Permira Eyes Furniture Retailer DFS
January 31, 2010
LONDON (Reuters) – British buyout firm Permira has teamed up with retail executive John Lovering to launch a bid for furniture retailer DFS, the Sunday Times reported without citing sources. Permira and Lovering have appointed bankers at Nomura to advise on an offer for DFS, which is valued at more than 500 million pounds ($813.4 million), the paper said. Permira declined to comment, and Lovering could not be reached.
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed likely to be executed after trial: White House
January 31, 2010
[JURIST] White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said during an interview [transcript] Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union that upon being tried and convicted, alleged 9/11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] would likely be executed. Gibbs stressed that the heinous nature of the crime he is accused of merits such severe punishment.
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DOJ ethics report clears Bush administration ‘torture memo’ lawyers
January 31, 2010
[JURIST] Former US Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) [official website] lawyers John Yoo [academic profile; JURIST news archive] and Jay Bybee [academic profile] have been cleared of allegations of wrongdoing in relation to their controversial memos asserting the legality of enhanced interrogation techniques [JURIST news archive], it was reported Friday. The results of the
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Spain judge Garzon beginning investigation of suspected Guantanamo torture
January 31, 2010
[JURIST] Spanish National Court judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] will begin an inquiry into the suspected torture and ill-treatment of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive], Spanish media reported [El Pais report] Saturday. The inquiry follows claims made by several Spanish groups – including the Association for the Dignity of Prisoners of Spain, the Free
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Delta Partners Buys Into Aricent
January 31, 2010
Aricent , a communications equipment maker, has raised an undisclosed amount of equity funding from Delta Partners . The company was acquired last September for $255 million from Flextronics, by KKR, Sequoia Capital, The Family Office and The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. PRESS RELEASE Delta Partners, the leading TMT advisory and investment firm in emerging markets, is proud to announce it has become a shareholder in Aricent.
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IPad price war begins: Macmillan off Kindle
January 31, 2010
Publishing giant Macmillan said late Saturday that Amazon.com has pulled its e-book titles from being sold for the Kindle in a price war apparently sparked by Apple Inc.’s new iPad. (AAPL) (AMZN)
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Douglas Dynamics Files for $150 Million IPO
January 31, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Douglas Dynamics Inc, which makes snow plows and salt spreaders for light trucks, filed for an initial public offering of up to $150 million on Friday. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based company also sells hopper and tailgate-mounted sand and salt spreaders in the United States and Canadian markets, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Kuwait’s KIA Invests $750 Million in Blackrock
January 31, 2010
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) invested about $750 million in U.S. asset manager BlackRock (BLK.N) last year, and eyes investments in Asia and Latin America in 2010, KIA’s managing director told Al Arabiya TV. “Last May we invested in raising BlackRock’s capital, I think $750 million…and I think until now we made 40 percent of profit,” Bader al-Saad said in an interview aired on Sunday
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Fortress Founder Eyes Healthcare, Transportation
January 30, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fortress Investment Group Inc ( FIG.N ) is looking for healthcare and transportation opportunities, areas where it already has significant investments, founder and Co-Chairman Wesley Edens said on Friday. “There are a handful of things we are focused on right now,” Edens said during Colombia Business School’s Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference in New York, pointing to those two sectors as having a lot of promise. Fortress is a hedge fund and private equity giant that managed $32 billion in assets at the end of its third quarter
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US rejects Russian security treaty proposals
January 30, 2010
[JURIST] US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [official profile] Friday dismissed [transcript; press release] two Russian proposals for new European security treaties and reaffirmed US commitment to “unified” European security. In prepared remarks delivered at the L?Ecole Militaire in Paris, Clinton said:the Russian Government under President Medvedev has put forth proposals for new security
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