Mergers & Acquisitions

Nearing its 10-year anniversary in August, United Rentals Inc. agreed to a $6.6 billion acquisition offer, representing a 25 percent premium...

Drew Industries Inc. of White Plains, a publicly traded supplier of components for recreational vehicles and manufactured homes, recently paid about...

Two years after issuing an invitation to potential acquirers, Playtex Products Inc. is being bought out for $1.9 billion by Energizer...

Nearly two years after acquiring the Affinion unit of Cendant Corp., Apollo Management L.P. is spinning out Affinion Group Holdings Inc....

Alecian Corp. has been acquired by Edgewater Technology Inc. Both companies provide information technology consulting services.

North Castle Partners acquired a controlling interest in Performance Inc., the largest independent bicycle dealer in the United States.

Thomson Corp. is selling its Prometric educational testing subsidiary to Educational Testing Service for $435 million.

The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF), the nation’s third-largest public pension plan, will likely reap a 500 percent return...

Hexcel Corp. found a buyer for its Kevlar ballistics division, with JPS Industries Inc. paying $62.5 million up front and possibly...

It hasn’t yet taken the trans fats out of the doughnuts, but a private equity firm from Manhattan has taken a...

Seven of 10 employees at Mobius Management Systems Inc. in Rye are out of work since the formerly public software company...

Visant Corp. has acquired Visual Systems Inc., which sells overhead transparency slides and plastic book covers.

General Electric Co. is building three new U.S. facilities, including a Montana operations center supporting its commercial finance unit based in...

Thomson Corp. undertook a massive transformation, selling off its Thomson Learning division for $7.8 billion and reaching a deal to acquire...

Shortly after increasing the size of its third fund to $850 million in the first quarter, Littlejohn & Co. L.L.C. went...