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...The two-step gambit is made possible by the Lone Star state’s divisional merger law, which — unlike every other US state excluding Delaware — defines a merger to include “the division of a domestic entity...
...Kildare joins the likes of Lone Star, Blackstone and Oaktree Capital, who have for years raised capital to invest in European property....
...As monuments to hubris go, it’s hard to beat a ruler whose once vast empire has disintegrated into the desert’s “lone and level sands”....
...A winning bid for Japanese rail assets by Lone Star, the US private equity group, has been thrown out by the prefectural government of Osaka, raising concerns over the treatment of foreign financial investors...
...Rocky V (1990)....
...Private equity firms, such as Apollo and Lone Star, as well as hedge funds have raised more than €60bn in anticipation of a wave of non core loans sold by European banks under pressure to cut assets following...
...Last month Lone Star, the Texas-based private equity group, bought a €660m portfolio of AIB loans at a discount of about 60 per cent....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...Lloyds Banking Group has entered exclusive talks with Lone Star, the US private equity group, over the sale of £900m of distressed property loans....
...Forum offers a niche proposition, he adds, so there is space for it to operate and attract investors alongside the big names in distressed debt such as Blackstone, Apollo or Lone Star....
...The bank is understood to be close to completing a deal with one of three private equity bidders, thought to be Cerberus, Lone Star and Colony Capital....
...Stewart’s book was the first to ask if you can enjoy a red rose if you know it was dipped in a vat of anti-fungal chemicals by a worker in South America wearing an ill-fitting chemical suit....
...Germany was a favoured destination in the early part of the decade for financial investors such as Lone Star, the private equity group, to snap up bad loan portfolios – contributing to a political backlash...
...Lone Star bought Merrill’s for 22 cents.”...
...Merrill had to finance the bulk of the sale of some $30bn of toxic mortgage securities to Lone Star Funds – an arrangement that significantly increases its risks should the value of the assets continue to...
...The prince, who has substantial stakes in the three hotel chains – and also owns the Savoy in London and 25 per cent of the George V in Paris – launched a $3.2bn bid for Fairmont last week with Colony Capital...
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