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Report: Private Equity Firms Reconsider Potential Acquisition of Adevinta
Acquisitions // October 22, 2023

Private equity firms Blackstone and Permira are reportedly reconsidering their potential acquisition of Oslo-based online classifieds company Adevinta. The potential deal, which would have been one of the year’s biggest buyouts, is being taken back to the investment committees of the firms for further discussion, Bloomberg reported Sunday (Oct. 22), citing...

Apollo Global Management Bows Out of Musk-Twitter Deal
Acquisitions // October 05, 2022

Apollo Global Management and Sixth Street, which both were set to provide financing for Elon Musk to buy Twitter, have backed out of those talks, Reuters wrote, citing unnamed sources. Musk and Twitter have been in a court battle following Musk’s shift away from his...

Brookfield And Others Vie For Mashreq Payments Unit Purchase
Digital Payments // September 28, 2022

Brookfield Asset Management and Network International Holdings could be in the running to buy UAE lender Mashreqbank’s payment unit, Bloomberg wrote. The payment unit handles the processing of transactions for transactions made with credit and debit cards. Mashreq said earlier in the year that it...

Expedia Agrees To $1.2B Deal, Names New CEO
Business // April 23, 2020

Expedia Group has announced a new CEO and said it has agreed to a buyout, according to The Wall Street Journal. Vice Chairman Peter Kern will take the helm of Expedia, which contains Travelocity, Orbitz and Vrbo under its umbrella, and has been without a...

Quick Reads
Bain Capital Explores $6 Billion Deal for PowerSchool

May 08, 2024
Private equity firm Bain Capital is reportedly in discussions to purchase education-software provider PowerSchool.  The proposed $6 billion deal — still weeks away from being finalized — was reported Wednesday (May 7) by Reuters, citing a source familiar with the matter.  Based in Folsom, California, PowerSchool makes cloud-based software for K-12 education. Its unofficial roots, the report […]

Report: Private Equity Firms Reconsider Potential Acquisition of Adevinta

October 22, 2023
Private equity firms Blackstone and Permira are reportedly reconsidering their potential acquisition of Oslo-based online classifieds company Adevinta. The potential deal, which would have been one of the year’s biggest buyouts, is being taken back...

Apollo Global Management Bows Out of Musk-Twitter Deal

October 05, 2022
Apollo Global Management and Sixth Street, which both were set to provide financing for Elon Musk to buy Twitter, have backed out of those talks, Reuters wrote, citing unnamed sources....

Brookfield And Others Vie For Mashreq Payments Unit Purchase

September 28, 2022
Brookfield Asset Management and Network International Holdings could be in the running to buy UAE lender Mashreqbank’s payment unit, Bloomberg wrote. The payment unit handles the processing of transactions for...