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Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. The State of Michigan has amended its open records laws, one year after The University of Michigan released market values and internal rates of return for each of its VC and buyout fund relationships. The school was consequently booted out of a […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Google Inc., a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of online search engine technology, has filed to raise over $2.71 billion via an IPO of common stock on either the NYSE or Nasdaq. The IPO will be transacted as a Dutch auction. The company […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Network Associates Inc. (NYSE: NET) has agreed to sell its Sniffer product line to Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group for $275 million in cash. The private equity firms will form a new entity named Network General Corp., which will continue […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. The Lubrizol Corp. (NYSE: LZ) has agreed to acquire Noveon International Inc., a Cleveland-based provider of specialty chemicals for consumer and industrial applications. The deal includes a cash payment of $920.2 million plus the assumption of net debt. Noveon was created in […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email.   Electronic Arts president and COO John Riccitello is leaving the entertainment software company to start a private equity firm. According to the New York Times , he will team up with Roger McNamee , who helped found Integral Capital Partners and […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) has agreed to acquire Kelkoo SA, a Paris, France-based provider of online comparison shopping services. Under terms of the agreement, Yahoo will acquire up to 100% of outstanding Kelkoo shares for approximately

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Tumbleweed Communications Corp. (Nasdaq: TMWD) has acquired Corvigo Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of an artificial intelligence technology for eliminating email spam. The transaction is valued at approximately $38.5 million, including the issuance of 4.7 million shares of Tumbleweed common stock, […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., a Shanghai, China-based chipmaker, has raised over $1.7 billion via an initial public offering of American Depository Shares. The company yesterday priced over 97 million ADS at $17.50 per share (high end of its $15.50-$17.50 per share offering range), […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) has agreed to acquire mattress maker Sealy Corp. in a transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion. The seller is an investment group that includes Bain Capital, Charlesbank Capital Partners, JPMorgan Partners, CIBC Argosy Merchant Fund and BancBoston […]