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Carlyle Group to buy Getty Images for $3.3 billion

Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP will form a partnership with the management of Getty Images to buy Getty Images Inc from Hellman & Friedman for $3.3 billion.


Venture capital feels the heat from ongoing dotcom turmoil

Venture capital firms find themselves fending off increasingly uneasy investors who are urging them to cash out.

Carlyle places bet on China preventive healthcare spending

U.S. buyout fund Carlyle Group (CG.O) said on Wednesday it has acquired a 13.5 percent stake in Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Group Co Ltd.

Groupon tumult turns up the pressure on Mason

Groupon Inc's latest financial results raise new questions about the daily deals company's business model and whether Chief Executive Andrew Mason is the right person to fix it.


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U.S. buyout fund Carlyle Group (CG.O) and some of China's top private equity funds are targeting the biggest ever delisting of a New York-listed Chinese company.
Private equity investor Advent is aiming to take a majority stake in German books-to-perfumes retailer Douglas Holding AG.
China Mengniu Dairy has held talks about buying China's largest raw milk producer, KKR & Co-backed China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd.
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Buyout firm Pamplona is in advanced talks to buy Ruetgers from rival Triton for more than 600 million euros.
State Bank of India, and Australia's Macquarie Group, have agreed to invest $150 million in a unit of infrastructure firm Ashoka Buildcon.
News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending August 10. News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending August 10.
The private equity arm of Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and American venture capital fund New Enterprise Associates (NEA) jointly invested about $54 million in an Indian healthcare firm.
CBS Corp is considering a bid for Dick Clark Productions and would join other bidders including "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest.