Carlyle Group, the large American private equity company, has signalled that it has started to pull down cash profits from its highly successful Irish fund, managed alongside Dublin finance house Cardinal Capital and backed by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund...
Under Armour is selling MyFitnessPal for less than it paid for in 2015. An analyst at BMO Capital Markets says the company is turning inward and focusing on its core strength. The company (ticker: UAA) said Friday that it struck a $345 million deal with private-equity...
Italian payments technology firm Nexi is leading negotiations to buy Nordic rival Nets Group in an all-stock deal worth about $10 billion after trumping competition from U.S. firm Global Payments Inc. The deal would transform Nexi, which has a market value of 8.4...
Rugby union has received huge amounts of backing from equity fund CVC in recent years, gaining stakes in domestic competitions in the U.K. and Ireland as well as the Six Nations internationals. In Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL), discussions have already taken...
Inspire Brands Inc will buy Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc for $8.76 billion, the two companies said late on Friday, bringing chains like Arby’s and Dunkin’ Donuts under the same umbrella in one of the largest restaurant deals. Inspire Brands, which owns Arby’s, Buffalo... 