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Business Insider, the Wall Street Journal and others are reporting that KKR (NYSE: KKR), Silver Lake, and a third investment group are set to acquire GoDaddy.com for $2.5 billion. Previously owned by Qatalyst Partners, the domain name giant has been up for sale for more than nine months. Business...

Taiwan's financial regulator is raising concerns about KKR's (NYSE: KKR) planned $1.6 billion buyout of Taiwan electronics components maker Yageo. The Financial Supervisory Commission is concerned that the deal's debt ratio is too high and that and the rights of minority shareholders haven't been...

Leveraged-buyout company KKR (NYSE: KKR) is reportedly interested in acquiring a minority stake in Dutch lender ING Groep's (NYSE: ING) U.S. online bank, ING Direct USA. General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) submitted their bids for the U.S. unit last week. GE has made...

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...

Private equity firm KKR (NYSE: KKR) said Wednesday that Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) has agreed to pay $3.5 billion for its Eagle Ford Shale project in Texas, a joint venture between KKR and Hilcorp Energy. KKR will see $1.13 billion from the transaction, almost treble its investment of $400 million in...

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...

Bob Howard who heads up KKR's (NYSE: KKR) Equity Strategies Group spoke at the Ira Sohn Conference yesterday, and gave two stark investment ideas. Howard, formerly of Goldman Sachs, recommended Wabco (NYSE: WBC) and HSN, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSNI). Regarding Wabco, Howard said he believes the U.S. and...

KKR agreed to a $4M buyout of Del Monte yesterday according to the Wall Street Journal. WSJ writes, "KKR, Vestar Capital Partners and Centerview Partners offered $19 a share in cash for the San Francisco-based maker of pet foods and canned vegetables. The investors also would assume $1.3 billion in...

Private-equity firm KKR is looking to acquire Del Monte(NYSE: DLM) according to a Financial Times report. DLM shares have shot up over 10% today and are trading at $17.30.

Oppenheimer reiterates ratings for the following: Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) Outperform, price target lowered from $20 to $17 Kraton Performance Polymers (NYSE: KRA) Outperform, price target raised from $35 to $40 KKR & Co. (NYSE: KKR) Outperform, price target raised from $14 to $15

Private equity giant KKR & Co. may acquire $400 million in Eagle Ford Shale assets from privately held Hilcorp Energy, according to people familiar with the talks. Confirmation of the deal could come as early as today. KKR owned a stake in East Resources, which was recently acquired by Royal...