9 posts and columns on KKR

Go Daddy: Never Mind That SOPA Thing, Look at Naked Danica Patrick

in News on December 28, 2011 at 10:54 am PT

After losing some 37,000 domains over its support of a controversial piracy bill before Congress, Go Daddy resorts to its tried-and-true marketing weapon.
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Google, KKR Set California Solar Deal

in News on December 20, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Google Inc. and KKR & Co. Inc. are expected to announce today a joint investment in a California solar-power project, showing investor interest in the industry amid expiring government incentives.

As Yahoo Board Meets Tomorrow, Investors Ready Thumbscrews

in Media on September 13, 2011 at 4:56 pm PT

Welcome to Sunnyvale, Yahoo board! But you might want to wear a disguise when you visit URL’s Cafe!
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KKR, Others Near Deal to Buy GoDaddy

in News on June 24, 2011 at 8:44 am PT

Private equity firms KKR & Co. and Silver Lake Partners, along with a third investor, are nearing a deal to buy GoDaddy Group Inc., the closely-held company that registers Internet domain names, for between $2 billion and $2.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said.

More Executive Moves At HP: Peter Bocian Out, Dave Donatelli Moving Up

in News on June 13, 2011 at 12:58 pm PT

The housecleaning at Hewlett-Packard under its new CEO Léo Apotheker continues. The latest to go, sources say, is chief administrative officer Peter Bocian. An announcement is expected today shortly. Also Dave Donatelli, EVP and head of enterprise servers, may be getting promoted.
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Citigroup Gets Into the Music Business by Yanking EMI Out of Guy Hands's Hands

in Media on February 1, 2011 at 9:05 am PT

This has been happening in slow motion for years, and now it’s done: One of the world’s biggest music companies is now owned by one of the world’s biggest banks. But not for long.

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Seagate: Buyout Talks Live, Financing In Place, N.Y. Post Says

in News on October 29, 2010 at 9:09 am PT

Seagate shares are getting a boost this morning from an upbeat story in the New York Post on the prospects for talks on taking the company private. Yesterday, the stock took a hit on a report that talks had collapsed. That was followed by multiple reports that KKR was likely to drop out of a group that has been discussing making an offer for the disk-drive maker.

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Nielsen IPO Coming?

in News on April 26, 2010 at 12:07 pm PT

Nielsen Co., the TV audience measurement company, which four years ago was taken private for $10.2 billion by a group including Blackstone Group and Carlyle Group, is planning an IPO, according to Bloomberg, which cites “a person with knowledge of the plans.”

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KKR, Warburg, Providence and Elevation Surface in Skype Bid

in News on April 14, 2009 at 9:31 am PT

A quartet of private-equity firms have joined forces for a leveraged buyout of a global telecommunications firm with hundreds of millions of users. And no, this isn’t a blog post from 2006.