Sun Pharma looks to outshine rival bids with $13 billion Organon offerSun Pharmaceutical is making its biggest move yet with a $13 billion offer for Organon & Co. This ambitious bid aims to transform the India...
24 Apr, 2026, 08.17 AM IST
Can AI fix your credit score? Krutrim shuts down assistant KrutiHappy Thursday! Fintechs are building AI solutions to help boost the creditworthiness of borrowers. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.38 AM IST
Jhunjhunwalas-backed IKS healthcare looks to acquire TruBridge for $600 millionInventurus Knowledge Solutions (IKS), backed by the family of late investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, is in advanced talks to acquire Nasdaq-lis...
13 Apr, 2026, 07.01 AM IST
ByteDance agrees to sell Moonton to Savvy Games for $6 billionByteDance has agreed to sell Moonton to Savvy Games Group for about $6 billion, shifting its focus to generative AI. The Beijing company wi...
20 Mar, 2026, 04.17 PM IST
EA agrees to $55 billion sale in largest leveraged buyout on recordThe transaction, which includes $20 billion in debt financing from JPMorgan Chase & Co., also shows Wall Street’s appetite for game-changin...
29 Sep, 2025, 06.07 PM IST
Learn With ETMarkets: What is leveraged buyout? Why is it relatively unknown in India?A leveraged buyout (LBO) is a merger where an acquiring company borrows funds to buy another company, taking on significant debt, which is ...
24 Jun, 2023, 07.36 PM IST
Acquisition financing spiked 3x to $32.5 bln in FY22Blackstone’s $1.1-billion funding from a consortium of 13 banks for the $3-billion Mphasis buyback was among the biggest deals by private e...
07 Apr, 2022, 06.20 AM IST
Dell under pressure to make deal more attractive, as transaction undervalues the companyThe buyers need approval by a majority of shareholders, excluding Michael Dell, and their chances diminish as the opposition gains momentum.
14 Feb, 2013, 03.53 AM IST
Dell buyout could mean more debt, junk ratingAs talks have advanced to take Dell Inc private, analysts say the computer giant will have to take on billions of dollars more in debt - an...
17 Jan, 2013, 03.19 AM IST
- Apax Partners in talks to buy ISS for $8.5 bn
Apax Partners LLP is in exclusive discussions to buy Danish cleaning service provider ISS Holding A/S for about e6.4 billion ($8.5 billion).
09 Dec, 2010, 01.29 AM IST
- KKR dusts off listing plans, opts for takeover route
KKR, the leveraged-buyout firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, plans to convert to a public company by the end of the year in a tra...
29 Jul, 2008, 01.35 AM IST
- Big players leave as LBO market slows
Bankers who arranged financing for last year’s largest leveraged buyouts - TXU and First Data - are leaving their firms as the pace of take...
30 May, 2008, 02.41 AM IST
- Avaya accepts $8.2 billion bid from Silver Lake, TPG
Avaya agreed to be acquired by Silver Lake Partners and TPG for $8.2 billion in the largest leveraged buyout of a computer-networking compa...
06 Jun, 2007, 01.21 AM IST
- Silver Lake Partners, TPG to get Avaya
Investors will receive $17.50 a share, Basking Ridge, New Jersey-based Avaya said in a statement.
05 Jun, 2007, 01.00 PM IST
- Goldman, TPG agree to buy Alltel for $24.7 b
Goldman Sachs Group Inc teamed up with TPG Inc to buy Alltel Corp for about $24.7 billion in the largest leveraged buyout of a telecommunic...
22 May, 2007, 03.20 AM IST
- Chip shares rise post-Carlyle bid
Asian computer chip-related shares rose after Carlyle Group’s $5.7 billion bid for Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, the world’s largest ...
28 Nov, 2006, 03.37 AM IST
- PE cos launch joint search for easy prey
PE firms in India are scouting in herds for the right catch. If last few months are anything to go by, consortia deals are fast coming into...
23 Aug, 2006, 12.34 AM IST