Equity firm to buy Mansfield's Samsonite in $1.7b deal
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Samsonite Corp. of Mansfield, the world's top luggage maker, said yesterday it has been sold to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners Ltd. for $1.1 billion.
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New Jersey-based Honeywell International Inc. , the aerospace and high-tech manufacturer, has agreed to buy the British industrial holding company Novar PLC for about $1.7 billion, the companies said yesterday.
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The Rouse Company, the mall developer that has reshaped the nation's landscape, agreed to be acquired by General Growth Properties for $7.2 billion in cash.
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The Carlyle Group, the District private-equity giant, continued its recent acquisition spree yesterday with a $2.7 billion deal for Sequa, a manufacturer of as diverse a group of products as pumps that inflate automobile airbags and After Six tuxedos.
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The Blackstone Group agreed to buy the Tussauds Group, owner of the Madame Tussauds wax museums, for Â£1 billion ($1.9 billion) in cash.
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Aeroflex Inc. , which provides  technology solutions to the aerospace and other markets, said  it agreed to be acquired by private equity firms General  Atlantic and Francisco Partners for about $1.0 billion.
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the US buy-out giant, last night agreed to buy Masonite International, a Canadian door products manufacturer, for about C$3.1bn (US$2.5bn) in cash.
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International Business Machines Corp. said Monday it will provide voice and data services to British financial-services company Lloyds TSB Group PLC for seven years in a deal worth $971.6 million.
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US private equity group Blackstone is buying the Hilton Hotels chain for $26bn (Â£13bn) in an all-cash deal.
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U.S. real estate investment trust  Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc.  said on Sunday  it had agreed to be bought by Australia's Centro Properties  Group  for around $1.7 billion.
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LAS VEGAS -- Private equity bidders extended their shopping spree for casino companies yesterday as Station Casinos Inc. said it received a $4.7 billion buyout offer from its founding family and an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC.
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A Qatari firm could pay as much as Â£1bn to snap up Nasdaq's stake in the London Stock Exchange.
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IBM Corp has signed a seven-year deal to manage the voice and data services of London, UK-based financial institution Lloyds TSB. The contract is estimated to be worth $972.5 million.
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Singapore Airlines, the world's second most valuable airline, said today it planned to buy up to 31 Boeing planes worth about $7.35 billion.
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Luxury luggage brand Samsonite agrees to be bought by private equity firm CVC Capital for $1.7bn.
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Singapore Airlines confirms it is in talks about buying a stake in  China Eastern Airlines, a deal which could be worth up to $1bn.
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Williams Scotsman International, a Baltimore-based provider of mobile storage containers for the construction industry, agreed yesterday to be bought by the parent company of Algeco, a privately held French modular construction firm, for about $1.24 billion.