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Beleaguered Handy Hardware gets another lease on life
Handy Hardware gets help from Littlejohn & Co. as the private equity firm takes the reins of the company's acquisition and refinancing.
New head plans to up Anglo performance, targets US$3.5
New Anglo American boss, Mark Cutifani, outlines an aggressive cost-cutting plan to reverse the mining company's poor performance.
Cinven, to refinance GBP 438 million buyout with debt
Private equity firm Cinven seeks the help of banks to refinance buyout of Host Europe Group. Cinven has started approaching banks for debt proposals to help in refinancing the firm's GBP 438 million (US$671 million) buyout of Host Europe Goup, an internet domain and hosting company.
Zynga shares drop after abandonment of real-money gaming
Social games provider Zynga Inc loses investors and revenue after announcing abandonment of real-money gambling plans.
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Centre for Retail Research aid that the royal baby boy would generate US$373 million retail boom until August 31.
Apple and Los Angeles Unified School District would join forces through a US$30 million-worth deal. Next year, the Los Angeles Unified School District would put 640,000 iPads into the students' hands.
China Investment Corp. posted a 10.6% return on its overseas investments last year. China Investment Corp. , the country's sovereign wealth fund, posted a 10.
Adobe's recent acquisition, Neolane, would help the company attain US$1.19 billion earnings from digital marketing cloud.
Smedvig Capital invested GBP 4 million into Kings Court Trust. Smedvig Capital, a private equity investor based in Mayfair, pumped in GBP 4 million into Kings Court Trust.
Two private equity funds owned by Sun Capital Advisors Inc. are held liable for an employer's withdrawal in a pension plan.
Repsol is considering to sell its 30% stake in Gas Natural Formosa worth Eur 4.5 billion but holds it off until deal with Shell is finalized.
Private Equity Headhunters now has a new Chief Technology Officer in Mr. Jaree Zafar. Mr. Jaree Zafar was appointed as the Chief Technology Officer of Private Equity Headhunters, a Texas-based firm that focuses on getting jobs for executives.
Pembina Pipeline Corp. has offered 10,000,000 cumulative redeemable rate reset class A preferred shares during a public offering, which raised US $250 million.
Oracle signed a contract with Microsoft to permit Java developers to make applications on Microsoft's servers.




