Management Buyout

In a letter to investors disclosed Monday, Southeastern Asset Management disclosed that it had sold over half of its shares of Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) to Carl Icahn (NYSE: IEP) in an attempt to bolster Icahn's war chest and prevent the takeover offer from CEO Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners from...

Just one and a half months into 2013 and it already appears as though 2013 will be the year of an M&A boom. Analysts have been calling for a surge in mergers and acquisitions for years now, due to cheap financing rates. However, now that the equity prices have risen to new multi-year highs,...