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...Doughty said in his ruling that the plaintiffs were “likely” to succeed in arguing that the government had “pressured and encouraged social-media companies to suppress free speech”....
...On Thursday, easyJet, led by the doughty Carolyn McCall, announced it shifted 7m passengers last month, a 7 per cent jump compared with last time....
...Mr Caudwell, who sold the business for £1.5bn in 2006 to Providence Equity Partners and Doughty Hanson, told the FT that there had “probably been some collusion to ruthlessly eliminate Phones 4U from the...
...Mr Gabriel was formerly head of real estate at Doughty Hanson Real Estate (DHCRE)....
...Oaktree is taking over Fitness First, the UK gym chain, from BC Partners, and Doughty Hanson earlier this year bought Spanish Hospital group USP Hospitales from Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays, which...
...As well as Providence, a number of private equity groups including Apax Partners, Doughty Hanson and EQT Partners are believed to be looking at Orange’s books....
...More than £4bn of new equity has been targeted by a host of real estate fund managers such as MGPA, LaSalle, Colony Capital and Doughty Hanson, which are talking to investors about new vehicles....
...Providence, which specialises in technology, media and telecom investments, bought the company for £1.46bn in 2006, which included the £347m disposal of its 20:20 distribution arm to Doughty Hanson, the...
...Also bidding are Irish Life & Permanent, the bancassurer, and two other buy-out firms – Doughty Hanson, owner of Ireland’s TV3 commercial channel, and JC Flowers....
...The deal included the £347m disposal of its 20:20 distribution arm to Doughty Hanson....
...In 2006 Providence acquired the company for £1.46bn, in a deal that included the £347m disposal of its 20:20 distribution arm to Doughty Hanson, the UK buy-out group....
...PAI, BC Partners, Doughty Hanson and Charterhouse are likely to join Permira and Lion Capital, which own Birds Eye Iglo and Findus Group respectively, when initial bids are tabled for Unilever’s Findus Italy...
...The valuation of Intertrust at about seven times its earnings before interest tax, depreciation and amortisation, is below that of its faster-growing Dutch rival TMF, which was bought by Doughty Hanson last...
...Three years ago, Migros bank – the financial arm of the doughty Swiss supermarket chain – seemed stubbornly unfashionable. The bank did not pay its top bankers bonuses....
...Providence agreed to acquire the entire group at the weekend but immediately sold the distribution arm to Doughty for an undisclosed sum ....
...Just when it looked as if Doughty Hanson’s aborted flotation of a €1bn private equity fund had killed the concept, along comes Boussard & Gavaudan Asset Management....
...Doughty said it was targeting a cash return of $5bn from its 1997 buy-out fund that raised $2.6bn....
...Doughty Hanson bought the company from Tomkins, the conglomerate, for £1.14bn in 2000....
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