Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group agreed to sell Kbro, to the Tsai family in a deal worth about $1.9 billion, sources with knowledge of the situation said on Monday. The Tsai family who are the the controlling shareholders of Fubon and Taiwan Mobile, set up a private firm to buy the unit. This is seen as an...

Shares of NBTY Inc. (NYSE: NTY) are higher on the session by 0.30%, currently trading at $53.61. The stock has been moving largely sideways since it received a takeover bid by Carlyle Group for $55.00 cash. Options traders are picking up some calls today. The September $55 and December $55 call...

Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE: RBS) has whittled down the list of bidders for its global Merchant Services unit. The processing firm is worth approximately $4.6 billion. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) had received interests from 10 buyout and trade firms. The bank is expected to pare down the list to...

The Wall Street Journal reports that New York-based RiskMetrics (NYSE: RMG) has put itself up for sale. The company may fetch up to $1.3 billion, which includes a premium of 30% of its value based on last Friday’s trading. At present, a completed deal is still uncertain for the 1,100 employee-...