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Sage misses out on MYOB buy

...accounting software firm MYOB has been sold to the private equity firm Bain Capital, although the UK firm Sage had reportedly also been in negotiations... Read more

22 August, 2011

Sage sued over MYOB deal

...and the price that MYOB ultimately achieved in selling to US-based Bain Capital for around £790m. An initial hearing has been scheduled for... Read more

15 November, 2011

Sage sells healthcare unit to focus on 'core'

...s bid for Australian software rival MYOB failed when private equity firm Bain Capital bid $1.3bn for the company Read more

23 September, 2011

US extradites suspected RBS WorldPay hacker

An Estonian man, accused of being in a hacking ring that stole $9.4m from RBS's WorldPay pre-paid debit card service, has been extradited to the US to face charges Read more

9 August, 2010 by Ben Woods
Mitt Romney | Top Conservative 2012 1.2

Mitt Romney | Top Conservative 2012 1.2

...consulting business and became CEO of Bain & Company and co-founder of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. He ran as the Republican candidate... Read more

9 October, 2011

3Com seeks $66m break-up fee over failed merger

Networking vendor 3Com will chase private-equity firm Bain Capital Partners for a $66m (£33m) merger break-up fee after its... Read more

25 March, 2008 by Brett Winterford

Huawei-3Com merger suffers setback in US

The proposed merger between networking company 3Com, private-equity firm Bain Capital and Chinese networking provider Huawei is off, for now. In a... Read more

26 February, 2008 by Vivian Yeo

Joint acquisition of 3Com imminent

...equity firm and Chinese network equipment maker Huawei. The private equity firm, Bain Capital, will take a majority share, with Huawei taking a minority, according... Read more

2 October, 2007 by Peter Judge

3Com launches SIP-based IP telephony

...over jointly by the Chinese manufacturer Huawei and a private equity firm, Bain Capital Partners. The transaction, valued at $2.2bn (£1.1bn), is set... Read more

3 October, 2007 by David Meyer

HP completes 3Com acquisition

...from a difficult business period of late, including a planned merger with Bain Capital in 2008 which eventually collapsed. HP’s stock has barely registered... Read more

13 April, 2010

LinkedIn taking a wrong turn on the way to revenue?

...it has just raised $53million in a fourth funding round led by Bain Capital. The $1 billion value it puts on the company is obviously... Read more

24 June, 2008

Renamed Philips Semi wins US passport contract

...a deal it liked. Instead, a group of private equity firms, including Bain Capital and Apax Partners, has agreed to buy 80.1 percent of... Read more

1 September, 2006 by Michael Kanellos

EDS expects huge loss

A troubled contract is likely to bring more bad news for EDS, which is predicting a loss of up to $75m related to pension liability Read more

16 March, 2004 by Ed Frauenheim

Freescale bought for $17.6bn

...the subject of a private equity bidding war with another group - including Bain Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Silver Lake - which had been predicted by... Read more

18 September, 2006 by Jo Best

Online brokers merge to conquer

...the lower end of analysts' expectations, but privately owned Datek, which counts Bain Capital among its investors, is believed to be profitable Read more

8 April, 2002 by Sonya Rabbitte

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