Mar 12, 2013 | News, North America
NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) – Hostess Brands Inc said Monday its snack-cake business would be sold to private equity firms Apollo Global Management LLC and C. Dean Metropoulos & Co after no other bids were received, negating the need for an auction. Apollo...
Mar 12, 2013 | News, North America
NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) – Yankee Candle Co Inc MDPRTC.UL, the largest scented candle company in the United States, is being prepared for a sale by its private equity owner, three people familiar with the matter said on Monday. The company, which was...
Mar 11, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia, Southeast Asia
Economic Times 10 March 2011 BANGALORE: Temasek Holdings, Singapore’s state-owned investment company, has invested Rs 140 crore in Bangalore-headquartered cancer care provider HealthCare Global Enterprises (HCG). The deal, which closed this week, values the...
Mar 11, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, March 11 (Reuters) – Investment group Blackstone has increased its holdings of Gecina’s debt, French newspaper Les Echos reported, potentially paving the way to taking an equity stake in the French real estate group. Acquires 160 mln euros with...
Mar 11, 2013 | News, North America
March 11 (Reuters) – (Reuters) – Hostess Brands Inc creditor Silver Point Capital and hedge fund Hurst Capital have expressed interest in buying Hostess’s snack cake brands, including Twinkies, the New York Post reported. Silver Point Capital sent a...
Mar 11, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
TMT Investments, a London-headquartered venture fund backed by Russian businessmen, announced last week that it has raised $1.125 million from an unnamed “group of qualified investors.” Launched by German Kaplun, Alexander Morgulchik and Artyom Inyutin,...