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• KKR's earnings drop on slower fund appreciation Thursday, 25 Apr 2013 | 8:01 AM ET

  NEW YORK, April 25- Private equity firm KKR& Co LP posted a 10.9 percent quarterly decline in earnings on Thursday due to a slower appreciation of its funds and said it will share 40 percent of profits from its own investments with shareholders.

• UPDATE 1-New KKR payout policy buoys investors, profit tops view Thursday, 25 Apr 2013 | 12:18 AM ET

  *Q1 aftertax ENI 88 cents/ adjusted unit vs view 82 cents. NEW YORK, April 25- Private equity firm KKR& Co LP said on Thursday it will share 40 percent of profits from its own investments with shareholders, sending its shares to an all-time high, and reported quarterly earnings that beat expectations.

• TPG seeks to sell China leasing firm UniTrust for $800 mln -sources Sunday, 21 Apr 2013 | 11:29 PM ET

  HONG KONG, April 22- U.S. private equity firm TPG Capital is putting China's UniTrust Finance& Leasing Corp up for sale, seeking $800 million, and has hired Morgan Stanley and UBS to handle the deal, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

• UPDATE 1-Bertelsmann eyes up to $2.1 bln from RTL stake sale Wednesday, 17 Apr 2013 | 4:55 AM ET

  *Sets price range at 54- 62 euros per share. Bertelsmann set a price range of 54 to 62 euros per share for the secondary public offering of up to 23.2 million RTL shares, plus the optional sale of about 2.3 million depending on demand, RTL said ahead of its annual shareholders' meeting on Wednesday.

• UPDATE 2-Texas power company Energy Future proposes prepackaged bankruptcy Monday, 15 Apr 2013 | 8:03 PM ET

  April 15- Texas power company Energy Future Holdings, formerly known as TXU Corp, has proposed a prepackaged bankruptcy that would restructure $32 billion of debt, but no deal has been reached, the company said on Monday.

• UPDATE 2-Thermo Fisher to buy Life Tech for $13.6 billion Monday, 15 Apr 2013 | 10:40 AM ET

  *Thermo Fisher to assume Life Tech's net debt of $2.2 billion. *Life Tech shares up 7.7 percent; Thermo Fisher up 3.4 percent.

• Life Tech in $13.6 Billion Buyout by Thermo Fisher Monday, 15 Apr 2013 | 8:01 AM ET

  

  Genetic testing equipment maker Life Technologies has agreed to a $13.6 billion cash buyout by Thermo Fisher Scientific, in one of the year's biggest corporate takeovers.

• UPDATE 3-Thermo Fisher nears $13 bln Life Tech deal-sources Sunday, 14 Apr 2013 | 7:12 PM ET

  NEW YORK, April 14- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc is nearing a deal to buy genetic testing equipment maker Life Technologies Corp for close to $13 billion, according to four people familiar with the matter, in what would be one of the year's biggest corporate takeovers.

• Early Movers: JPM, GPS, HD & More Friday, 12 Apr 2013 | 8:28 AM ET

  

  Some of the names on the move ahead of the open.

• EXCLUSIVE-Two buyout groups ready BMC Software final bids-sources Thursday, 11 Apr 2013 | 2:12 PM ET

  NEW YORK, April 11- Business technology maker BMC Software Inc is expected to receive final takeover bids on April 22, with buyers narrowing down to two private equity groups, four people close to the matter said on Thursday.

• EXCLUSIVE-Thermo bids for Life Tech; PE firms finalizing bid-sources Tuesday, 9 Apr 2013 | 8:18 PM ET

  NEW YORK, April 9- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc made a binding offer for Life Technologies Corp on Tuesday as private equity firms raced to finalize a consortium to take the genetic testing equipment maker private, several people familiar with the matter said.

• UPDATE 1-Ackman's J.C. Penney bet may need a buyer to save it Tuesday, 9 Apr 2013 | 5:18 PM ET

  BOSTON/ NEW YORK, April 9- William Ackman's multiyear bet that he could overhaul ailing retailer J.C. Penney looks like it may end up being one of his $12 billion hedge fund's worst investment blunders.

• Ackman may be eyeing exit as JC Penney bet in tatters Tuesday, 9 Apr 2013 | 1:31 PM ET

  BOSTON/ NEW YORK, April 9- William Ackman's multiyear bet that he could overhaul ailing retailer JC Penney looks like it may end up being one of his $12 billion hedge fund's worst investment blunders.

• Fed-Fueled Auto Loans: The Next Subprime Bubble? Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 8:56 AM ET

  

  At car dealers across the United States, loans to subprime borrowers are surging — up 18 percent in 2012 from a year earlier, to 6.6 million borrowers. And it's the Federal Reserve that's made it all possible.

• EXCLUSIVE-Thermo emerges as frontrunner for Life Tech -sources Tuesday, 2 Apr 2013 | 3:51 PM ET

  NEW YORK, April 2- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc is emerging as the lead contender in an auction for Life Technologies Corp, a genetic testing maker that has a market value of more than $11 billion, three people familiar with the matter said.

• UPDATE 2-KKR sells Japan staff agency for $721 mln Tuesday, 26 Mar 2013 | 5:44 AM ET

  TOKYO/ HONG KONG March 26- KKR& Co agreed to sell Intelligence Holdings to Temp Holdings for 68 billion yen, almost double what the U.S. buyouts firm initially paid for the temporary staffing agency three years ago.

• EXCLUSIVE-Buyout firms team up to take BMC Software private -sources Thursday, 21 Mar 2013 | 11:52 AM ET

  NEW YORK, March 21- Private equity firms are joining forces in the auction of BMC Software Inc, three people familiar with the matter said on Thursday, making it more likely that the business software maker will be taken private in a deal that would top $6 billion.

• UPDATE 1-Creditors of Energy Future sue for $725 mln Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013 | 2:16 PM ET

  *Aurelius says unit's directors shortchanged creditors. Aurelius accused Energy Future Chief Executive John Young and the other directors of showing a "demonstrated indifference" to creditors stemming in part from conflicts of interest, and said these directors should pay the interest owed.

• US STOCKS-Wall St rebounds after 3-session decline; Fed in focus Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013 | 10:09 AM ET

  *Fed seen sticking to stimulus as Cyprus rekindles global risks. *Cyprus leaders make efforts to avert crisis after rejecting EU bailout.

• US STOCKS-Wall Street set for higher open with focus on Fed Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013 | 9:17 AM ET

  *Fed seen sticking to stimulus as Cyprus rekindles global risks. NEW YORK, March 20- Wall Street was set for a higher open on Wednesday with investors' focus on the Federal Reserve's policy statement and news conference by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke later in the day.