Tax Issues May Affect Proposed Rouse Merger
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The Rouse Co. is working with the Internal Revenue Service to resolve tax issues that could affect its plans to sell itself to a Chicago mall developer by mid-November, according to documents filed yesterday with regulators.
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Two law firms on opposite coasts are discussing a merger that would create one of the nationÂs largest corporate legal advisers.
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The venture capital industry is worried that a proposed increase in taxes on carried interest would hurt their ability to finance start-up companies.
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Partners of private equity firm  Blackstone Group  may have devised a way to avoid paying  tax on $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm&#39;s initial public  offering last month, according to a regulatory filing.
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The venture capital industry is worried that a proposed increase in taxes on carried interest would hurt their ability to fund start-up companies.
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Blackstone Group LP , which is preparing to go public, said on Friday that proposed U.S. Senate legislation on the taxation of private equity firms could materially increase its tax liability and lower the partnership's value.
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A leveraged buyout of Virgin Media  would rely heavily on tax benefits for returns to any private equity buyer, just as the industry faces mounting criticism over the use of other types of tax breaks.
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Entrepreneurs are considering selling firms because of uncertainty over capital gains tax, the CBI head says.
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On the surface, the frenzy of telecommunications mergers in the past few weeks raises relatively clear-cut questions for lawmakers and regulators who will be weighing the deals: Will consumers and businesses be harmed if long-distance choices disappear when AT&T and MCI are swallowed by telephone giants SBC and Verizon?
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A Howard County judge yesterday rejected an effort to delay Rouse Co. shareholders from voting on whether the company should sell itself to a Chicago mall developer.
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These three companies have the urge to merge -- which deals will be the ones to work out?
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Many families are facing the prospect of significantly higher-than-expected taxes when it comes time to sell investments held in a childâs name to pay college costs.
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Senate legislation would force Blackstone Group LP to pay taxes as a corporation instead of as a partnership after 2012, a move that may threaten the buyout firm's initial public offering this month.
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The real issue users need to keep their eyes on is will these three companies be able to leave well enough alone. How other companies have handled past acquisitions might provide some insight into how these company mergers and their products will fare long term.
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Mergers and acquisitions have played an enormous role in the U.S. economy during the past several decades, but sometimes the results have been bad for consumers.  Similarly, consolidation in the mutual fund business has sometimes hurt fund investors.
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General Growth Properties Inc. yesterday defended its plan to purchase the Rouse Co. for $7.2 billion in cash during its first public discussion with analysts since the sale was announced in August.
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U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, chairman  of the Senate Banking Committee, said on Tuesday he plans to  look at the potential impact of legislation that would sharply  raise taxes on private equity firms going public, such as  Blackstone Group LP .