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Yet More Reports Of DST, Alibaba And Silver Lake Swarming Over Yahoo

Oct 4, 2011 9:53 AM

Not a new development, but further confirmation that there may be one on the horizon. China’s Alibaba, Russian investor Digital Sky Technologies and U.S.-based VC firm Silver Lake are preparing a joint offer to buy Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), according to reports.

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Search, Companies, Facebook, Microsoft, Spotify, Yahoo, Zynga, Countries, Asia, China, Japan, Europe, Russia, alibaba, digital sky technologies, dst, jack ma, silver lake

Debt-Laden Private Buyouts Are Back - Pearson Sells IDC For $3.4 Billion

May 4, 2010 3:38 AM

Pearson (NYSE: PSO) said back in January it wanted to sell Interactive Data Corporation, its financial market data analytics provider. And now it is - for a pretty sum. Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus funds are teaming for a $33.86-a-share acquisition totalling $3.4 billion. If that’s an eyebrow-raiser, well Pearson…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com, idc, silver lake, warburg pincus

EBay Sells 65 Percent Of Skype For $1.9 Billion Cash

Sep 1, 2009 10:19 AM

EBay is finally putting us out of our misery when it comes to speculation about Skype but it isn’t getting completely out of the virtual phone business. Instead, eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) is selling 65 percent of Skype to an investor group led by Silver Lake in a deal valuing the…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, ebay, silver lake, skype

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