DENVER (Billboard) - In the promotional run-up to the April 13 release of its new album, Ohio experimental rock group Foxy Shazam tapped a curious outlet to promote the release: Chatroulette. The Russia-based online chat site connects users around the world for ...
US firm Warner Music has joined forces with private equity giant KKR to consider a bid for British music company EMI, which would break the company up, a newspaper reported Sunday. Warner and the private equity firm met in recent weeks to ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity firm KKR <KKR.UL> and U.S. music company Warner Music Group <WMG.N> are in talks to launch a break-up bid for Warner's indebted British rival EMI <LNDONE.UL>, reported the Sunday Times. The paper said KKR is interested in ...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co <KKR.UL> has filed to list $2.2 billion in shares on the New York Stock Exchange, moving forward in its long effort to become a publicly traded U.S. company. New York-based KKR ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ten years ago today, before the dot-com bubble burst, the Nasdaq composite index hit a record 5,132.52 points -- a peak that the technology-heavy market shows no sign of scaling again any time soon. Analysts and venture capitalists ...
Microchip Technology raises bid for Silicon Storage a second time to thwart Cerberus Microchip Technology Inc. on Monday raised its purchase price for Silicon Storage Inc. a second time, competing with a private-equity firm for the maker of flash memory cards used ...
HFF elects private investment firm president to board, elects new lead independent director HFF Inc., which provides commercial real estate services, said Friday it has elected the president of a private investment firm, Steven E. Wheeler, to its board. HFF also said ...
Orbitz names new directors: Brand from Blackstone Group, and Gerstner from Altimeter Capital Online travel retailer Orbitz Worldwide Inc. said Thursday that it has named Martin Brand and Brad Gerstner to its board of directors, effective immediately. Brand is a managing director ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to expand its New York office by about 8 percent this year as the financial regulator focuses more heavily on catching cheaters at hedge funds and brokerages. "We have obtained the funds ...
Dow Chemical to sell Styron unit to private equity firm for $1.63 billion Dow Chemical is selling its Styron Division to private equity firm Bain Capital for $1.63 billion. As part of the deal, Dow said Tuesday it has an option to ...
