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☆ Why private equity has been involved in every recent bank deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Greg Nash | ReutersThe $1 billion-plus injection that New York Community Bank announced Wednesday is the latest example of private equity players coming to the need of a wounded American lender. Led by $450 million from ex-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's Liberty Strategic Capital, a group of private investors are plowing fresh funds into NYCB. That happened to Silicon Valley Bank, whose failure to raise funding last year was effectively its death knell. On Wednesday, headlines around noon that NYCB was seeking capital sent its shares down by 42% before trading was halted. "With private deals, you can talk for a while, and we almost got to the finish line before there was any publicity."

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☆ The decline of Boston Market: Why the chain that sparked the rotisserie chicken craze has closed dozens of stores
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Boston Market, founded in 1985, sparked the rotisserie chicken craze in the late 1980s and 1990s. Between 2017 and 2022, the Golden, Colorado-based chain closed 161 stores, according to market research firm TechnomicAbout 50 more stores have closed this year. "Boston Market repeatedly has breached its payment obligations to US Foods," the suit states. Boston Market began serving its homestyle meals of spit-roasted rotisserie chickens, made-from-scratch cornbread, and creamy mac and cheese in 1985. Boston Market also faced competition from grocery stores like Costco and Kroger, which began selling rotisserie chickens in 1994.

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☆ Fashion retailer Scotch & Soda seeks bankruptcy for Dutch operations - report
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

AMSTERDAM, March 20 (Reuters) - Privately held retailer Scotch & Soda, which is based in Amsterdam, has filed a bankruptcy request for its Dutch operations, newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad (FD) reported on Monday, citing a company statement. Scotch & Soda and owner Sun Capital could not immediately be reached for comment. Scotch & Soda Global BV distributes its clothes and has around 225 retail stores globally, including 70 franchise outlets, according to filings at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce. The FD reported the company had sales of 342.5 million euros in the twelve months ended May 30, 2022, citing a lawyer who has been appointed curator. Reporting by Toby Sterling; Editing by Jan HarveyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Saudi's ACWA Power signs $1.5 bln agreement with Power China - Al-Arabiya
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

K3 Capital said on Thursday it was in advanced talks to sell itself to U.S. private-equity firm Sun Capital Partners Group in a deal valuing the British professional services firm at 257.3 million pounds ($314 million). December 8, 2022

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