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    ING Groep to float stake in US arm for $1.5 billion; business worth much less than book value

    April 17 AMSTERDAM — ING Groep NV says it will sell a 25 percent stake in its U.S. arm for around $1.4-$1.5 billion in an initial public offering, as part of…

    Satellite operator Intelsat to raise almost $472 million in initial public offering

    LUXEMBOURG — Satellite operator Intelsat SA says it expects to raise around $471.7 million from an initial public offering It has set the price for 19.3 million common shares at…

    Morgan Stanley CFO says companies still cautious on deal-making; bank rejiggers business plan

    April 18 NEW YORK — After getting bludgeoned in the financial crisis, Morgan Stanley is staking its future on the steadier, if less spectacular, business of wealth management. In the first…

    2 Rivals Complicate Deal for Dell

    March 24, 2013 Chip East/ReutersThe activist investor Carl Icahn. Two rival bids for Dell Inc. have emerged, threatening to complicate or change — or upend — an effort to take…

    Morning Take-Out

    June 13, 2013JPMorgan Chief Is Expected to Play Down Trade Risks at Hearing  |  When JPMorgan’s chief executive, Jamie Dimon, appears Wednesday on Capitol Hill, he plans to play down…

    Penney Enlists Blackstone to Help It Raise Money

    April 11, 2013 J. C. Penney has hired the Blackstone Group to help it raise much-needed cash, people briefed on the matter said on Thursday, as the embattled retailer seeks…

    A Tax That May Change the Trading Game

    February 21, 2013 To the dismay of the United States government — not to mention Wall Street — much of Europe seems poised to begin taxing financial trading as soon…

    Private Equity Antitrust Lawsuit Goes Forward

    March 14, 2013 A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing private equity firms of colluding to lower the prices of deals during the buyout boom, paving the way…

    4 Years After Crisis, Ireland Strikes Deal to Ease a Huge Debt Load

    February 7, 2013 Elizabeth Dalziel for The New York TimesCranes work around the empty building that was to be the headquarters of the failed Anglo Irish Bank in Dublin. LONDON…

    A Coffee Deal for the Long Haul

    April 12, 2013 Bart Becht’s $10 billion coffee run has a dash of Warren E. Buffett about it. Mr. Becht, the former Reckitt Benckiser boss, is leading an agreed buyout…