Topic - carlyle

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Computers, General news, Communications, Internet, Finance

Carlyle Group’s Gerstner to Step Down

Private equity giant’s chairman plans to step down from the position next month but stay in a senior advisor role.
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Internet

Zafu Sizes Up $4.1 Million

Zafu, which has developed an Internet search engine that helps women select the right size of jeans and bras, snags $4.1 million in a second round of funding.
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Finance

Private Equity Eyes Dell, EMC, Yahoo

Huge technology buyouts of the past few years may be just the start.
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Finance

Carlyle’s Mobile Play

$25M investment slated for marketing firm Air2Web.
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Finance

Carlyle’s Fundraising Tear

Private equity giant raising $15 billion for U.S. buyouts.
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Finance

PE Firms Invest $5.4B in India

Real estate, banking, and financial services investments add up this year.
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Computers, Finance

Freescale: Sold for $17.6B

In biggest tech buyout in history, chip maker agrees to private-equity bid, the second chip maker to take such bait in two months.
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Computers, Finance

Firms Bid $16B for Freescale

Private equity deal for former Motorola unit could be largest leveraged buyout in tech history.
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General news, Finance

Helion Raises $140M for India

The latest in a slew of new funds will soon announce its first investment.
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General news, Finance

Argonaut Plans $250M for India

Firm will tap growing sectors, including telecom, engineering, retail, and infrastructure.
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Internet

New Opportunities in IP

The IPv6 protocol will power the next-generation Internet.
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General news

Focus Media Buys China Rival

Consolidation gives flat-panel advertising leader virtual monopoly in China in $325-million deal.
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Finance

VCs Eye Unusual Exit Strategy

After a troubled history in the early 1990s, special-purpose acquisition companies are making a comeback.
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General news, Communications

France Telecom Hooks Amena

With lowered debt constraints, FT primes its palate for Europe’s growing appetite for cross-border telecommunications feasts.
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Cleantech, Finance

Oil prices grease cleantech

As oil prices spike, Clean Edge announces a record high for U.S. venture capital investments in energy tech. Big players like GE are wading in.
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Archives, Magazine

Carlyle's Way

Making a mint inside "the iron triangle" of defense, government and industry.
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Archives

Carlyle shifts direction in Europe

The private equity giant makes top-level management changes and adjusts its strategy as it aims to make a mark with its $693 million European Internet fund.
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Archives

Carlyle fund sparks hand-wringing

The Carlyle Group's new $750 million fund in Asia has rivals shaking their heads.
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Archives

Carlyle plants VC flag in Europe

With 30 pairs of feet on the street and $700 million in its new fund, Carlyle promises to give Benchmark and other top-tier VCs a run for their money in the old world.