Madrone, Goldman take $1 bln stake in Global Hyatt
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Private equity firms Madrone Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners agreed to invest $1 billion in closely held Global Hyatt Corp, the hotel company's chairman, Tom Pritzker, said on Wednesday.
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Ritchie Capital Management LLC, a large Chicago-based hedge fund group, on Wednesday said it is in talks to sell its main Multi-Strategy Global fund in a deal that it said could be worth $1 billion, a spokesman said.
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MBIA Inc , the world's largest bond insurer, on Wednesday slashed its common stock dividend 62 percent and said it will raise $1 billion of new capital to preserve the "triple-A" ratings it needs to operate normally in a mortgage market under siege.
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Warren Buffett's holding company  Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) bought 1 million shares of  insurer UnitedHealth Group  in the fourth quarter of  2006, according to a regulatory filing.
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Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co. is planning to build a $1.8 billion headquarters in downtown Manhattan, New York Gov. George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Thursday.
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Hotel operator Wyndham International  Inc. WBR.A on Friday said it agreed to sell 25 hotels for  $366 million to a private investment fund managed by Goldman  Sachs Group Inc. GS.N and affiliates of Highgate Holdings.
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CHICAGO -- The Pritzker family&#39;s Hyatt Corp. said Thursday it plans to buy the AmeriSuites hotel chain from Blackstone Group in a deal reportedly worth more than $600 million.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - InterContinental Hotels Group  Plc IHG.L said on Friday it was selling 13 hotels to  Hospitality Properties Trust HPT.N for $450 million, as part  of its strategy to sell hotels it owns and focus on franchising  and managing instead.
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The Hyatt hotels company is buying the AmeriSuites chain from its current owner, The Blackstone Group. The companies haven&#39;t disclosed the purchase price, but published reports say Hyatt is likely to pay more than $600 million.
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The bond insurer MBIA raised $1 billion on Thursday by selling shares at $12.15 each in an effort to protect its AAA insurance rating.
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Two leading names in the travel industry were today bought for Â£1.1 billion dollars (Â£563 million) - the second major UK deal by US giant Cendant this month.
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British insurer Prudential announced a 92-percent take-up of a new share issue worth one billion pounds (1.43 billion euros, 1.85 billion dollars).
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Harrah's Entertainment Inc., the world's largest casino operator, received a $15.1 billion takeover offer from two private equity firms in what would be the fourth-largest leveraged buyout ever.
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Private equity firms Madrone Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners agreed to invest $1 billion in closely-held Global Hyatt Corp, the hotel company's Chairman, Tom Pritzker, said on Wednesday.
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A group led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. agreed to buy the Cooper Tire &amp; Rubber Co. business that makes automotive fluid-handling systems and other components for $1.
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U.S. real estate investment trust  Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc.  said on Sunday  it had agreed to be bought by Australia's Centro Properties  Group  for around $1.7 billion.
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Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. (NYSE:AHT) said Monday it has agreed to buy a 21-property, 4,094-room hotel portfolio for $250 million, including assumed debt.