M&A

According to The Wall Street Journal, high-end department store, Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) to look into a possible sale. Neiman Marcus Group Inc., owned by Private-equity firms TPG and Warburg Pincus LLC, is also exploring its options. With two upscale...

rue21, inc. (Nasdaq: RUE), a leading specialty apparel retailer of girls and guys apparel and accessories, and Apax Partners, a global private equity firm, today announced a definitive agreement under which funds advised by Apax Partners will acquire all outstanding shares of rue21 for $42.00 per...

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today provided the following statement after the conclusion of the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee meeting of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about suvorexant,...

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. (“Wesco Aircraft” or the “Company”) (NYSE: WAIR) today announced the pricing of the previously announced public offering of 15,000,000 shares of common stock by affiliates of The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG), at a price to the public of $16.00 per...

Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVGI), a leading supplier of fully integrated system solutions for the global commercial vehicle market, today announced that Richard P. "Rich" Lavin has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective May 28, 2013.  In addition, Mr....

The Laclede Group (NYSE: LG) (the "Company") announced today that it has priced a public offering of 8,700,000 shares of its common stock at $44.50 per share.  In addition, the Company has granted the underwriters an option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to 1,305,000 additional shares...

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BXMT) (the "Company") today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 22,500,000 shares of its class A common stock pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission at a public offering price of $25.50...

Repros Therapeutics (NASDAQ: RPRX) today announced it has met with the FDA regarding the clinical development of Proellex-V, the vaginally administered product, in the treatment of uterine fibroids. The FDA recommended that a Phase 2b study should be conducted as a prelude to the Phase 3 program....

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Wednesday May 22, 2013: Clearwire Board Recommends Shareholders Approve $3.40/Share Offer from Sprint The Recommendation:Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) announced Wednesday that its Special Committee of...

Terreno Realty Corporation (NYSE: TRNO), an acquirer, owner and operator of industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets, acquired a portfolio of six buildings containing approximately 307,000 square feet in Doral, Florida on May 22, 2013 for a purchase price of approximately $23.7...