Guitar Center to be acquired by Bain Capital
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- Guitar Center Inc.  said it agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Bain Capital Partners LLC for about $2.1 billion, including assumed debt.
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Well-known U.S. guitar maker Gibson will take over Dongbei Piano, one of China's biggest piano makers, in a move aimed at boosting its brand and sales in the world's fourth-largest economy, industry sources said on Wednesday.
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AMSTERDAM -- Steel tycoon Lakshmi N. Mittal yesterday said he would pay $4.5 billion in cash and stock for US steelmaker International Steel Group Inc., which had been cobbled together by onetime investment banker Wilbur L. Ross Jr. from mills whose parents landed in bankruptcy court.
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LONDON -- EMI Group PLC, home to the Beatles and Coldplay, agreed to a 2.4 billion pound ($4.7 billion) takeover by a private equity group on Monday, but the deal raised speculation of an all-out bidding war for the struggling music company.
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Beacon Capital Partners LLC has agreed to buy Bay Colony Corporate Center, a prominent office complex on Route 128 in Waltham, for $274 million, according to real estate executives involved in the deal.
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American Standard Cos., the maker of Trane air conditioners, has agreed to sell its bath-and-kitchen unit for $1.76 billion to Bain Capital Partners LLC, a Boston private equity firm, as part of a plan to break up the company.
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CLEVELAND -- International Management Group, a sports and celebrity management and marketing firm that has represented Tiger Woods, Joe Montana, and Derek Jeter, is being sold to a New York buyout specialist firm in a cash deal valued at more than $700 million.
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Steel tycoon Lakshmi N. Mittal announced plans to pay &#36;4.5 billion in cash and stock for U.S. steelmaker International Steel Group Inc., which had been cobbled together by onetime investment banker Wilbur L. Ross Jr. from mills whose parents landed in bankrupcty court.
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THE REGION Viacom Inc.'s MTV unit agreed to buy Harmonix Music Systems Inc., the developer of video games such as Guitar Hero, for $175 million to expand its interactive and digital businesses. MTV, based in New York, and Harmonix, of Cambridge, will develop products for the cable television network's online and mobile businesses, spokeswoman Marnie Black said in an interview. ...
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A Boston landmark changed hands yesterday, as the Rouse Company , the developer and owner of Faneuil Hall Marketplace, agreed to be purchased by General Growth Properties Inc. of Chicago.
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The James River Group, a property and casualty insurer, said yesterday that it had agreed to be acquired by the hedge fund D. E. Shaw Group for $575 million in cash.
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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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Allied Capital Corp.  last month completed one of the biggest buyouts in its history, taking control of the maker of Anacin and Sucrets in a deal Allied officials say is a prime example of where they want to take the old-line Washington business finance company.
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An acquisition focuses on a market with strong growth potential.
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A New Jersey private investment firm said yesterday it bought Domain Home, the upscale Norwood furniture chain, and plans on opening as many as 15 new stores in the coming years.
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Biomet, a major manufacturer of artificial hips and knees, said Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by a private investment consortium.
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Bain Capital and TPG Capital have agreed to buy Quintiles Transnational, one of the biggest managers of drug trials, for more than $3 billion, people briefed on the transaction told DealBook.