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...Three days before our lunch, providence intervened when the FT changed its style guide to permit use of the F-word and other swear words “where necessary, such as in a quote or because they are an integral...
...Still, that is better than the current set-up, which is like “killing an ant with a sledgehammer”, says Bruce van Saun, chief executive of Citizens Financial Group, a $152bn-in-assets bank based in Providence...
...Scripps: Allen & Co, JPMorgan and Weil Gotshal....
...“If we’re doing more on our own we need a little less from them,” said Bruce van Saun, chief executive of the Providence, Rhode Island-based bank....
...Univision last year bought The Root, an African-American focused news and culture website, and it is a co-owner with Walt Disney of Fusion, an English-language news and lifestyle TV network and website....
...Earlier this year, the company’s owners — Saban Capital, Madison Dearborn, Providence, Thomas H Lee and TPG — appointed Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank to lead an initial public offering...
...East Coast entrepreneurs New York, Boston and Providence, Rhode Island are ahead of San Francisco in terms of entrepreneurial activity, according to the Kauffman Foundation....
...The seven investors — led by Silver Lake Partners and including TPG, Blackstone, Bain Capital, Providence, KKR and Goldman Sachs’ private equity unit — filed in June to sell SunGard via an initial public...
...The list includes Home Depot, Walmart, TJX Cos, Etsy, Target, L Brands, Salesforce.com, Dollar Tree and Best Buy....
...SunGard — owned by Silver Lake, TPG, Blackstone, Bain Capital, Providence, KKR and Goldman Sachs’ private equity unit — has been a particularly poor investment....
...Mr Chernin, backed by Providence Equity Partners – a former Hulu shareholder – has been on the lookout for deals since leaving News Corp in 2009....
...Good morning New York, FT ALPHAVILLE A Greek bond raid: Japonica Partners, a self-styled “entrepreneurial co-investment firm” based in Providence, Rhode Island, has launched a tender offer for almost 10...
...Providence Equity Partners later paid $100m for a 10 per cent stake, but last year sold its interest back to the founders....
...EQT, which hired advisers last year to explore an IPO or a sale, has received interest from private equity investors including Providence and Carlyle, as well as German media group Bertelsmann....
...Time Warner is similarly spinning off its Time Inc and IPC Media magazine publishing businesses to shareholders; Vivendi, a company created by the acquisition-hungry Jean-Marie Messier, is auctioning telecoms...
...EQT’s preferred exit is an initial public offering, a person close to the situation said, but it has also received interest from groups including Carlyle and Providence....
...Mr Kilar leaves with about $40m, his share of a $134m “employee equity-based compensation” plan which was triggered by the recent sale of Providence Equity Partners’ 10 per cent stake in the company....
...People close to the auction said about five private equity groups, including Providence Equity Partners, Platinum Equity and GMT Communications Partners, had proceeded to the second round of bidding....
...People familiar with the deal said it valued YES at about $3bn including debt, giving investors such as Goldman Sachs and Providence Equity Partners a return of almost five times their investment....
...(Financial Times) RBS under pressure to sell RBS Citizens Financial Group Inc., based in Providence, Rhode Island. The unit has 1,500 branches in 13 states and $140bn in assets....
...While the digital start-up has been a rare success story for its traditional media backers, Providence pushed for a sale or public offering, which ultimately failed to attract sufficient interest....
...Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, two former executives with Spyglass Entertainment, were appointed co-chairmen and co-chief executives of MGM....
...Providence’s desire to sell its stake in Hulu was influenced by the authentication push, according to people familiar with the situation....
...Other firms including Madison Dearborn Partners and Providence Equity Partners had been in the running to buy AlixPartners from Hellman & Friedman. Ford is building a $5bn plant in China....
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