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Czech web portal could go for $1B
BERLIN — The Czech online portal seznam.cz is in talks with potential buyers about selling for a price near $1B, which would make it one of the largest Eastern European web portal deals ever.
A Jordanian princess has launched a "relentless campaign" to seize legal control of incapacitated Wall Street titan Lionel Pincus from his sons and is suing his estate for a $50 million duplex in the Pierre ...
Former Bear Stearns CEO mulling job offers: report
Former Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz is weighing a number of options as he prepares to leave JPMorgan Chase, including joining an investment bank or well-heeled private-equity firm, the New York Post quoted ...
Not for sale, says Seznam's owner Ivo LukaA oviA . Warburg Pincus, the US owner of Czech search engines Centrum and Atlas, has joined the courting contest for the top Czech website.
Buyout firms run into problems as they turn to minority stakes in public companies
NEW YORK : Private equity firms are discovering that a glass half full is far from satisfying.
Business Briefs: Two Spheris directors resign
Two directors have resigned from the board of Spheris Inc. because the large shareholder they represent, Warburg Pincus, also has seats on the board of another company that competes with the Franklin medical ...
Warburg Pincus Acquires 5.4% of WuXi PharmaTech's Outstanding...
WuXi PharmaTech , a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, today announced that Warburg Pincus, the ...
WNS Acquires Aviva BPO For $230M; ICICI Lends $200M, Warburg $30M
The Mumbai-based BPO, which is 51-per cent controlled by Warburg Pincus, has acquired Aviva Global Services, the UK-based insurance giant's captive BPO in India and Sri Lanka, for $230 million, The Economic ...
Former About.com CEO Joins Investment Firm
Former About.com President and CEO Scott Meyer has joined Warburg Pincus as Entrepreneur In Residence .
Hiring Round-Up: Neverblue, Warburg Pincus
' Lead generation network Neverblue Media Inc. has hired Mark How as vice president of sales and business development.
Execs & Accounts: Scott Meyer, Microsoft, Rodale
You are here: ClickZ Home News Execs And Accts Execs & Accounts: Scott Meyer, Microsoft, Rodale Former About.com CEO Scott Meyer signed on as entrepreneur-in-residence with Warburg Pincus.
Bottom fishing in this market? Good luck to you.
Tuesday's New York Post carried a blunt reminder of just how painful trying to bottom-fish in a roiled financial market can be.
Private equity firms raise $132.7B in 1st half of year
U.S. private equity firms in the first six months of the year raised $132.7 billion across 185 funds -- 3 percent shy of the $137.2 billion raised by 199 funds during the first half of 2007, according to a ...
Warburg Pincus took $215 million MBIA loss: report
Warburg Pincus took $215 million MBIA loss: report - MarketWatch Intraday data provided by Interactive Data Real Time Services , a division of Interactive Data Corp.
Industry Moves: Former About.com CEO Scott Meyer Joins Warburg As EIR; Focus on Mid-Market
Scott Meyer, the former CEO of About.com who left the company in February this year, is joining private equity firm Warburg Pincus , as Entrepreneur-in-Residence, starting today.
Q&A: Sixth Gear Solutions CFO William Houlihan
Sixth Gear Solutions Corp. announced its entry into the auto finance market June 3, backed by $250 million in equity commitments from a group of private equity investors led by Warburg Pincus LLC and $750 ...
Kosmos, Noble Energy To Share Atwood Hunter Semisub Rig Offshore Africa
Dallas-based, privately held Kosmos Energy LLC has signed a contract for the semisubmersible drilling rig Atwood Hunter with Atwood Oceanics Pacific Ltd , a subsidiary of Atwood Oceanics Inc.
RBS re-evaluates financial backing of Synesis Life
Synesis Life, the pensions buyout specialist is poised to lose at least one of its financial backers.
Warburg Pincus to invest Rs 276 cr in Laqshya Media
Mumbai, June 23: Leading out-of-home media advertising company Laqshya Media on Monday said Warburg Pincus will invest Rs 276 crore in the company over the next 12 months.
Kosmos Gets $500MM More Backing From Warburg, Blackstone For West Africa E&P
Warburg Pincus and Blackstone, as well as the Kosmos management team, previously committed $300 million to the company.