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RedBird IMI Secures $750m Deal to Back Barclay Family’s Telegraph Bid

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Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Lloyds Banking Group Plc seized the Telegraph titles along with the Spectator magazine from the Barclay family in June to claw back debts, removing Barclay family members from their director positions and placing the businesses in receivership.

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Bridgepoint-backed Burger King UK seeks refinancing to fund growth

Private Equity Wire

The refinancing effort includes a bid to raise an additional 40m ($51.93m) in borrowing capacity, which will help fund the companys business plan, alongside discussions to refinance 110m in existing debt. Prospective lenders are expected to engage in talks in the coming days.

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Medical Properties Trust (MPW) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

During the third quarter, we continued to advance our strategy of generating additional liquidity to accelerate debt paydown and enhance financial flexibility. During the quarter, MPT and our JV partner increased the equity investment in infracore by retiring approximately 50 million Swiss francs in maturing third-party debt.

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Ascential unit attracts at least two bids as other buyers drop out, with a price tag of $1.02bn

Private Equity Insights

The London-based private equity firm was in the second stage of bidding for WGSN, which has a price tag of 800 million pounds ($1.02 media group Hearst Communications also abandoned plans to pursue a bid, one of the sources and a fourth source familiar with the matter said. billion), they said. read more H.I.G.

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Is It Too Late to Buy Realty Income Stock?

The Motley Fool

Now, with the prospect of lower interest rates, investors have bid the stock higher by almost 15% since the beginning of July. Assuming the lower interest rates allow Realty Income to refinance debt or fund more projects and acquisitions, lower rates should help boost profits. Its dividend return of around 5.3%

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SunPower Stock Jumped 105%, Leading Residential Solar Energy Stocks

The Motley Fool

In 2021, it was a popular tactic to target companies with high short interest and bid the stock higher, forcing short-sellers to buy back shares, pushing shares higher still. Balance sheets were stretched earlier this year, but higher stock prices could help with financial prospects.

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Why Investors Had a Meltdown Over Virgin Galactic's Reverse Split News

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To abide by NYSE rules, and also to make its own stock look more respectable to institutional investors, Virgin Galactic had two choices: One, it could improve its business, make a lot of money, and attract investors to bid up its stock price. Virgin Galactic currently has only $382 million left in the bank, net of debt.