Why GE Is Selling Another Part of Its Business to a Private Equity Firm

Tysons IT services giant DXC Technology Co. (NYSE: DXC) is selling its state and local health business to private equity firm Veritas Capital for $5 billion in cash. DXC said Tuesday it would use the proceeds from the sale to pay down debt. The c.....»»

WPP is selling a 60% stake in Kantar to private equity firm Bain Capital, valuing the data analytics business at about $4 billion and giving the British owner of agencies including Ogilvy and Wunderman Thompson funds to cut debt and rebuild......»»

Business owners starting to think about retirement often consider gifting the company to family members or finding an outside buyer, such as a private equity firm or strategic purchaser in the same industry, willing to meet their asking price. Many o.....»»

Campbell soup Co said on Friday it would sell its Bolthouse Farms business to an affiliate of private equity firm Butterfly Equity for $510 million, in the U.S. food company's first major sale as part of its cost-cutting divestiture plan......»»

The Virginia-based company has run a steady business customizing T-shirts for online customers. On Wednesday it announced that it is selling to private-equity firm for an undisclosed sum......»»

The Virginia-based company has run a steady business customizing T-shirts for online customers. On Wednesday it announced that it is selling to a private-equity firm for an undisclosed sum......»»

Shawn Kelly, the managing director of Dallas private equity firm Teakwood Capital and formerly part of Austin Ventures’ local office, died on Monday.  The Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office told the Dallas Business Journal that the cause of .....»»

Walmart Inc. is selling an 80 percent stake in its Brazilian operations to a global private equity firm as it reduces its presence in countries where it’s struggling.  .....»»

J.M. Smucker is selling its U.S. baking business to a private-equity firm for $375 million, including debt, mirroring moves by other food companies to divest decades-old brands whose sales are in decline because of changing consumer tastes......»»

Baker Hughes, a GE Co. said Wednesday it reached deals to sell its natural gas solutions (NGS) business for $375 million. As part of the deals, BHGE will sell its NGS product line to private equity firm First Reserve, and will tran.....»»

KKR said it would invest an initial $1 billion in a commercial aircraft venture as part of a push by the private-equity firm into the fast-growing jet-rental business......»»

The private equity firm spent tens of millions on dozens of townhomes in Morrisville, part of a trend of institutional investors eyeing the Triangle's housing market......»»

A private-equity firm took over a chain of special-education-focused private schools. An investigation by my colleague is worth your time to read. Private special education-focused schools are being snapped up by private equity.Tom SibleyB.....»»

A private equity firm took over a chain of special education-focused private schools. An investigation by my colleague is worth your time to read. Private special education-focused schools are being snapped up by private equity.Tom Sibley.....»»

New York-based private equity firm Investcorp was the buyer of the two-building campus in Arden Hills......»»

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Dell Technologies Inc. struck a deal to sell its Boomi cloud business to private-equity firms Francisco Partners and TPG, part of a larger reordering of the PC and data-storage giant......»»

Dell Technologies Inc., is close to a deal to sell its Boomi cloud business to private-equity firms Francisco Partners and TPG, according to people familiar with the matter, part of a larger reordering of the PC and data-storage giant’s business......»»

Swiss food giant Nestle on Monday confirmed that it was in talks to acquire "all or part of" The Bountiful Company. The maker of Nature's Bounty vitamins is backed by private-equity firm KKR & Co. and had been planning.....»»

These firm leaders talk about the benefits of basing their business the small North Texas city......»»