RISK-RESISTANT 2007-09-01 Staff Writer <quotation><italic></italic></quotation>France's world-famous Le Mans 24-hour car race is, as the name would suggest, a test of endurance. It is also, in at least equal measure, an examination of nerves. Two examples illustrate this well. In 1955
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Lone Star said in a letter to Accredited Home Lenders today that it would loosen the closing conditions of the deal if Accredited agrees to cut its price from $400 million to $225 million.
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Finland’s state pension fund wants to increase its alternatives allocation still further after another strong set of results.
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Advantage Partners, one of Japan’s most prominent local private equity groups, is making its first foray into what one investor referred to as ‘hedge fund management’, with a $2 billion fund that will buy minority stakes in listed Japanese companies.
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Accent Equity has sold Swedish flower delivery service EuroFlorist to Litorina Kapital. It is the third investment in three months from the Swedish firm’s third fund.
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Amid reports that the Blackstone Group is considering a flotation of restaurant group Tragus, a new report reveals that private equity firms are now the most active investors in UK leisure property.
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Coates Hire is the latest listed Australian company to reject a buyout offer because the price was too low. The Carlyle Group had reportedly been a frontrunner in the race for the machinery rental company.
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