Apax Partners completes tender offer for consumer finance Web site operator Bankrate

September 30th, 2009 ATM fees climbing for non-customers, study findsNEW YORK — Can't find an ATM from your bank nearby? Keep walking, unless you want to pay higher fees. An annual survey released Wednesday by Bankrate.com found the average ATM fee for non-customers rose 12.6 percent this year to $2.22.

September 10th, 2009 PepsiCo advises shareholders to reject TRC offerPURCHASE, N.Y. — Food and drink maker PepsiCo Inc.

September 9th, 2009 Vivendi to buy Brazilian telecoms operator GVTPARIS — Vivendi SA will offer euro2 billion ($2.9 billion) to acquire Brazilian Internet and telecommunications company GVT SA, the French media and entertainment company said Wednesday. Vivendi said GVT's controlling shareholders Swarth Group and Global Village Telecom have agreed to sell at least 20 percent of GVT to Vivendi for 42 reals ($22.9) a share.

September 3rd, 2009 UK's National Express gets sweetened takeover bidLONDON — The partners bidding to take over National Express Group PLC on Thursday tabled a final indicative offer that values the bus and train operator at 765 million pounds ($1.25 billion). The offer by the Cosmen family and CVC Capital Partners Ltd.

September 3rd, 2009 Brunswick Corp. seek to buy back $75M in debtLAKE FOREST, Ill.

August 21st, 2009 Royal KPN extends tender offer for iBasisWILMINGTON, Del. — Dutch telecom company Royal KPN NV said Friday that it has extended its tender offer to acquire all the outstanding shares of iBasis Inc.

August 19th, 2009 iBasis sues to stop Royal KPN's tender offerBURLINGTON, Mass. — iBasis Inc.

August 19th, 2009 RR Donnelley launches cash tender offer, new debtCHICAGO — R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

August 12th, 2009 Legg Mason completes equity unit exchange offerBALTIMORE — Asset manager Legg Mason Inc. said Wednesday it completed an offer to exchange "equity units" for stock, with about 91 percent of units tendered.

August 3rd, 2009 International Paper's note offering gets ratingNEW YORK — Moody's Investors Service on Monday assigned an investment grade rating to International Paper Co.'s new senior notes offering. The ratings agency gave the Memphis, Tenn.-based company a "Baa3" rating on its offering and rated its outlook negative.

July 30th, 2009 Bankrate 2Q profit cut in halfNEW YORK — Bankrate Inc. on Thursday reported its second-quarter profit was cut in half as the recession eroded advertising revenue at the consumer finance Web site operator.

July 29th, 2009 Apax Partners begins tender offer for BankrateNEW YORK — Private equity firm Apax Partners launched a cash tender offer at $28.50 a share Tuesday to acquire all outstanding shares of consumer finance Web site operator Bankrate Inc. The value of the proposed transaction, which was announced last week, is roughly $570.8 million, excluding transaction fees and expenses, according to the companies.

July 24th, 2009 CIT Group amends terms of debt buyback offerNEW YORK — Small business lender CIT Group Inc. said Friday it's amending the terms of a tender offer for its notes but warns it may have to seek bankruptcy protection if enough bondholders don't agree to the terms.

July 22nd, 2009 Bankrate to be taken private in deal with ApaxDES MOINES, Iowa — Bankrate Inc. said Wednesday it had agreed to be acquired by New York-based private equity firm Apax Partners in a $571 million deal that will take the consumer-finance Web site operator private.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The 26 percent stake sale in telecommunications major Tata Teleservices to Japanese telecom company NTT DoCoMo has been completed, the Indian company's parent Tata Sons said Thursday. 'DoCoMo has also completed its payment obligations under the tender offer and is preparing to acquire approximately 12 percent of the common shares of Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd through an open offer,' Tata Sons said in a regulatory statement.