Ingersoll-Rand to sell Dresser unit
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NEW YORK -- Private equity firm First Reserve Corp. continued its buying spree on Thursday by announcing its $1.2 billion purchase of industrial equipment maker Dresser-Rand Co.
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Says money is for property, plant and equipment; approves quarterly dividend of 40 cents per share. NEW YORK  - MCI, Inc.
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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, according to a spokesman.
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Arts and crafts retailer Michaels   Stores Inc. MIK.N on Friday agreed to sell itself to two   private equity groups for more than $6 billion in a deal that   attracted many of the world's biggest buyout firms.
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First Reserve, a private equity firm specializing in energy industry investments, said Thursday it is buying Ingersoll-Rand&#39;s Dresser-Rand subsidiary for $1.
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Blackstone Group of New York is planning to sell the Washington portfolio formerly owned by Chicago-based Equity Office Properties Trust, one of the nation's largest landlords, sources close to the deal said.
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The home improvement chain will fund a share repurchase program with proceeds from the sale of its HD Supply unit.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The global food retailer Ahold NV, which owns the Stop &amp; Shop and Giant chains in the United States, said Monday it will buy a 20 percent stake in Scandinavian grocer ICA AB for 7.35 billion Swedish kronor ($1.
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LaBranche & Co. Inc. , which runs one of the largest equity specialist trading outfits on the New York Stock Exchange floor, may consider selling all or part of itself to salvage its floor-trading business, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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General Motors Corp., the world's  largest automaker, will sign an agreement this week to sell its  money-losing locomotive unit to two private U.S. equity groups,  sources familiar with the negotiations said on Tuesday.
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The real estate arm of diversified  conglomerate General Electric Co.  agreed on Wednesday to  buy a $2.2 billion portfolio of U.S. industrial, residential  and commercial properties, but said it would sell some retail  properties to another investor.
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The private equity firm plans to acquire 80% of the common stock in the home appliance and consumer electronics retail chain for &#36;307 million.
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Alliance Laundry Holdings, a commercial laundry equipment manufacturer, said its controlling shareholder Bain Capital agreed to sell the company to Teachers&#39; Private Capital for about $450 million.
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Lands&#39; End and Kmart? There&#39;s just no match, a UW- Madison professor said Wednesday, reacting to the announcement that Kmart plans to buy Sears, parent company of Lands&#39; End, for $11 billion.
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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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ING Group NV will sell its Atlanta-based life insurance business to Britain&#39;s Prudential PLC in a $256.8 million deal designed to realign the Dutch financial services giant&#39;s international operations.
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FRANKFURT : German electronics giant Siemens is planning to de-list its shares from the New York Stock Exchange because of the high costs of maintaining a listing on Wall Street.