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Small Footprints, Tall Towers: Skinny Condos Take Manhattan - Wall Street Journal (blog)
... just 50 feet wide, according to people familiar with the matter. Such towering ambitions have become all the rage in Manhattan these days, as booming demand for super-luxury apartments in the country's most expensive real-estate market has changed ...
CVC Hopes to Nail Sale of Colomer Group Amid Gel Manicure Craze - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners is hoping to ride the gel manicure craze to nail a deal for its Colomer Group salon-products business, according to people familiar with the matter. CVC has hired French boutique advisory firm Michel Dyens & Co ...
Bloomberg Faces Rival Chat Launch - Wall Street Journal (blog)
The partners hope to create a mechanism to connect different internal chat systems to a central hub, according to a person close to the plan. The plan is to add a central directory to help people find other users. The technology behind the project has ...
Media Journal: Yahoo Seeks Hip Status With Tumblr Buy - Wall Street Journal (blog)
HULU SHOPPING: WSJ identifies DirecTV as one of two pay-TV operators interested in a potential purchase or acquisition for Hulu, citing a person familiar with the matter, and following up on a previous story noting Time Warner Cable 's interest in the ...
Real-Estate News: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Frank Lloyd Wright Homes - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Private Properties: Billionaire hedge-fund manager William Ackman and a group of real-estate investors are in contract to buy a penthouse condo in Manhattan for more than $90 million, according to people familiar with the matter. Jumbo Jungle: Why to ...
Tesla Sees Strong Demand for Offering - Wall Street Journal (blog)
The company's offering of 2.7 million shares priced at $92.24 a share, a person familiar with the matter said late Thursday. The price represents a less-than-0.1% discount to Tesla's closing price Thursday, and an 8.7% premium to the stock's close ...
Norwest Exits Gunmaker Amid Gun-Control Sensitivities - Wall Street Journal (blog)
It is probably due to Savage's focus on hunting gear that makes a sale possible, without the moral baggage associated with it, an industry participant, who declined to be named, said. Cerberus Capital Management's Freedom Group, whose Bushmaster rifle ...
Clinton Group Ends Boardroom Showdown Over Gleacher - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Last June, St. Louis-based Stifel Financial Corp. proposed a $250 million takeover of Gleacher but talks never progressed, according to people familiar with the matter. The four board members told Gleacher in February they wouldn't stand for reelection ...
Third Point's Loeb Takes on Sony - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Third Point is looking at other ideas in Japan, according to a person familiar with the matter, though not other activist plays. Third Point was up 13.3% through the first week of May. He wouldn't be the only U.S. investor that's making big bets on the ...
MEDIA JOURNAL: Networks Search For TV Gold In Pilot Pile - Wall Street Journal (blog)
First came reports Saturday that the Fed was looking into its journalists' now-restricted access to some user information, which also has caught the attention of the Treasury, according to a person familiar with the matter. Bloomberg, including its ...
The Morning Download: Target's Cartwheel Not a 'Game-Changer' - Wall Street Journal (blog)
The attacks are continuing, officials said. But two senior administration officials said Sunday that they were still not certain exactly where the attacks were coming from, or whether they were state-sponsored or the work of hackers or criminals ...
Australian Cattle Producer Explores Sale - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Companies seeking to tap into the theme that Australia's agribusinesses are the food bowl for Asia are being approached with the option to buy one of the nation's largest cattle producers, according to a person familiar with the matter. Gresham ...
With Mother's Day in Mind, Obama Touts Health Law - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Senior administration officials said the administration's goal is to sign up 2.7 million young and healthy 18- to 35-year-olds. The House is set to vote, again, next week on a measure to repeal the law. White House spokesman Jay Carney said such a move ...
American Airlines Seeks Slice of Korean Market - Wall Street Journal (blog)
“We don't have a plan to revise down the prices for now,” said a Korean Air official, who declined to be named. American Air's Incheon route is only its second direct flight from Asia to DFW. The U.S. carrier started direct flights from Japan's Narita ...
Activist Sets Sights on Alere - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Coppersmith Value Partners LLC, founded late last year by former partners of activist hedge fund MMI Investments, has built up a 5.8% stake in Alere, according to a person familiar with the matter. Coppersmith is prodding management of Waltham, Mass.
Exclusive Photos: First Look at a Complete Airbus A350 - Wall Street Journal (blog)
(EADS) didn't release photos of the jet's “roll out” in Toulouse, France, but an aviation photographer — who requested anonymity — captured the moment on Monday: A person familiar with the 300-passenger A350's preparations say its Rolls-Royce engines ...
Owners of Sydney Waste Processor Mull Possible Sale - Wall Street Journal (blog)
The owners of Global Renewables, which treats around 10% of Sydney's household waste, are considering a sale of the business among other options, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Shareholders including private equity firm Ironbridge ...
Canada Says Calendar Won't Drive Its Trade Talks with EU - Wall Street Journal (blog)
But a person familiar with the matter said the specter of the EU redeploying its negotiating resources to the upcoming talks with the U.S. is “absolutely” behind Canada's push to conclude a deal before then. Canadian negotiators are in the midst of ...
This Week's US IPO Calendar Is the Busiest Since 2007 - Wall Street Journal (blog)
To that point, Quintiles's IPO was originally scheduled to be priced Thursday, but was moved to Wednesday because investors signed up to buy into the deal faster than bankers had expected, according to people familiar with the matter. American ...
Itau in Lead for Citi's Brazilian Units - Wall Street Journal (blog)
“Citi informed the banks involved in the dispute that Itau has priority for the purchase and Citigroup set a timetable of two weeks to reach a deal,” said a banker, who declined to be named for this article. “Right now, the talks are exclusively ...
The Morning Download: Legacy Software Looks for the Exits - Wall Street Journal (blog)
The two PE firms, Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital, see potential for cost savings by combining the two IT-management technology vendors, according to people familiar with the matter. Despite the usual assurances of continued support for existing ...
Indonesia's Pertamina Joins Asian Bond Spree - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Pertamina plans to hold a series of global meetings with fixed-income investors from Wednesday ahead of the possible sale of a benchmark-sized dollar bond, a person familiar with the matter said. The company has been pursuing overseas acquisitions as ...
Middle East Soccer Fans In the Dark Over Live EPL Rights - Wall Street Journal (blog)
... exclusively across the region by Abu Dhabi Sports, part of the government-owned Abu Dhabi Media, which bought the rights from the EPL for the current and previous two seasons for about $360 million, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Goldman and Malaysia: BFF From Way Back - Wall Street Journal (blog)
He developed a close rapport with Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan in 2007 while advising him on his purchase of telecommunications company Maxis Communications Bhd, a person close to the deal said. By 2010, the duo had built a strong franchise ...
Deals of the Day: Glen-X CEO: No Champagne for Us - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Lenovo and IBM Hit a Wall in Talks: Discussions over Lenovo Group Ltd. buying part of International Business Machines Corp.'s server business have broken down because of significant differences over price, a person familiar with the matter said. [WSJ] ...