Thermo Fisher, the largest scientific equipment and laboratory instruments manufacturer has sent a binding offer for Life Technologies, the genetics sequence market leader.
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Panasonic to Sell Off Healthcare Unit
Many buyout firms and manufacturing companies are eyeing the sale of Panasonic's healthcare unit.
KKR Gives Eur320 Million Loan to Spain's Uralita
KKR,because of the dearth of bank loans in Spain, loans money to Uralita. The asset management division of Kohleberg Kravis Roberts & Co LP granted a Eur320 million or US$419 million to Spain's Uralita SA.
KKR Acquires SCMP Group
KKR acquires luxury RTW retailer SCMP Group. The private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co with its afflilates has signed an agreement to purchase a majority shareholder's stake in SMCP Group.
KKR Acquires Stake in Alliance Tire Group
KKR's Asia Fund purchases Warburg Pincus shareholdings in Alliance Tire Group. KKR & Co LP has entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Alliance Tire Group.
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Private equity firm KKR has entered into exclusive talks to buy a majority of French fashion brands Maje, Sandro and Claudie Pierlot, according to a source familiar with the transaction.
KKR is seeking to build a US$1.5 billion fund for oil and gas development project investments. In a report from Bloomberg, KKR & Co LP is now raising US$1.
Equity firms vie for 20% stake in Thai Life. KKR and Carlyle are among the bidders that have made offers to purchase a minority stake in Thai Life Insurance Co Ltd.
Gardner Denver mulling over US$75 per share offer from KKR. Gardner Denver Inc. 's board would convene on Monday to consider the US$3. 7 billion offer by private equity firm KKR and Co.
KKR values Gardner Denver at US$3.7 billion. KKR and Co LP, the private equity firm has submitted a bid offer of US$75 per share for industrial machine maker Gardner Denver Inc.
News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending August 31. News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending August 31.
The $83 billion State of Wisconsin Investment Board last month sold $1 billion worth of funds. The $83 billion State of Wisconsin Investment Board last month sold $1 billion worth of funds, at least three of them managed by publicly listed private equity firms, in part because those firms could no longer demonstrate that the pension fund's interests came first.
Private equity firm KKR is in talks to invest about 100 billion yen ($1.3 billion) for control of Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp
Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Wednesday:** Private equity firm KKR & Co.
