Lloyds prepares sale of UK property loan portfolio

Bailed-out Lloyds Banking Group is preparing to sell a second and smaller portfolio of loans backed by UK commercial property.


US industrial groups eye Germany's Bartec -sources

Leading U.S. industrial groups and buyout firms are circling Bartec. Leading U. S. industrial groups and buyout firms are circling Bartec, a German maker of safety systems designed to prevent explosions in hazardous areas of oil and gas production, people familiar with the situation said.

Apax set to sell Marken as debt talks stall

Private equity firm Apax is preparing a possible sale of its troubled British medical courier Marken.

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

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


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Unitech, India's No. 3 property developer, on Wednesday denied a newspaper report that it was in talks to sell three of its assets for about 30 billion rupees ($541 million) to U.S. private-equity firm Blackstone.
SAP has announced a $4.3 billion takeover of Ariba to expand its cloud computer services. SAP, the German business software giant, has announced a $4. 3 billion takeover of Ariba to expand its cloud computer services.
American Spectrum Realty, Inc. is in discussion with several parties to sell or spin-off to one or more joint venture partners its property management and tenant-in-common (TIC) businesses.
Private equity group Bridgepoint has hired Morgan Stanley to sell Aenova, hoping to get more than 400 million euros ($510 million) .
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Morgan Stanley expressed caution of Facebook’s revenue in the filing of an amended prospectus with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC).
Private equity firm CVC Capital CVC.UL has sold a $1.6 billion stake in Formula One to three investors.
Accor is to sell its troubled U.S. budget hotel business for $1.9 billion to private equity group Blackstone.
U. S. private equity firm Warburg Pincus WP. UL along with existing investors have pumped $32 million in fresh funds into Indian online classifieds firm Quickr, the e-commerce company said on Tuesday.