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Hawker Beechcraft in talks with Chinese company for $1.8 billion sale

Bankrupt aircraft maker Hawker Beechcraft Inc said it is in exclusive talks with a little-known Chinese aerospace firm over the sale of the company for $1.79 billion.


GitHub raises $100 mln from Andreessen Horowitz

Software-services company GitHub has raised $100 million in a round led by venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

Lippo unit's stake lures private equity to Indonesia: sources

Indonesia's PT Lippo Karawaci may sell as much as 49 percent of its unit Siloam Hospitals in a deal that would value the firm at more than $1 billion.

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S., Canadian and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.


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Australian private equity firm Anacacia Capital said on Friday it has raised A$75 million ($77 million) for its second fund in just six weeks.
South Korea's Lotte Shopping Co Ltd (023530.KS) said it had signed a deal to buy a controlling stake in electronics retailer Hi-mart Co Ltd
Buyout firm KKR (KKR.N) is set to buy German cutlery and coffee machines maker WMF AG (WMFG.F) for at least 587 million euros ($727 million).
Private equity form CVC wants to sell its Danish retailer Matas while Nordic peer Altor is preparing to sell Swedish food supply business Eurocater.
Israel's IDB Development Corp sold 49.9 percent out of its 60.5 percent stake in Clal Industries and Investments (CII) to U.S.-based Access Industries for 1.27 billion shekels ($325 million).
U.S. buyout fund Carlyle Group LP said on Thursday it has acquired 49 percent and effective control of China's Mandarin Hotel Holdings Ltd for an undisclosed sum.
Charterhouse is close to selling French engineering group Fives to AXA Private Equity Charterhouse is close to selling French engineering group Fives to AXA Private Equity, people familiar with the deal said, potentially the second big sale for the British private equity firm in just one week.
British bid vehicle Tungsten Corporation will make a second attempt at floating on the London Stock Exchange in the autumn.
Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings TEM.UL is looking to acquire assets in Europe and plough more money into energy and commodities after doubling its exposure to the sector.
Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC is pushing ahead with a $4 billion sale of Getty Images Inc.