Topic - Carlyle Group

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Media, Internet, Finance

TechSpin: Old Media Still Struggles With Web

Media executives gathered at the Argyle Executive Forum on Leadership in Media in New York, where there was more lamenting over old media's lack of clear business model in the Internet age than forecasting at the confab.
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General news, Finance

Carlyle, Nasdaq Strike Persian Gulf Pay Dirt

In transactions fueled by high oil prices, private equity giant deals in Abu Dhabi, while stock market clinches OMX deal by selling a 20% stake to rival Borse Dubai.
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General news

Carlyle Head Blasts China Tariff

U.S. venture evangelist delivers sermon before China’s VC/PE industry association.
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Media

Rhythm Method

Forget SMS: TV Is the Mobile Ad Model
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Finance

Blackstone Fund to Reach $20B

In a sign of the times, takeover’s the name of the game.
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Finance

Open Solutions Bought for $1.3B

Carlyle Group and Providence Equity team up to take financial tech vendor private.
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Finance

DOJ Probes Private Equity Firms

U.S. Justice Department wants to know if firms are colluding on buyouts.
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Finance

Carlyle Backs Air2Web: $25M

Investment in mobile messaging firm slated for product development and maybe acquisitions.
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Computers, Finance

Firms Bid $16B for Freescale

Private equity deal for former Motorola unit could be largest leveraged buyout in tech history.
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Media

Nielsen Probing Movie Tastes

Ratings firm teams with MovieTickets.com to learn why audiences choose particular films.
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General news, Communications, Finance

Another Powell Joins a Firm

Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell joins Providence Equity less than a month after Kleiner Perkins took on his father.
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Finance

CapMan Closes Mezzanine Fund

Finnish firm raises $311 million for buyouts in a move that some say may presage economic growth.