World Business Briefing | Australia: Buyout Firm Makes Deal for Hospital Operator
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CVC Asia Pacific, a buyout firm, said it had agreed to buy the DCA Group for 1.7 billion Australian dollars ($1.3 billion) to gain control of an Australian provider of hospitals for the elderly. CVC will pay 3.50 Australian dollars for each share of DCA, 35 percent more than the stockÂs price on Sept. 8, when DCA said it had received takeover offers. DCA owns 229 X-ray clinics and 6,000 nursing home beds, mostly in Australia. CVC Asia is owned by Citigroup and CVC Capital Partners of London.
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UK media company NTL has entered into an agreement to sell its broadcast business to a consortium led by Australian firm Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group (MCG) and other third party investors for a purchase price of â¬1.84bn.
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Australian property group Investa agrees to be bought by US investment giant Morgan Stanley for $3.9bn.
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Australian flag-carrier Qantas said it had received a takeover approach from Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group on behalf of a consortium they represent.
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Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia's Macquarie Group.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson announced a $25.4bn (Â£13.1bn) deal yesterday to buy Guidant Corporation, giving the healthcare company a stake in the fast-growing market for devices that regulate heartbeats.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson, the US medical and consumer goods group, is in advanced discussions to buy Guidant, a maker of medical devices, in a deal that could be worth about $24bn (Â£12bn).
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Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless  tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of  infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia&#39;s  Macquarie Group.
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Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group  are leading a plan to buy out Qantas Airways Ltd. , Australia's top airline said on Wednesday, sending its shares up 21 percent.
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Australian airline Quantas receives a takeover approach from Macquarie bank and Texas International.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson last night struck a deal to acquire Guidant, the US cardiac treatment group for $25.4bn, in a move that will give it access to one of the fastest growing areas in health care.
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Triad Hospitals Inc. , under pressure from its biggest stockholder to raise the share price, agreed to be acquired by CCMP Capital Advisors and a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. unit for $4.7 billion.
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Standard Chartered has agreed to buy US$1.5 billion (HK$11.7 billion) worth of loans from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) to beef up its project finance operation.
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Rural hospital operator LifePoint  Hospitals Inc. LPNT.O agreed to buy rival Province Healthcare  Co. PRV.N for $1.0 billion in cash and stock to broaden its  geographic reach, the companies said on Monday.
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Australian-based media giant News Corp. is to buy out the last remaining minority shareholder of Sky Italia and assume full control of the satellite broadcaster.
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Manor Care, the nursing home operator and long-term health care provider, said that it had agreed to be acquired by the Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Dec. 14--SYDNEY -- Australia's Qantas Airways said Thursday it has  accepted a revised A$11.1 billion (about US$8.7 billion) buyout offer by a  consortium led by a local investment bank, a local newspaper reported.