Staci D. Kramer
Sep 1, 2009 10:19 AM
EBay is finally putting us out of our misery when it comes to speculation about Skype but it isn’t getting completely out of the virtual phone business. Instead, eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) is selling 65 percent of Skype to an investor group led by Silver Lake in a deal valuing the…
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Tricia Duryee
Oct 9, 2008 11:47 AM
China’s Huawei Technologies is canceling the sale of a major stake in its mobile-devices unit after only two bidders submitted offers, the WSJ reported. The lack of interest is an example of how the credit crisis is affecting private equity in Asia. Huawei is able to postpone the auction because…
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Tricia Duryee
Oct 1, 2008 12:51 PM
The mobile device unit of China’s Huawei Technologies has received offers from private-equity firms Bain Capital Partners and Silver Lake Partners, reports WSJ, quoting people familiar with the deal. The source declined to elaborate on the bids, but said Huawei is reviewing the offers, which were submitted by the firms…
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