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| The week's top news and analysis, Feb. 18-22 Suspense ran as high Friday as on even the most melodrama-packed Oscar night, with U.S. stocks mounting a late-session rebound, not only erasing the day's steep declines but also looking in the final minutes as if they might end the day, and the week, in the black. Did their bid succeed? The envelope, please. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Private equity firms consider Virgin Media bid - report LONDON (MarketWatch) -- A group of private equity firms are considering launching a takeover bid for Virgin Media Inc. , the Observer reports Sunday, citing a private document seen by the newspaper. It said Blackstone Group , Cinven Group, Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co. and Providence Equity are prepared to offer $6 billion to $7.5 billion for the company, in which Richard Branson's Virgin Group holds a 10.5% share. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Dow heading for 16,000, Richard Band says ANNANDALE, Va. (MarketWatch) -- Richard Band is not someone who makes outlandish predictions just to get headlines. feeds.marketwatch.com |
EXCLUSIVE-UPDATE 1-Deutsche Bank sells $5 bln loans-source NEW YORK (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank has soldabout $5 billion of loans financing leveraged buyouts to twoprivate equity firms in the United States, a person familiarwith the matter said on Tuesday. feeds.reuters.com |
Strong Household Sales Lift P&G Procter & Gamble posted a 7.9% rise in net income and raised the low end of its fiscal-year forecast. Colgate-Palmolive's net income fell 4.1%, reflecting gains a year earlier. (P&G conference call transcript) online.wsj.com |