Lionel Pincus, founder and chairman of New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus, has died, according to a spokesman for his longtime partner, Princess Firyal of Jordan. He was 78. Pincus died around midnight Saturday in his Manhattan home after a long illness, the spokesman said. Pincus founded Warburg Pincus in 1966. Since then the firm has invested more than $29 billion in more than 600 companies. It holds stakes in a variety of companies including Fidelity National Information... Read Full Story
Affiliates of private equity firms JLL Partners and Warburg Pincus said Tuesday they have proposed to the board of building-products supplier Builders FirstSource Inc. a recapitalization of the company. JLL and Warburg Pincus are both significant stockholders and holders of floating-rate notes due 2012 issued by the company. The two firms have proposed a $75 million rights offering by Builders FirstSource to existing stockholders at a subscription price of $2 per share. They also want the... Read Full Story
This is a Haute Contest and you should not MISS this one! It's a VERY SHORT term contest. It starts immedilately and ends on May 5 -- just enough time for the prizes to be shipped to your mom for the big day on May 11! (that's Mother's Day 2008 for the clueless).
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This is a Haute Contest and you should not MISS this one! It's a VERY SHORT term contest. It starts immedilately and ends on May 5 -- just enough time for the prizes to be shipped to your mom for the big day on May 11! (that's Mother's Day 2008 for the clueless).
Entering the Contest:
1) Send an email to this blog with
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Bausch & Lomb, the global eye health company, today announced it has acquired the commercial assets of Tubilux Pharma S.p.A. Tubilux is a privately held ophthalmic pharmaceuticals company that develops and markets a range of proprietary, over-the-counter, and branded generic products primarily in Italy, and with distribution in approximately 30 other countries. Under the terms of the agreement, Bausch & Lomb has acquired the company's ophthalmic pharmaceuticals portfolio... Read Full Story
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has tripled the capital invested in a Munich-based payment services company called easycash following its sale to Ingenico as the buyout firm ramps up its activity in Germany.
A major step in Ingenico’s strategic development
Neuilly sur Seine – September 25 2009
Ingenico (Euronext Paris : ING) announces today the acquisition of 100% of easycash Beteiligungen GmbH, a leading German payment services provider for an enterprise value of €290 million... Read Full Story
The weather is crazy in the US these days: some sections are cold and wet and others are sunny and dry. The biggest issue is no matter where you are, allergies are a problem--whether it's mold & mildew due to rain and flooding or if it's ragweed & pollen due to suddenly sunny weather, your eyes are going to tell you that they are irritated.
With over 50 million people in the US with allergies and about 50% of them are women, the operative question is what to do about the redness, the... Read Full Story
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Spigit , builder of internal social networks for large companies, announced today that it raised $10 million in equity from Warburg Pincus to expand its number of customers and continue product development.
The Pleasanton, Calif. company offers two different platforms — InnovationSpigit and IdeaSpigit — that allow employees within companies to share ideas, collaborate on projects and recruit the right people for certain efforts.
Spigit has now raised more than $15 million to date from... Read Full Story
