Private Equity

(Adds quote from Ward's attorney, background) By Anna Driver and Michael Erman June 19 (Reuters) - SandRidge Energy Inc's board of directors removed the energy company's founder and chief executive, Tom Ward, on Wednesday after a months-long struggle...

(Reuters) - SandRidge Energy Inc's board of directors removed the energy company's founder and chief executive, Tom Ward, on Wednesday after a months-long struggle with activist investors who accused him of strategic mistakes and self-dealing at the...

(Adds ViroPharma, Wind Mobile, Elan, Celesio, DE Master Blenders, RCS Mediagroup; updates Vodafone) June 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday: ** Billionaire investor Carl Icahn...

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO, June 18 (Reuters) - Silicon Valley executives and investors gathered on Tuesday at the Reuters Technology Summit in San Francisco to discuss whether new sources of private financing have dimmed the allure of an initial...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - SunGard Data Systems Inc, the computer software maker that was taken private in 2005 for $11.4 billion, is exploring a sale of its data managing operations that could fetch up to $2 billion, several people familiar with the matter...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Buyout firm BC Partners agreed to buy German publisher Springer Science+Business Media for about 3.3 billion euros ($4.4 billion) on Wednesday, the largest private-equity acquisition in Germany for seven years. Owners EQT and...

BRUSSELS, June 19 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- U.S. technology services company IBM's Italian unit to acquire a new company set up...

LONDON (Reuters) - The rate at which private equity firms exited their European investments slowed last year, a study showed on Monday, as economic uncertainty hit both new stock market listings and merger activity. Ernst & Young (E&Y) found in 2012...

By Soyoung Kim and Deepa Seetharaman NEW YORK/DETROIT, June 17 (Reuters) - Johnson Controls Inc is speaking to private equity firms about selling its roughly $1 billion automotive electronics unit, after buyout interest from several rival auto parts...

NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - Johnson Controls Inc is speaking to private equity firms about selling its roughly $1 billion automotive electronics unit, after buyout interest from many rival auto parts suppliers faltered, according to several people...

* Major shift in sources of financing ongoing * Private equity, Asian banks becoming more active * Some insurers "in the starting blocks" - Fitch * Move driven by high returns, strong demand outlook By Andreas Kröner and Maria Sheahan PARIS, June 18...

PARIS (Reuters) - The only way to make a small fortune in the airline industry is to start with a big fortune, so the joke goes. But in a low interest rate world, the returns on offer for taking a bit more risk are exactly what's driving new players such...