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Byline: Kelly Holman The Jordan Co. announced Wednesday, Jan. 5, it has sold Hartford, Conn.-based specialty chemical company Permatex Inc. to Glenview, Ill.-based Illinois Tool Works Inc. Terms of the [...]

Byline: Christine Idzelis Cleveland-based private equity firm Morgenthaler Partners has bought Phillips & Temro Industries, an Eden Prairie, Minn., diesel engine part supplier, in a secondary buyout from a group [...]

Byline: Gerald Magpily For Rayovac Corp., a new year brings a new addition to its product lines, but with a possible hidden cost. The Atlanta-based manufacturer of batteries, razors and [...]

Byline: Erik Moser Intermet Corp. has successfully renegotiated supply agreements with its largest customers, removing the threat of losing its debtor-in-possession financing and putting the bankrupt automotive metal caster in [...]

Byline: Kelly Holman Florham Park, N.J.-based private equity firm GSC Partners is cashing out its entire investment in R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., making more than 5 times its money [...]

Byline: David Carey and Lisa Gewirtz Madison, Wis.-based Rayovac Corp., is on the verge of announcing a deal to buy United Industries, which makes everything from insect spray to pet [...]

Byline: Claire Poole in Houston Chicago electric utility giant Exelon Corp. announced Monday, Dec. 20., that it has agreed to acquire Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. of Newark, N.J. for [...]

Byline: David Carey Ascend Media LLC, a platform company J.P. Morgan Partners LLC formed in 2002 to purchase business-to-business information providers in the health and medical fields, has struck a [...]

Byline: Lou Whiteman Southwest Airlines Co. won the battle of Midway on Thursday, Dec. 16, securing six gates at Chicago's secondary airport as part of its successful bid for a [...]

Byline: Clifford Carlsen Nanotechnology developer Arryx Inc. has raised $10 million in a fourth round of venture capital that is expected to be the company's last private round as it [...]

Byline: Soma Biswas UAL Corp. confirmed Tuesday, Dec. 14, that it has reached a deal with its pilots for more labor concessions. 'The negotiating committee for the Air Line Pilots [...]

Byline: Lou Whiteman America West Holdings Corp. said Thursday, Dec. 9, that it would not bid on assets of bankrupt rival ATA Airlines Inc., citing the potential expense of buying [...]

Byline: Gerald C. Magpily The year's rampant consolidation in the health care industry, which could culminate in a mega-deal involving Johnson & Johnson and medical device maker Guidant, did not [...]

Byline: Soma Biswas Solutia Inc. on Monday, Dec. 6, won a 90-day extension and now has until April 11 to file a reorganization plan. Judge Prudence Carter Beatty of the [...]

Byline: Lou Whiteman Cendant Corp.'s rapid-fire expansion of its travel business continued Thursday, Dec. 2, as the conglomerate confirmed it would buy British travel site eBookers plc for $329.6 million [...]

Byline: Ben Fidler Independent Fiduciary Services Inc. has rejected United Air Lines Inc.'s bid to cut pension payments by issuing a demand of its own: Pay up. The IFS, which [...]

Byline: compiled by TheDeal.com news staff Kmart Holding Corp. picked up a major stocking stuffer two weeks ago with the acquisition of one of America's oldest retailers, Sears Roebuck & [...]

Byline: Jonathan Berke Fortress Investment Corp. won formal approval to buy 11 nursing homes from the National Benevolent Association of the Christian Church for $210 million. Judge Ronald King of [...]

Byline: Paul Burton The Wichita Thunder occupy first place in the Central Hockey League, but a lawsuit from a fired general manager over the loss of health insurance coverage has [...]

Byline: Erik Moser Chicago seems to have leaned on RCN Corp., reaching a settlement that gives the city $3.45 million and access to 10 dedicated underground fiber-optic strands. The settlement [...]

Byline: Peter Moreira Los Angeles buyout shop Leonard Green & Partners LP has decided to take FTD Group Inc. public in a $180 million initial public offering, a year after [...]

Byline: Peter Lauria Gannett Co. may be in the best position to acquire Pulitzer Inc. assets, but the company will have a number of rivals -- however hesitant -- for [...]

Byline: Gerald C. Magpily Despite the holiday shopping boom, everything will not be cheery for mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. The Chicago real estate investment trust, which recently completed [...]

Byline: Lou Whiteman Henry Silverman's plan to narrow Cendant Corp.'s focus took another step forward Tuesday, Nov. 23, when the company filed with regulators to divest its Wright Express Corp. [...]

Byline: Peter Moreira Pulitzer Inc., the publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Arizona Daily Star, said Sunday it has hired Goldman, Sachs & Co. to help it explore strategic [...]

Byline: Kelly Holman Apollo Management LP has sold off its remaining stake in Overland Park, Kan.-based Compass Minerals International Inc. via a secondary offering of 4 million shares, Compass disclosed [...]

Byline: Peter Moreira Milwaukee-based industrial manufacturer Actuant Corp. agreed Thursday, Nov. 18, to acquire Key Components Inc. from an investor group led by Kelso & Co. for $315 million in [...]

Byline: Lou Whiteman in Atlanta Two more discount airlines have thrown their hats into the ring to win assets of ATA Holdings Corp. Late last week, America West Airlines Inc. [...]

Byline: Soma Biswas The trustee for Interstate Bakeries Corp.'s appointed an official committee of equity holders, ending a battle between Interstate, its lenders and debtholders and its special committee of [...]

Byline: Terry Brennan RCN Corp. won court approval Tuesday, Nov. 16, on its $480 million exit loan with Deutsche Bank AG after crafting a settlement with disgruntled bondholders. Judge Robert [...]

Byline: Greg Johnson Model train maker Lionel LLC has jumped the tracks. Facing a $40.8 million judgment against it for allegedly stealing a competitor's train design, the Chesterfield, Mich., company [...]

Byline: Lou Whiteman The parent of bankrupt ATA Airlines Inc. is close to securing $15.5 million debtor-in-possession financing from Indiana and Bank One Corp. ATA Holdings Corp. on Tuesday, Nov. [...]

Byline: Ben Fidler Numerous parties have voiced displeasure over Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.'s plan to settle billions of dollars in intercompany claims. The bankrupt Houston conglomerate has asked the [...]

Byline: Vyvyan Tenorio The $1.165 billion buyout of Cooper-Standard Automotive from Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. by New York's Cypress Group and GS Capital Partners appears to have hit a [...]

Byline: Peter Moreira Columbus, Ohio-based Huntington Bancshares Inc. said Wednesday, Nov. 3, it is in talks with Unizan Financial Corp. about extending their merger agreement by one year, which would [...]

Byline: David Carey Dana Corp. has agreed to take about $80 million less for its automotive aftermarket unit, which it agreed in July to sell to Cypress Croup for $1.1 [...]

Byline: Greg Johnson This year, all Union Wadding Co. wants for Christmas is someone with dough. The Pawtucket, R.I., maker of tinsel, holiday decorations and air filters has placed ads [...]

Byline: Soma Biswas by Soma Biswas UAL Corp., the parent of United Air Lines Inc., is warning it may default on its $1 billion debtor-in-possession loan because it may fail [...]

Byline: Greg Johnson For the second time in seven months, ZAO Russian Aluminum has bested rivals in an auction to buy a key division of Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. [...]

Byline: Soma Biswas A judge on Thursday, Oct. 28, approved a plan that hands over control of Houston oil and gas explorer Panaco Inc. to Carl Icahn's investment firm High [...]

Byline: Peter Moreira Pittsburgh-based Alcoa Inc. and Australian-British mining company BHP Billiton plc agreed Tuesday, Oct. 26, to sell their metal distribution joint venture to Ryerson Tull Inc. of Chicago [...]

Byline: Lou Whiteman The dismantling of ATA Airlines Inc. could be a harbinger of things to come as low-fare airlines increasingly turn their competitive sights on each other. Parent ATA [...]

Byline: Phineas Lambert U-Store-It Trust began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, Oct. 22, on a positive note, opening $1 above its initial price. The company's stock [...]

Byline: Giles Parkinson in Sydney Australian share registry group Computershare Ltd. has secured a leading position in the U.S. market after agreeing to buy Kansas City-based DST Systems Inc.'s share [...]

Byline: Peter Moreira and Greg Johnson Dallas property/casualty insurer Specialty Underwriters' Alliance Inc. said Wednesday, Oct. 20, that it would price its 20 million-share initial public offering at $10 to [...]

Byline: Kelly Holman Just 15 months after investing in Civco Holdings Inc., KRG Capital Partners LLC has completed a $60 million recapitalization of the Kalona, Iowa-based medical device and products [...]

Byline: David Shabelman Metavante Corp. said Friday, Oct. 15, it would buy VECTORsgi Inc. from Chicago private equity firm Thoma Cressey Equity Partners Inc. for up to $135 million, raising [...]

Byline: Phineas Lambert The stock of Huron Consulting Group Inc. soared 29% Wednesday, Oct. 13, in early first day trading, rising to $20.01 a share. The day before, the Chicago-based [...]

Byline: Soma Biswas Equity holders in Interstate Bakeries Corp. have formed a group and will ask the court for recognition as an official committee. Equity committees are unusual in bankruptcy [...]

Byline: Shanon D. Murray Garden Ridge Corp. has asked a judge to order an informal landlord committee to sit down and shut up -- or at the very least, play [...]