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EIG Global Energy Partners LLC said on Tuesday it had sued asset manager TCW Group Inc over the latter's takeover by private equity firm Carlyle Group LP.
Brazil's Eike Batista said on Monday he plans to delist his logistics company LLX. Brazil's Eike Batista, facing tumbling confidence among investors in the value of his energy and mining conglomerate, said on Monday he plans to delist his logistics company LLX, whose shares have lost 80 percent of their value since 2010.
The U.S. securities regulator filed a complaint in court on Friday against a firm controlled by a Chinese billionaire and other traders.
Professional athletes, venture capitalists and technology experts will meet face-to-face to discuss new business opportunities.
A shipping company owned by the world's largest private equity firm filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday.
Sunoco Inc reached a tentative labor agreement with the members of the United Steel Workers union at its Philadelphia refinery late Tuesday.
Embattled U.S. truck and engine maker Navistar International Corp drew a line in the sand with activist investors on Wednesday by adopting a poison pill aimed at keeping outsiders from gaining a stake of 15 percent or more.
EU antitrust regulators are expected to set out their objections to Universal Music Group's $1.9 billion bid for rival EMI's recorded music unit in the coming days.
European Union competition regulators are set to put pressure on Vivendi's Universal Music to offer concessions in its bid to buy smaller rival EMI's recorded music business.
Trends in the middle market private equity marketplace will be discussed by a panel of experts from GE Capital, MidSpan Partners and Blackrock Kelso on May 31, 2012, at 5:30 p.m. at the Omni San Francisco Hotel.