Carlyle Group

Private equity firm Bain Capital, and its actions during its first 15 years, have come under increasing scrutiny as a result of Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign. Romney was one of the firm's founders, and he has said that he was an executive of Bain Capital until 1999, although SEC...

Carlyle Group, the second-largest US private-equity firm, may raise as much as $726.5 million in its initial public offering. The sale would value the Washington, D.C.-based company at up to $7.6 billion, according to papers filed with the SEC today. Carlyle plans to offer 30.5 million shares, 10...

The world's largest investor in distressed-debt, Oaktree Capital (NYSE: OAK), continues to disappoint Carlyle Group's IPO division. Carlyle Group's IPO roadshow begins next week, but private firms like Oaktree Capital have not found a large amount of investor interest. There is also waning overall...

It seems no one wants to be chief executive of Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD). Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, Oracle's (NASDAQ: ORCL) Co-president Mark Hurd, EMC's (NYSE: EMC) Chief Operating Officer Pat Gelsinger and Carlyle Group Managing Director Greg Summer...

The Carlyle Group is set to make its first direct investment in Indonesia: the private equity firm reportedly is close to acquiring a 25% stake in GarudaFood for about $200 million. Jakarta-based GarudaFood sells instant food and snacks internationally. The deal would value the whole company at...

Private equity companies Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), Apax Partners, TPG Capital and Carlyle Group reportedly have expressed interest in purchasing a stake in Reliance Communications' mobile-phone towers unit, according to people familiar with the matter. TPG and Carlyle are among those in talks...

Reuters is reporting that private equity firm The Carlyle Group will soon take HCR ManorCare public in an offering that could raise as much as $500 million. The company is expected to file IPO registration paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within the next month. The IPO...

The first Friday of June is National Doughnut Day in the United States. The event was created by the Salvation Army in 1938 as a fund raiser and to honor women who served donuts to soldiers during World War I. Some independent doughnut shops and large national franchises, such as Dunkin' Donuts and...

Reuters is reporting that, in the next month, private equity firm Carlyle Group will select banks to underwrite its planned initial public offering. Carlyle hopes to file its IPO prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the third quarter, according to sources familiar with the...

As takeover targets become scarce, Carlyle Group, KKR (NYSE: KKR) and other buyout specialists are becoming asset managers that run hedge funds and strip malls, according to a report in Bloomberg. Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), the largest private-equity firm, earns twice as much from owning office...

Rexnord Corp. has revived its plans to go public, filing to raise up to $700 million in an initial public offering. The U.S. industrial firm is backed by Apollo Global Management. Milwaukee-based Rexnord first filed to go public in 2006 for up to $400 million under the name RBS Global Inc. It was...

The Carlyle Group agreed to sell Kbro, to the Tsai family in a deal worth about $1.9 billion, sources with knowledge of the situation said on Monday. The Tsai family who are the the controlling shareholders of Fubon and Taiwan Mobile, set up a private firm to buy the unit. This is seen as an...

Shares of NBTY Inc. (NYSE: NTY) are higher on the session by 0.30%, currently trading at $53.61. The stock has been moving largely sideways since it received a takeover bid by Carlyle Group for $55.00 cash. Options traders are picking up some calls today. The September $55 and December $55 call...