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August 2008 - Posts
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TPG lures $20bn amid private equity droughtTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 3 hours agoApax Partners and Guardian Media Group bought Emap last December. The loan has remained on the books of four lending banks since then, and was seen as an ... |
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Squads look to Week 2Wabash Plain Dealer, IN - 15 hours agoThe Apax will face a 5-2 defense that returns nine starters, but allowed 228 yards per game on the ground. “We're going to keep using Brandt Hamm and Justin ... |
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Getting online in EuropeReuters UK, UK - 5 hours agoSources also said Apax Partners moved into the next round of bids, due in mid to late October. PCCW, Hong Kong’s former monopoly fixed-line carrier, ... |
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Future Fund's safe passageBusiness Spectator, Australia - 6 hours agoThe Future Fund guardians and their staff could be excused for feeling a little self-satisfied. Against the backdrop of market turmoil and steeply negative ... |
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Future Fund grows 1.54% in FY08Business Spectator, Australia - 6 hours agoApax owns a range of retail, education, telecommunications and other business assets, including US clothing label Tommy Hilfiger. ... |
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NEWS UPDATE: Advance adds Tradewinds fundsMoney Management, Australia - 13 hours agoBy Liam Egan Advance Asset Management has entered an agreement with US global equity specialist Tradewinds Global Investors to offer its global equities ... |
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Future Fund is $652m richerThe Financial Standard, Australia - 9 hours agoSet up in the thick of the credit crisis, the Future Fund comes out on top, making $652 million in the year to June. The Future Fund (ex Telstra) gained ... |
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Lady Apax best North MiamiWabash Plain Dealer, IN - 4 minutes agoBy JOSH SIGLER, sigler.josh@gmail.com Lady Apache volleyball is still shaking off the rust of the early season, but are looking promising in the process. ... |
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Chrysler to run campaign with Auto TraderBrand Republic, UK - 39 minutes ago... around 70 titles including Motorhome and Caravan Trader and Farmers Trader. Trader Media Group is jointly owned by Guardian Media Group and Apax Partners. |
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Apax in the bid for KBC’s share in NLBEMportal, Serbia - 1 hour agoThe British private equity investment group, Apax Partners, started exclusive negotiations with the insurance company KBC on the purchase of their 30.6 ... |
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German firm GfK pulls out of TNS takeoverIndependent, UK - 1 hour agoThe Apax talks are believed to have been scuppered by a combination of factors. Not only was GfK, which is 57 per cent-owned by a non-profit "Verein", ... |
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Sorrell was right and that's no surpriseTimes Online, UK - 4 hours ago... of the German company's shares, could not stomach the financial and governance terms demanded by Apax Partners, its potential private equity partner. ... |
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TNS Still Opposes WPP BidWall Street Journal - 36 minutes agoNegotiations to make a bid in conjunction with private-equity fund Apax Partners failed. An Apax spokeswoman declined to comment. TNS's first-half results, ... |
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GfK Pulls Plug on TNS BidDaily Research News Online, UK - 2 hours ago... and it was rumoured that it may secure backing from Tchibo coffee billionaires Günter and Daniela Herz or private equity house Apax Partners. ... |
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TNS continues to snub WPP after GfK pulls outTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 11 minutes agoSources said GfK had lined up private equity firm Apax to provide equity financing for an all-cash offer for TNS, which could have created a market research ... |
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A venture capitalist shares his game planSmartBrief, DC - 27 minutes agoAlan Patricof, founder of Apax Partners, explains his investment strategy for hard times. "For an entrepreneur with a good business plan and a good ... |
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Tempus analysis: What's stopping TNSTimes Online, UK - 1 hour agoIt's believed that Verein, as majority shareholder, did not agree with the financial and governance terms set by Apax Partners, GfK’s potential financial ... |
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Gfk backs out of deal with TNSInternational Herald Tribune, France - 1 hour agoGfK had sought financial backing from an investor , widely reported to have been Apax Partners, to help it raise the necessary cash. ... |
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TNS defies WPP takeover bidguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoMarket research group Taylor Nelson Sofres has said it continues to oppose WPP's hostile takeover bid, despite preferred deal partner GfK giving up its ... |
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GfK drops its takeover bid for Taylor NelsonInternational Herald Tribune, France - 1 hour agoAP LONDON: British market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC stood defiant against a hostile takeover by WPP Group PLC on Wednesday after its ... |
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TNS merger partner ends interestThe Press Association - 2 hours agoA £1 billion head-to-head battle for market research firm TNS petered out after Germany's GfK said it was no longer interested in bidding. ... |
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WPP In Prime Spot For TNSForbes, NY - 2 hours agoLONDON - Taylor Nelson Sofres has been insisting that WPP's hostile offer undervalues it. But now that Germany's GfK has said its withdrawing from the ... |
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GfK to quit battle for TNSFT Alphaville, UK - 2 hours agoGfK’s discussions with Apax, the private equity group that it hoped would jointly bid for TNS, fell apart Tuesday night over price, say people close to the ... |
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Apax Is in Talks To Buy NLB StakeWall Street Journal - 2 hours agoLondon private-equity firm Apax Partners LLP is in exclusive talks to buy KBC Group NV's 30.6% stake in Nova Ljubljanska Banka DD, Slovenia's largest bank ... |
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Germans pull out of battle for TNSTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 5 hours agoSources said GfK had lined up private equity firm Apax to provide equity financing for an all-cash offer for TNS, which could have created a market research ... |
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GfK Ends Bid For TNS?All Clear For WPP Takeover?Washington Post, United States - 1 hour agoGfK is said to be dropping its bid because Apax, the PE firm that agreed to help back it in the deal, began making demands for extensive control over the ... |
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GfK to quit battle for TNSFinancial Times, UK - 1 hour agoGfK’s discussions with Apax, the private equity group that it hoped would jointly bid for TNS, fell apart last night over price, according to people close ... |
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Germany's GfK drops TNS bid plans -- reportReuters - 2 hours agoGfK has pulled out of the race because Apax, the private equity fund it lined up to help finance a deal, was demanding wide-ranging control rights, ... |
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WPP Group Is Expected to Win TNSWall Street Journal - 3 hours agoBy AARON O. PATRICK German market-research company GfK AG has abandoned its battle with advertising giant WPP Group PLC to buy British rival Taylor Nelson ... |
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NAS on the cheapITworld.com, MA - 7 hours agoby Tom Mainelli I discussed in an earlier column using Microsoft's $180 Windows Home Server to turn an old PC into a media-streaming, backup-friendly server ... |
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