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NEIMAN MARCUS COURTS SUITORS
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amNeiman Marcus Group has begun discussions with several suitors about buying the glitzy retailer for as much as $5 billion, The Post has learned. In the past few weeks, the...
TOYS: 2 GROUPS OFFERING $5.5B
March 16, 2005 | 5:00amTwo rival bidders are joining forces to compete in what is turning out to be a topsy turvy auction for Toys 'R' Us, The Post has learned. Buyout firm Kohlberg...
PLAY FOR TOYS - AUCTION TAKES BIZARRE TURN WITH WILD-CARD BID
March 9, 2005 | 5:00amA wild card bidder has made an offer for all of Toys 'R' Us, including the Babies 'R' Us chain, throwing the auction for the company's toy store division into...
EDGAR TUNES UP - BRONFMAN PREPARES IPO FOR WARNER MUSIC
March 8, 2005 | 5:00amBarely a year after buying Warner Music Group from Time Warner Inc. for $2.6 billion, an investor group led by CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr., thinks it's time to sell. Hoping...
SONY SHOCKS WITH STRINGER CEO CHOICE
March 7, 2005 | 5:00amJapan's Sony Corp. is planning today to name Howard Stringer chairman and chief executive of the world's second-biggest consumer-electronics maker, according to sources familiar with the matter. Sony's board of...
STREET EXEC IS SET FOR DEBUT II
March 4, 2005 | 5:00amNearly three years after leaving J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s executive suite, Geoffrey Boisi, is plotting a Wall Street comeback, The Post has learned. Boisi, the former top Goldman Sachs...
BUYOUT GIANT'S GOAL: NHL FOR $3.5B
March 4, 2005 | 5:00amAn investment group led by buyout giant Bain Capital has made a preliminary bid to buy the troubled National Hockey League for $3.5 billion. Bain and its partner, Boston-based sports...
FEDERATED TO BUY MAY, FORM RETAIL JUGGERNAUT
February 28, 2005 | 5:00amFederated Department Stores has reached a deal to acquire May Co. in a stock-and-cash deal valued at about $11 billion, combining two of the nation's biggest department store chains, The...
PATHMARK SALE - FOOD CHAIN IN TALKS TO BE SOLD TO WHOLESALER
February 28, 2005 | 5:00amSupermarket chain Pathmark Stores Inc. is in talks to be sold to C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc., New England's largest food wholesaler, The Post has learned. Exact terms of the transaction...
BILLION $ RIDE - EX-VIACOM HONCHO BIDS FOR PARAMOUNT PARKS
February 25, 2005 | 5:00amA team led by a former top Viacom executive has quietly approached the media giant about buying its Paramount Parks unit, The Post has learned. Tom McGrath, who stepped down...
BILLION $ RIDE - FORMER VIACOM EXEC BIDS FOR PARAMOUNT PARKS
February 25, 2005 | 5:00amA team led by a former top Viacom executive has quietly approached the media giant about buying its Paramount Parks unit, The Post has learned. Tom McGrath, who stepped down...
LBO KING LEE TO CASH IN 'YELLOW' BOOK BUSINESS FOR $1B
February 18, 2005 | 5:00amThomas H. Lee Co. has approached several suitors about buying its San Diego-based yellow pages directory publishing portfolio company, TransWestern Publishing Co. LLC, for more than $1 billion, executives familiar...
IPO FOR BANKER WEISEL
February 17, 2005 | 5:00amThomas Weisel, the high-octane dealmaker who helped take many of Silicon Valley's leading companies public, wants to do the same for his own firm, The Post has learned. Thomas Weisel...
BRUCE TO CUT $100M FROM LAZARD PAYCHECKS
February 12, 2005 | 5:00amBruce Wasserstein is taking painful steps to clean up Lazard's balance sheet ahead of its initial public offering. Wasserstein, the legendary dealmaker who runs Lazard, is aiming to take $100...
GYM PUMPS A SALE - 24 HOUR FITNESS CHAIN SEEKS $1B BUYOUT
February 11, 2005 | 5:00am24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, the world's biggest privately owned and operated fitness-center chain, is all pumped up for a sale, The Post has learned. Private-equity firm McCown De Leeuw &...
B'GOSH B'GONE - KIDS TOGS MAKER OSHKOSH GOES ON THE BLOCK
February 7, 2005 | 5:00amOshkosh B'Gosh, the venerable apparel maker best known for turning overalls into fashion wear for children, is going on sale, The Post has learned. The Wisconsin company has interviewed investment...
HUFF CALLS CABLE BLUFF
February 2, 2005 | 5:00amOne of Adelphia Communications Corp.'s most influential bondholders is making a bold move to ensure that the bankrupt cable operator doesn't get sold at a bargain basement price, The Post...
MELLON SEEKS $1B BID IN SALE
February 1, 2005 | 5:00amMellon Financial is looking for a solution for its Human Resources and Investor Solutions business, The Post has learned. Pittsburgh-based Mellon has hired Citigroup to explore a possible sale of...
CENDANT MAY NIX IPO, SELL WRIGHT UNIT FOR $1.2B
January 28, 2005 | 5:00amReal-estate and travel-services giant Cendant Corp. is exploring a possible sale of its Wright Express in a deal that may be worth more than $1.2 billion, The Post has learned....
P&G BIDS $55B FOR GILLETTE
January 28, 2005 | 5:00amProcter & Gamble Co. has apparently clinched a deal to buy Gillette Co. for roughly $55 billion in stock, in a bid to create the world's largest consumer products company,...