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TAKE FIVE: WORLD MARKETS THEMES FOR THE WEEK AHEAD
No surprise that Wall Street and other major stock markets wobbled... READ MORE›
BROADSOFT EXPLORES OPTIONS, INCLUDING POTENTIAL SALE
BroadSoft has historically sold its products to large telecommunications companies, which then resell the software to their business customers... READ MORE›
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HSBC THERES NOW A VERY HIGH CHANCE OF A SEVERE FALL IN US STOCKS
With the U.S. stock market selling off aggressively on October 11, we now issue a RED ALERT, he writes... READ MORE›
THIS CHART PREDICTS TRUMP WILL WIN UNLESS THE SP RALLIES IN OCTOBER
But the pattern is solid, as shown in this chart by Sam Stovall, equity strategist for S&P Global Market Intelligence1... READ MORE›
CONSUMER ANXIETY IN CHINA UNDERMINES GOVERNMENTS ECONOMIC PLANS
Those who have lost money in the ongoing stock market crash are especially anxious... READ MORE›
CHINAS PARTY-RUN MEDIA IS SILENT ON MARKET MAYHEM
The slump in the stock markets is destroying what remains of investor confidence, and this problem is profoundly serious, the paper said in a front-page commentary... READ MORE›
GODADDY IN EXCLUSIVE TALKS TO BUY HOST EUROPE
A purchase of HEG would help GoDaddy accelerate its shift into the more profitable web hosting business as well as broaden its customer base in Europe... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: KKR NEARS DEAL TO ACQUIRE WEBMD - SOURCES
It was acquired by KKR in 2014 for 1.1 billion from two other private equity firms, Hellman Friedman LLC and JMI Equity... READ MORE›
KKR HAS EYE ON HEALTH WITH WEBMD, NATURE'S BOUNTY DEALS
KKR will fold WebMD's websites, including WebMD.com and Medscape.com, into its Internet Brands unit, which houses sites such as DentalPlans.com and AllAboutCounseling.com... READ MORE›
KKR TO BUY NISSAN-BACKED SUPPLIER CALSONIC FOR UP TO $4.5 BILLION
It beat out rival private equity firms Bain Capital and MBK Partners, which, according to Thomson Reuters LPC, had bid to buy Nissan's stake... READ MORE›
BLACKSTONE, CARLYLE IN $10 BILLION-PLUS BID FOR NCR
Some of the other private equity firms that are competing could also team up, the people added... READ MORE›
STOCKS CLOSE OUT WEEK WITH WORST START TO YEAR EVER
Shares of the Shanghai composite index ended up 1.97 percent Friday, capping off the worst week for the Chinese stock market in its short 25-year history... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL CHINAS CRACKDOWN ON RUMORS WILL ONLY HURT ITS ECONOMY
The authorities have punished 197 people for spreading rumors about the stock market and the explosion Xinhua the state-owned news service reported on Monday... READ MORE›
STOCKS RECOVER FROM AFTERNOON STALL, DOW UP 369, BENCHMARKS OUT OF CORRECTION
Wall Street traders also got confirmation that Wednesday's rally had legs when stock markets in China, Japan and then Europe all rallied earlier today... READ MORE›
ACTIVIST INVESTOR URGES SALE OF BARNES & NOBLE
Shares of Barnes Noble, which had a market value of 514.8 million as of Monday, were up 17.6 percent at 8.35 in premarket trading... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S VOCUS ENDS TAKEOVER TALKS WITH KKR, AFFINITY
The firms had separately offered A 3.50-per-share for the company, a price less than half Vocus's share price a year ago... READ MORE›
DIEBOLD OFFERS TO BUY WINCOR NIXDORF FOR $1.9 BILLION
Diebold is offering 52.50 euros per share in cash and stock a 35 percent premium to Wincor's closing price on Friday... READ MORE›
CHINAS STOCK CRASH HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR FINANCIAL REFORMS
The stock market crash in China is a test of President Xi Jinping's stated goal of reducing the government's dominant role in the economy... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA'S OBSESSION WITH EXAM SUCCESS
Final year high school students in South Korea are sitting annual entrance exams for universities and colleges... READ MORE›
CVC, CPPIB NEAR $4.7 BILLION DEAL TO ACQUIRE PETCO
Pet retailer's owners, private equity firms TPG Capital LP and Leonard Green Partners LP, the people said on Sunday... READ MORE›
APOLLO GLOBAL BRAVES LBO ROUT WITH $7 BILLION ADT DEAL
Apollo secured 1.6 billion in first lien term loans and 3.1 billion in new second lien financing for the ADT deal... READ MORE›
STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY COULD SLOW COOLING IPO MARKET
Even before the current market turmoil, 39 companies had withdrawn their IPO plans, compared with 32 at the same point last year... READ MORE›
DOW, S&P 500 FALL IN '15; NASDAQ UP 5.7%
Stocks in Europe were also ending the year on a negative note, with the broad Stoxx Europe 600 off 0.4 percent ... READ MORE›
BC PARTNERS TO ACQUIRE PETSMART FOR $8.7 BILLION
Jana paid less than 55 per share on average for its percent stake in PetSmart, according to regulatory filings... READ MORE›
ASCEND LEARNING AGAIN EXPLORING POSSIBLE SALE
Ascend was formed in 2010 by Providence Equity after it combined companies it had previously acquired, including nursing school testing company Assessment Technology Institute LLC... READ MORE›
ALL OR NOTHING IN 2016, TOP STOCK PROS SAY
Stock market will get a little bit more of a push higher in 2016... READ MORE›
J M SMUCKER TO BUY MEOW MIX OWNER IN PET FOOD PUSH
Ly 1zQGY3G By acquiring San Francisco-based Big Heart, Smucker gains ownership of the 9Lives cat food brand and Kibbles 'n Bits dog food... READ MORE›
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR HAS HIRED BANKERS TO EXPLORE POSSIBLE SALE
6 billion in a leveraged buyout by a group of private equity firms that included Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group and TPG Capital... READ MORE›
STOCKS CLOSE MIXED AS OIL TANKS ALMOST 6%
Post to Facebook Stocks close mixed as oil tanks almost 6 percent Markets remain volatile after last week's worst start to a year ever on Wall Street... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: FRESH MARKET FOUNDER EXPLORES BID FOR COMPANY
Private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC APO.N has already agreed to work with Berry on the potential offer for Fresh Market the people said... READ MORE›
CHINESE STOCK CRASH LEAVES INVESTORS CYNICAL
BEIJING -- When hairdresser Zhang Liang first tiptoed into the Chinese stock market back in March, things could hardly have gone better... READ MORE›