Claire's seeking buyer, hires Goldman Sachs: report
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Costume jewelry retailer Claire's  Stores Inc. is seeking a private-equity buyer and has  hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to advise the company, according  to a report by Bloomberg news agency on Thursday.
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Merrill Lynch & Co  is in talks  with Chinese and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds that  could lead to the sale of another big stake in the U.S. bank,  British newspaper The Observer reported, citing sources in  London and New York.
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The recent woes of Citigroup  have encouraged some investment bankers to talk up the chances that the biggest U.S. bank might feel pressure to buy a major U.S. rival, with Wells Fargo & Co.  and even Goldman Sachs Group  touted as potential merger partners.
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MCI Inc. has hired three investment banks and a law firm to help the telecommunications company quietly search for potential buyers, according to a published report Monday.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- MCI reportedly is looking for a buyer and has hired a trio of law firms to help the company explore its options.
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Equity Inns Inc. , which owns mid-market hotels, has agreed to be acquired by Goldman Sachs'  real estate fund, Whitehall, in a deal worth $2.2 billion, including assumed debt, the company said on Thursday.
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The head of French bank Societe Generale   has hired investment banks to advise on the  possibility of a merger with larger domestic rival BNP Paribas  , Les Echos newspaper reported on Friday.
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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. , the Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.
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Lehman Brothers&#39;s  lagging  stock price offers the chance to buy into a rising power as it  seeks to join the company of larger investment banks like  Goldman Sachs  and Morgan Stanley , Barron&#39;s  reported in its June 18 edition.
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Private equity fund Sun Capital Partners is considering a renewed bid to take over clothing brand company Kellwood Co.  with a hostile conditional tender offer, The New York Post reported on Thursday.
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Britain has received a report from U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs on options for the troubled Northern Rock bank and is talking to potential buyers about them, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday.
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HONG KONG (CBS.MW) -- British bank HSBC may make an offer for the $3 billion credit card portfolios of Macy&#39;s and Bloomingdale&#39;s department stores, according to a report published Tuesday.
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PARIS/NEW YORK  - U.S. pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb  has hired three Wall Street banks ahead of a possible offer from French peer Sanofi-Aventis , the Financial Times newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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An investor group led by two  well-known Philadelphia-area executives could seal a deal this  week to buy the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News newspapers  for up to &#36;600 million, a source close to the matter said on  Monday.
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AMR Corp.  , parent company of American Airlines, might be a buyout target of a group including Goldman Sachs  and British Airways , according to the February 26 edition of BusinessWeek magazine.
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Business Objects  , a French-American business intelligence software maker, is looking for a buyer and has appointed Goldman Sachs to find an investor, Le Figaro newspaper said.
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Investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is negotiating to buy GLG Partners, a large British hedge fund, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing unnamed sources.