Harrah's accepts $17.1 billion private equity bid
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The board of Harrah's Entertainment Inc. has accepted a $90-per-share buyout bid from private equity groups Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group, the casino operator said on Tuesday.
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The orthopedic device maker on Thursday accepted a takeover bid of $11.4 billion from a private equity consortium.
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Cooper Tire and Rubber Co.  on Friday said it agreed to sell an automotive parts business to two buyout firms for about &#36;1.17 billion, the latest private equity purchase in the sector.
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Chip maker Freescale Semiconductor Inc   said on Friday that it had agreed to be bought for  $17.6 billion, or $40 a share, by a consortium of private  equity firms led by Blackstone Group.
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The board of casino operator Harrah's Entertainment Inc.  has voted to accept a $90-per-share buyout bid by private equity groups Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group , the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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US gaming giant Harrah's Entertainment plans to invest up to $1 billion (519 million pounds) to snare three of the eight super-casinos to be built in Britain under relaxed gaming laws.
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc. said late Friday it has agreed to be acquired by a group of four private equity firms for $17.6 billion.
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Harrahâs said the National Indian Gaming Commission approved the companyâs $17.7 billion purchase by Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group, pending final review.
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The luggage maker Samsonite said that it had agreed to be bought by the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners in an all-cash deal of about $1.7 billion, including assumption of debt.
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Gerdau Ameristeel Corp.   said on Tuesday it agreed to acquire Chaparral Steel Co.  for $4.22 billion, in a move to diversify its product offering into high value added steel products.
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The board of Harrah's Entertainment  Inc.  is considering two bids, each offering around $16  billion for the casino company, according to a report on the  Wall Street Journal's Web site on Friday.
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The Dutch retail giant Ahold said Tuesday it had finalised the sale of its US division US Foodservice to private equity funds Clayton, Dubilier, Rice and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for 7.1 billion dollars (5.2 billion euros).
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Harrah's Entertainment Inc. , the world's largest casino company, has agreed to a $16.7 billion buyout offer from two private equity groups, two people with knowledge of the negotiations said.
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Private equity house Lone Star sold a  larger-than-expected 13.6 percent stake in lender Korea  Exchange Bank, raising $1.28 billion, a source said, as the  U.S. firm begins to exit an investment burdened by legal  challenges.
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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - Private equity and trade buyers are lining up bids for Dutch retailer Ahold's  3 billion euro ($3.8 billion) U.S. Foodservice division, British newspaper The Business reported on Sunday.
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Home Depot agreed today to sell its commercial supply business to a consortium of private equity firms for $8.5 billion, nearly $2 billion less than the original agreement.
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Harrah's Entertainment, the world's biggest casino operator, gets a $15bn (Â£8bn) takeover offer from two private equity firms.