Leveraged Buyouts

NEW YORK (AP) — FedEx may be pessimistic about the U.S. economy, but it's confident about growing its earnings. The world's second-largest package delivery company, a bellwether for economic health because of the vast number and kinds of shipments...

NEW YORK (AP) — Don't let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zuckerberg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO. Facebook's chief executive turns 28 on Monday, setting in motion the social network's biggest week ever. The company is expected to start...

CHICAGO (AP) — The publisher of Playboy magazine has agreed to a sweetened offer by founder Hugh Hefner to take the company private. The price of $6.15 a share is an 18 percent premium over Friday's closing price and values the company at about...

* Clearwire shareholders to vote on Sprint buyout May 21 * Investors holding 31 pct of minority shares against deal * Sprint under pressure to raise bid By Sinead Carew NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Minority shareholders of Clearwire Corp are...

TOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) - Cerberus Capital Management LP is extending until May 31 a deadline to buy more shares in Japan's Seibu Holdings, according to a public filing on Thursday. The U.S. buyout fund, the largest shareholder in Seibu, has been...

By Sam Forgione and Aaron Pressman NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - Barry Rosentein's JANA Partners liked grocery chain Supervalu Inc in a big way in the first quarter, while Philippe Laffont's Coatue Management lost its stomach for the company's shares....

BOSTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Hedge fund Highfields Capital bought 23 million shares of PC maker Inc in the first quarter, according to a securities filing by the fund on Wednesday. Dell is embroiled in a leveraged buyout deal led by founder Michael Dell to...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barry Rosenstein's JANA Partners liked grocery chain Supervalu Inc in a big way in the first quarter, while Philippe Laffont's Coatue Management lost its stomach for the company's shares. Regulatory filings revealed that JANA, a...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Several top stock-picking hedge funds bought about 30 million shares of PC maker Dell Inc in the first quarter, possibly increasing pressure on company founder Michael Dell to improve his bid to take the company private. Dell is...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc , mired in a battle between activist investor Carl Icahn and co-founder Michael Dell over its future, said it will report quarterly results on Thursday, May 16, five days ahead of schedule. Dell, in a statement on...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dell Inc's special committee asked Carl Icahn for details on his plan to make the computer maker pay dividends and issue shares rather than sell itself to its founder, as the activist investor unveiled candidates for a new board....

PARIS (Reuters) - Activist investor Guy Wyser-Pratte said he is seeking board seats at French phone directories company PagesJaunes to force its biggest shareholder - U.S. private equity firm Cerberus - to cut the group's debt. PagesJaunes has been...