Concentra Health Services Inc., an Addison, Texas-based provider of occupational healthcare services, has acquired Industrial Solutions Group Inc., a Ft. Wayne, Ind.-based occupational and environmental health services company. No financial terms were disclosed. Concentra is a portfolio company of Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe. www.concentra.com www.industrial-solutions.net
NPC International Inc., a Lenexa, Kan.-based franchisee and operator of Pizza Hut franchises, has agreed to acquire 59 additional Pizza Hut units located primarily in Idaho and the Spokane Valley for $27.1 million. The sellers are Pizza Hut of Idaho, Rocky Mountain Pizza Huts, Northwest Restaurant Group and Northern Idaho Pizza Huts. NPC was acquired […]
It seems like the 2005 drop in Canadian buyout volume was an aberration, based on new data from the CVCA and Thomson Financial. Disclosed values for buyouts of Canadian companies totaled a record US$10.9 billion last year, which is more than double the $4.5 billion tally from 2005. It also is higher than the $6.7 […]
When Craig McCaw’s ClearWire Corp. filed for a $400 million IPO in May 2006, it never got around to filing an amended S-1 with specific offering terms. Instead, the Kirkland, Wash.-based WiMAX company designed a $900 million private equity infusion led by Intel Capital. This time, however, it seems that ClearWire is moving forward. It […]
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ImpreMedia LLC, a New York-based publisher of Spanish-language newspapers, has agreed to acquire the New York version of Hoy and its related weekend pub Fin de Semana from Tribune Co. (NYSE: TRB). No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which does not include Tribune's Hoy properties in Los Angeles or Chicago. ImpreMedia is backed […]
Warburg Pincus has taken a legal double-whammy in a South Korean court, on charges that it had engaged in insider trading of LG Card shares. Prosecutors had indicted Warburg Pincus managing director Hwang Sung-jin last April, and yesterday a judge sentenced him to four years in prison. The judge also fined Warburg Pincus approximately $57 […]
Numericable, a French cable company owned by Cinven, is considering a bid for Iliad SA, according to La Lettre de L'Expansion. The deal would be valued at approximately Euro 5 billion, with Morgan Stanley arranging the leveraged financing.
EMC Corp., an educational publisher owned by The Wicks Group of Cos., has acquired JIST Publishing Inc., an Indianapolis-based publisher of educational materials covering such topics as job search, resumes and career reference. No financial terms were disclosed. www.emcp.com www.jist.com
Fabrik Inc., a San Mateo, Calif.-based storage provider, is nearing a deal to acquire the consumer storage device business of SimpleTech (Nasdaq:STEC), according to GigaOm. Fabrik has raised $12.1 million in VC funding from firms like ComVentures and Intel Capital. www.fabrikinc.com www.stec-inc.com