Stories Tagged as
Buyout
Bass Pro Shops to buy Cabela's
Oct 3, 2016
Bass Pro Shops will acquire rival, Cabela's, in a deal worth $5.5 billion.
Why drugmakers are suddenly merging
Aug 20, 2015
Valeant Pharmaceuticals is purchasing Sprout for $1 billion.
How a poison pill works
by
Paddy Hirsch
Mar 23, 2015
Want to deter a company from buying you out? Use a poison pill!
Private equity's PetSmart maneuver
by
Scott Tong
Dec 15, 2014
PetSmart, with its brick-and-mortar allure, sells for $8.7 billion.
4 questions to ask if you're offered a late-career buyout
Aug 26, 2014
Congratulations, you're being offered a buyout. Is that... good?
Dollar Tree buys Family Dollar (yes, for more than $1)
Jul 28, 2014
The deal promises big cost-savings for both underperforming businesses.
SodaStream's Pepsi rumors fizzle and pop
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jun 6, 2013
The rumor bubbles on a Sodastream sale are going flat.
For public good, not for profit.
Private equity firms: Job creators or job destroyers?
by
Jeff Horwich
Jul 16, 2012
We'll likely hear more this week about when, exactly, Mitt Romney left his top job at Bain Capital. But here's the question that will persist: Job creator, or job destroyer? And that question's bigger than Bain, bigger than Romney -- bigger than any one election.