgin Media  said on Monday it had received a bid approach from an unnamed group, which sources familiar with the situation told Reuters was U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group
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HBOS is said to be in talks with potential financial backers over how to fund an Â£8bn takeover bid for Abbey National in a move to break up a takeover plan from Spain&#39;s Banco Santander Central Hispano.
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Britain&#39;s biggest mortgage lender, HBOS  Plc , is in the early stages of planning a 1.2 billion  pound ($2.44 billion) takeover bid for property group Quintain  Estates & Development Plc , The Sunday Times reported.
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Carlyle Capital Corporation Ltd.  began trade on Amsterdam's stock exchange at $20 per share on Wednesday, after a trimmed initial public offering that raised $303.5 million for the affiliate of Carlyle Group .
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ITV, BritainÂs biggest commercial broadcaster, rebuffed a Â£4.73 billion ($8.98 billion) offer from the cable television operator NTL, saying the bid was too low and there was no advantage in a merger. The rejection is the second blow to NTL and its biggest shareholder, Richard Branson. British Sky Broadcasting Group, led by Rupert and James Murdoch, bought a 17.9 percent stake in the London-based ITV on Friday, eight days after NTL expressed interest in a takeover. Mr. Branson called on regulators to block British Sky BroadcastingÂs purchase of ITV shares, while BSkyB said Mr. Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, Âseems to believe he and NTL have the unique right to acquire ITV.Â.
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An $8.7 billion takeover bid for Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.  by a consortium led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  is fair and reasonable, an independent expert said on Monday.
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Australia's national carrier Qantas Airways was expected to announce it has accepted an improved takeover offer worth around 8.7 billion US dollars from a private equity consortium, reports said.
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Virgin Media, the UK's leading cable television company, may change its name if bought by private equity, a report says.
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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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An $8.7 billion takeover bid for  Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.  by a consortium led by  Macquarie Bank Ltd.  is fair and reasonable, an  independent expert said on Monday.
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Australian flag carrier Qantas agreed to a boosted 11.1-billion-dollar (8.7 billion US) takeover bid from an international private equity consortium.
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Financial Times publisher Pearson Plc  is seeking partners to make a possible bid for Wall Street Journal owner Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , the Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.
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Private equity and trade  buyers are lining up bids for Dutch retailer Ahold's   3 billion euro ($3.8 billion) U.S. Foodservice  division, British newspaper The Business reported on Sunday.
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Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity  was looking at a possible bid for CanWest Global Communications Corp.'s  stake in Australian broadcaster Ten Network Holdings Ltd. , a source familiar with the situation said.
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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.