Private equity firm bids $7.3B for IT reseller CDW
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CDW is the latest IT company keen to go private, a move that could give the large U.S. computer reseller the freedom to tinker with its business and growth plans without having to spell out those intentions every quarter for investors.
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Australia's national carrier Qantas Airways was expected to announce it has accepted an improved takeover offer worth around 8.7 billion US dollars from a private equity consortium, reports said.
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PPR SA, the French owner of the Gucci luxury brand, said a $7.3 billion bid for German sporting goods maker Puma AG succeeded after almost two-thirds of investors accepted its offer.
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LVL7 Systems Inc. sells production-ready software that runs switches and routers for small and medium-sized businesses.
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A newly formed company said it plans to buy Miami Beach-based LNR Property Corp. (NYSE: LNR) for $63.10 a share in cash, or about $3.
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Triad Hospitals Inc.  has accepted a takeover bid from affiliates of CCMP Capital Advisors and GS Capital Partners in a deal worth about $4.7 billion, the company said on Monday.
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Advanced Medical Optics said it is willing to pay more than the $3.67 billion the eye care company accepted from a private equity firm.
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Management leads a $4.7 billion buyout bid. Are other bids on the way?
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PHILADELPHIA -- Buyout firms Warburg Pincus and Providence Equity Partners are close to a deal to buy telecommunications software company Telcordia Technologies Inc. for about $1.3 billion, sources familiar with the situation said yesterday.
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CSC has a distinguished history in IT, and its latest deal comes to $3.73 billion.
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Madison Dearborn Partners will acquire the CDW Corporation, a leading online computer reseller, for $7.3 billion.
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Shares of CDW Corp.  rose 9 percent early on Tuesday following a report that the computer technology retailer may be a takeover target from private equity firms.
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IBM is celebrating a seven-year contract to provide voice and data solutions to Lloyds TSB, as part of the largest European IT deal of its kind, worth an estimated Â£500m.
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Suitors once offered $7 billion for Gateway, but after a decade of missteps and bad luck, the company is snapped up for a modest $710 million.
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The Nasdaq Stock Market  bid $3.7 billion for Nordic bourse owner OMX  on Friday as it set its sights on expanding beyond the U.S. market and adds to a wave of stock market consolidation.
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A private equity consortium led by Brookfield Asset Management Inc.   is preparing a takeover bid for Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.  that could prove one of Canada's largest leveraged buyouts, the Globe and Mail said citing people familiar with the matter.
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The maker of oil and gas drilling equipment said it will acquire Grant Prideco for about $7.4 billion, creating a company with an estimated market value of $32 billion.