Carlyle in Talks to Buy Chip Company
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Carlyle Group of the District is in talks to buy Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, the world's largest computer chip packager, for $5.7 billion, as demand for computer and mobile-phone components increases.
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PeopleSoft's board is willing to talk about a deal if the price is right.
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British semiconductor designer ARM Holdings Plc (ARM.L: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to buy US chip components firm Artisan (ARTI.
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Goldman Sachs (GS) and private equity company Carlyle Group are considering a GBP1.6 billion-plus counter offer to halt the sale of Northern Ireland pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott (WCRX, WCRX.
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China&#39;s biggest computer maker says it is in acquisition talks with a major information technology company following a newspaper report that it might buy IBM&#39;s personal computer business.
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Citigroup Inc. C.N is in talks to   buy the non-energy related assets of Amaranth Advisors LLC, the   hedge fund manager that disclosed billions of dollars in losses   in energy trades, a person close to the situation said on   Wednesday.
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LSI Logic, maker of chips for a wide array of storage and consumer electronics gear, announced plans today to purchase rival chipmaker Agere Systems in an all-stock deal valued at roughly $4 billion.
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Philadelphia Media Holdings Chief  Executive Brian Tierney said on Thursday he is interested in  bidding with partners for Wall Street Journal publisher Dow  Jones & Co. Inc.
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Two groups of investment firms were vying to acquire Freescale Semiconductor for more than $16 billion late Sunday night, people involved in the negotiations said.
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The chip company makes a major deal to reach a new market.
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Canadian buyout firm Onex Corp.  and a unit of investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  are in exclusive talks with Raytheon Co.  to buy the defense contractor's aircraft unit, according to a source close to the process.
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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 Instinet Group, owner of one of the largest electronic stock trading systems, is for sale, executives briefed on the plan say.
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The London Stock Exchange was considering making a bid of $2 billion to acquire Borsa Italiana, the operator of the stock exchange in Milan, two people close to the companies said. The two exchanges discussed a potential merger and were set to continue discussions today, a spokesman for Borsa Italiana said. The spokesman, Alessandro Pavesi, said the proposal from the London exchange is the only one being considered. Both exchanges have fended off takeover approaches in the last year, and a merger might help them avoid a takeover in the future, said Rupak Ghose, an analyst at Credit Suisse in London. âIt is not surprising that the L.S.E. is looking at different alternatives to become larger and hence avoid becoming acquired,â Mr. Ghose said in a note to investors.
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The Carlyle Group, the District's private-equity giant, announced today that it is selling a 7.5 percent share of its general partnership to an investment group owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
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Dow Jones & Company board members met with Ronald W. Burkle and Brad Greenspan, who are interested in buying a piece of the company.
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Two groups of private equity firms are   bidding to buy chip maker Freescale Semiconductor Inc. FSL.N   for about $16 billion, sources familiar with the matter said on   Monday, which if completed would be the technology industry's   largest leveraged buyout ever.