Tishman, Lehman near deal for Archstone-Smith: report
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Tishman Speyer Properties and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  are close to a deal to acquire real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith Trust , according to the online edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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Private equity suitors are close to arranging a deal to buy casino giant Harrah's Entertainment Inc. , The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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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.
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Europe's biggest medical device maker,  Smith & Nephew Plc (S&N) , is close to making a formal  bid for U.S. rival Biomet Inc. , British newspapers  reported on Sunday.
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By Rob O'Dell, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 14--Eastbourne Investments Ltd. and the City Council had tense back-and-forth negotiations this summer on whether the developer would bring a big-box store to the South Side.
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Relatively well-off people in Manhattan or San Francisco or Seattle tend to pay their rents. Financial markets, especially the asset-backed ones that are so key to leveraged buy-outs, like this kind of stability. So it is fairly surprising that real estate investment trusts focusing on apartments have not been the subject of private equity interest - until now at least. On Tuesday, Tishman Speyer Properties and Lehman Brothers (NYSE:LEH) offered an enterprise value of $22bn for Archstone (NYSE:ASN)-Smith, known for its high-quality portfolio in sought-after cities such as New York.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 23 -- Investment banking firm Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is nearing an agreement to pay approximately $200 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit over its work for bankrupt energy trader Enron Corp., sources familiar with the case said.
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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 , which may lead to a multibillion-dollar buyout, sources familiar with the deal said on Thursday.
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Europe's biggest medical device maker, Smith & Nephew Plc (S&N) , is close to making a formal bid for U.S. rival Biomet Inc. , British newspapers reported on Sunday.
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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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Tishman Speyer Properties LP and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. agreed to buy US apartment developer Archstone-Smith Trust for $13.5 billion, expanding their residential assets as rents rise.
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The Pritzker family feud may be near a  settlement with two young heirs set to split a $1 billion  payment to drop their suit against their father and  fellow-heirs, a published report said on Wednesday.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  is close to settling a class action lawsuit for &#36;220 million stemming from allegations that it colluded with other brokerages to mislead Enron Corp.  shareholders, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Jones Apparel Group Inc.  is close to a deal to sell Barneys New York luxury department store chain for $825 million to Dubai's private equity firm Istithmar, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.
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Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers are near a deal to buy Archstone-Smith Trust for more than $20 billion.
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The buyout of real estate investment  trust Archstone-Smith  is a &quot;gigantic gamble,&quot; with  interest costs for financing the deal likely to exceed  operating income, the financial newspaper Barron&#39;s said in its  June 11 edition.
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NYSE Euronext  and  Australia&#39;s ASX Ltd  may be interested in buying part  of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc&#39;s  31 percent stake in  London Stock Exchange Plc , a person familiar with the  matter said on Monday.