Leveraged Buyouts

OMAHA, Neb. -- ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Toronto-based Del Monte Canada Inc., a leading provider and marketer of packaged fruits, fruit snacks and vegetables...

TPG-backed venture makes third oil property investment in past 13 months; total asset acquisitions exceed $400 million FRISCO, Texas -- Petro Harvester Oil and Gas, LLC, an oil-focused exploration and production company formed...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Even in today's unsettled financial markets, investment management-focused executive search boutique Jamesbeck Global Partners is expanding. The firm has recruited private equity executive search powerhouse Holly C. Davidson as a...

Preqin's quarterly deal flow data shows that there were 624 private equity-backed buyout deals in Q4 2011, valued at a total of USD56.7bn - an 8% decrease from Q3 2011. Q4 2011 saw...

NEW YORK -- Blackstone / GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund (NYSE: BSL) and Blackstone / GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund (NYSE: BGX) (each a "Fund" and, together, the "Funds") today announced that...

Board hires industry veteran John Donahue to oversee the largest private hospitalist company in the U.S. BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- Cogent HMG, a national leader in the field of hospital medicine and critical care...

Googling a brighter Wall St. future Wall Street is a mighty dreary place nowadays. The market is going nowhere, regulators seem to lurk everywhere and, as Nomura Securities analyst Glenn Schorr pointed out...

HEADNOTE Global Finance sat down with Martin Fridson, high-yield market specialist and global credit strategist at BNP Paribas Asset Management, in early December to get his take on US and global debt markets...

For nearly 10 years, Utah Business has published the Legal Elite list showcasing the state's best-of-the-best lawyers. Our goal has been to publish a meaningful and credible Legal Elite list--a list that Utah's...

NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Issuer Default Rating (IDR) for First Data Corp. (FDC) at 'B' and revised the Rating Outlook to Negative from Stable. See the complete list of...

NEW YORK -- Blackstone / GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: BSL) announced today a special distribution of $0.06 per common share, payable January 31, 2012. The special distribution represents...

A corporate control contest breaks out between Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., and Tenet Healthcare Corp., Dallas. Community's hostile attempt to take over Tenet begins in December 2010 but kicks into high gear...

TheFind First to Incorporate TapBuy SAN FRANCISCO -- TapBuy, a new quick-checkout technology that developers, shopping aggregators and retailers can imbed in their own mobile apps, is now available. TapBuy dramatically increases conversion...

SINGAPORE -- Earlier this month, ARINC joined Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and First Lady Katie O'Malley on a historic trade mission to India with a delegation of more than 100 Maryland business leaders,...

NEW YORK -- As the third anniversary of the Tribune Company's Chapter 11 filing approaches on Dec. 8, 2011, Fitch Ratings has released a new special report which summarizes developments and issues in...

MIAMI -- H.I.G. Capital, L.L.C., a leading global private equity investment firm, is pleased to announce that David Blechman has joined the firm's leveraged buyout (LBO) practice as a Managing Director. Mr. Blechman...

CHANTILLY, Va. -- BIA Digital Partners II LP ("BIA DP"), a private investment firm focusing on expansion stage companies, announced it has led a $13,500,000 growth capital financing for Marina del Ray, Calif.-based...

NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley Credit Partners today announced that it has provided $38 million in mezzanine debt financing as part of the acquisition of Englewood Tire Wholesale by Terry's Tire Town, a...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Stratton Holdings, Inc.'s (STHG - OTC Pink) Emerging Resource Development Group is pleased to announce that it has secured a Joint Venture Agreement with the owner of rich gold...