DealBook Blog: G.E. to Buy Several Merrill Businesses
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In an effort to raise cash amid mounting mortgage losses, Merrill Lynch agreed to sell the majority of its capital finance business to General Electric for an undisclosed amount.
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US investment fund Steel Partners II on Thursday offered to buy 90 percent of Gencorp Inc. (GY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) it does not already own for about $700 million
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Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said it will sell $2 billion of auto loans to Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. as part of a plan to help the automaker reduce debt.
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A variety of companies, including private equity firms and possibly other automakers, have been preparing bids to buy two of Fordâs luxury brands.
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Merrill Lynch & Co Inc. , expected to report billions of dollars on mortgage losses, said on Monday it plans to sell most of its Chicago-based capital lending business to General Electric Co's  commercial finance arm.
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The real estate community is talking about how private firms are gobbling up publicly traded real estate investment trusts. The latest example is Blackstone Group's agreement last week to pay $36 billion for Chicago-based Equity Office Properties Trust, whose seven buildings in the District include...
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Berkshire Hathaway discloses a few more stock purchases.
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NEW YORK -- The brokerage Merrill Lynch announced Tuesday that it plans to acquire the mortgage business of Cleveland-based National City Corp. for $1.3 billion.
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NEW YORK -- Bear Stearns Cos.'s attempt to rescue its money-losing hedge funds may falter now that creditor Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. has decided to seize and sell $800 million worth of bonds held as collateral for loans to the funds.
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Several firms are interested in buying all or a small stake in Fidelity National Financial as financial services companies lure cash-rich private equity firms.
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Investment bank Merrill Lynch   has seized $400 million in assets of a troubled hedge fund at  Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  and plans to sell them off, The  Wall Street Journal reported in its weekend edition.
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Hewlett-Packard Co., a maker of computers, printers and information technology systems for businesses, said Monday that it bought back about $1.3 billion worth of common shares from Merrill Lynch & Co. in an accelerated repurchase program, while its board also approved the repurchase of an added $3 billion in stock.
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Move should open the way for the Linux seller to buy other companies.
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It's a good multiple when you're buying a business.
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Liberty Media Corp., the company controlled by cable-television investor John Malone, said it entered a transaction with Merrill Lynch &amp; Co.
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Blackstone Group said it would buy GSO Capital Partners, a fund manager focused on leveraged finance, for as much as $930 million in cash and Blackstone units.
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A number of bidders approach US exchange Nasdaq to buy its stake in the London Stock Exchange, say reports.