CNN Money - NEW YORK (Reuters) -- General Electric Co. is seeking bids for its plastics business, which is valued at up to $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site. General Electric ( Charts ) (GE) has told private-equity firms that they
MSN MoneyCentral - Equity Office Properties Trust EOP confirmed that the tender offers and related consent solicitations commenced by its subsidiary, EOP Operating Limited Partnership, as previously amended, remain open. A media report that Equity Office had previously
MSN MoneyCentral - Tissera, Inc. TSSR reports that it has completed an additional equity financing round amounting to a gross of $1,650,000 before related expenses. This sum was raised from existing Tissera institutional investors. The current proceeds are earmarked
Reuters - Last: BOSTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Vanguard Group, the second largest mutual fund firm in the U.S., said on Monday it has chosen Lazard Asset Management in place of two investment firms on the advisory team for its $48.6 billion Windsor II fund. Lazard
Baltimore Sun - NEW HAVEN, Conn. // Pointing out strong global demand for energy, General Electric Co. said yesterday that it agreed to buy oil services company Vetco Gray Inc. for $1.9 billion from a group of private equity funds. Vetco Gray provides drilling
Times Online - Pension funds more than doubled direct investments in private equity deals last year as they struggled to generate the profits needed to support an ageing workforce in the face of declining public equity returns. Associated British Ports, Thames
MSN MoneyCentral - Thornburg Investment Management, a separate investment management company founded in 1982, advises a series of seven laddered-maturity bond mutual funds, five equity mutual funds, and separately managed equity and fixed income portfolios for
Reuters - Last: Jan 8 (Reuters) - Strategic Distribution Inc. (STRD.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) said it agreed to merge with two portfolio companies of Platinum Equity in a deal valued at about $30 million. Each share of common stock will be converted into
MSN MoneyCentral - Zacks Equity Research highlights VeriSign, Inc. VRSN as the Bull of the Day and Snap-on, Inc. SNA as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Omnicom Group OMC and PMC-Sierra PMCS . Full analysis of all four stocks
Forbes - Citigroup Private Equity today announced the recent closing of Citigroup Capital Partners II ("CCP II"), a $3.297 billion fund that makes direct private equity investments in partnership with leading private equity firms. Citigroup Capital Partners