Connie Loizos

Greenwich, Conn.-based Brynwood Partners and Wilton, Conn.-based Sun Products are announcing that Brynwood portfolio company, High Ridge Brands Co., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the rights to the White Rain personal care brand from Sun. As part of the transaction, whose terms aren’t being disclosed but should close next week, High Ridge is […]

DoughMain, a free financial education and family organization website, has received funding from a private equity fund managed by Lee Iacocca’s family based in Los Angeles and Boston. The company describes the undisclosed amount of capital as “kicking off” its second round of funding since its August 2011 launch. DoughMain — which also, notably, just […]

Brea, Calif.-based New Century Health, a specialty care management company owned by the private equity firm Water Street, has appointed Michael Mirt to its board as a director. Mirt was most recently the president of HealthSpring. PRESS RELEASE: New Century Health announced today that its board of directors has appointed Michael Mirt a director of […]

In this edition, you'll learn of a Facebook tell-all, why it may be troublesville for Zynga, and how one Wall Street Journal intern just got herself canned. And there's more!

In today's edition, it's Facebook, Facebook, and a famous painting rendered in dominoes. (It's cool, trust us.)

A new report by YesMail offers some interesting conclusions about what works when it comes to social and email marketing campaigns, including what time of day to tweet and what days to avoid Facebook.

Direct ChassisLink, a Charlotte, N.C.-based company that sells chassis equipment and is owned by the Greenwich, Conn.-based private equity firm Littlejohn, has appointed two new board members: John Bowe and Ronald Sorrow. Bowe was most recently the president of APL, a global container transportation company. Sorrow was most recently the president and CEO of Avron Partners, […]

In connection with a previously announced agreement to acquire P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, New York-based private equity firm Centerbridge Partners, in concert with P.F. Chang, announced today that Wok Acquisition Corp. has extended the expiration of its tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of P.F. Chang’s common stock for $51.50 net per […]

Smokey Bones, an Orlando, Florida-based restaurant chain that has been owned since 2008 by Sun Capital Partners, has named Christopher Artinian as its new president and CEO. Artinian was formerly president and CEO of Morton’s Restaurant Group. Smokey Bones operates 66 locations in 17 states and employs nearly 2,300 people. PRESS RELEASE: Smokey Bones Bar & […]

Cambridge, Mass-based Merrimack Pharmaceuticals has elected to its board John Mendelsohn, M.D., the past president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Merrimack is dedicated to the discovery and development of novel medicines to treat cancer. PRESS RELEASE: Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MACK -3.80% today announced the election of John Mendelsohn, M.D., past president […]