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Barclays Capital Acquires Crescent in Joint Venture with Goff Capital [Press Release]
Business Wire | 3 days 21 hours 59 minutes ago
Barclays Capital today announced that it has formed Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC , a joint venture with Goff Capital, Inc., to acquire Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership (“Crescent”) from Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funding II. Crescent is a real estate investment company that owns and manages over 17 million square feet of premier office space, as well as investments in resort residential developments, luxury hotels and Canyon Ranch®. Terms were not disclosed.

CF Industries Comments on Terra Industries Statements [Press Release]
Business Wire | 1 day 1 hour 13 minutes ago
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) today commented on statements made by Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE: TRA). CF Industries highlighted the fact that at Terra's annual meeting, Mike Bennett, president and chief executive officer of Terra, stated that Terra’s board of directors would determine a process to get to the best ultimate value for stockholders.

MEGA in Leaders Quadrant in Enterprise Architecture Tools Analysis [Press Release]
Business Wire | 21 hours 6 minutes ago
MEGA, an industry leader in enterprise architecture (EA) and business process analysis (BPA), is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner, Inc.’s November 2009 “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools”.

People's United Financial, Inc. to Acquire Financial Federal Corporation [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 18 hours 41 minutes ago
...time. The receipt of People's United stock by shareholders of Financial Federal is expected to be tax-free. Morgan Stanley acted as exclusive financial advisor to People's United and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP acted as legal counsel...

Peet s Coffee & Tea Increases Diedrich Coffee Acquisition Proposal to $32.00 in Cash and Stock, Expresses Confidence in Revised Offer [Press Release]
Business Wire | 1 day 43 minutes ago
Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEET) announced today that it delivered to the board of directors of Diedrich Coffee, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDRX) on Sunday, November 22, 2009 a proposal to enhance its previously announced offer to acquire Diedrich. Peet’s revised proposal is a cash-and-stock offer valued at $32.00 per share, or a total value of approximately $265 million, based on Peet’s closing stock price of $38.00 on Friday, November 20, 2009. Peet’s enhanced its proposal in response to notific...

Industry Experts Discuss Building Investor Confidence and Positioning Investment Funds Industry for Recovery [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 17 hours 8 minutes ago
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- As investor confidence tentatively returns and the hedge fund sector gears up for recovery, leading international law firm Walkers is hosting a special educational seminar in New York on December 2 to explore key issues currently facing the investment funds industry.

CircleSMS Launch Announcement [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 11 hours 9 minutes ago
SEATTLE, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- CloudFish Inc., a Seattle-based software firm, announces the release of CircleSMS, an application for iPhone and iPod Touch. CircleSMS allows users to send unlimited text messages to virtually any phone, new or old, for a single payment of one dollar.

Fiduciary Benchmarks Launches Retirement Readiness Index (RRI) for 21,000 Plans [Press Release]
Business Wire | 22 hours 34 minutes ago
Fiduciary Benchmarks, an industry leading benchmarking firm, and Bdellium, an expert in designing quantitative evaluation systems, today announced the launch of the Retirement Readiness Index (RRI) for 20,000 retirement plans, which includes virtually every plan with more than $10 million in assets.

Fabrinet Files Registration Statement for an Initial Public Offering [Press Release]
Business Wire | 3 days 15 hours 20 minutes ago
Fabrinet announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its ordinary shares. The offering will include ordinary shares sold by Fabrinet and by certain of its shareholders. The number of ordinary shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.

Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management Hires Team to Further Expand Coverage of Latin American Market [Press Release]
Business Wire | 19 days 17 hours 29 minutes ago
Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management announced today that it has hired a team of six investment professionals to serve ultra high net worth families in Latin America, with a focus on Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Mexico.

Warner Chilcott Prices Secondary Equity Offering [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 4 days 6 hours 27 minutes ago
...syndicate, led by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan. The co-managers of the offering are BofA...Prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, at 180 Varick Street...