Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (K.K.R.) has teamed up with Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) in order to invest in oil and natural gas projects in the U.S. According to Dealbook, the companies will between them invest $250 million in the endeavor, and K.K.R. is providing 90% of the funding. CHK will source,...

Warren Buffett certainly knows a good thing when he sees it. When Buffett, 81, announced earlier in the month he had a position in Dollar General (NYSE: DG), many thought it was a shrew move. After today's earnings beat, it looks like an even shrewder move. The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based...

Leveraged-buyout company KKR (NYSE: KKR) is reportedly interested in acquiring a minority stake in Dutch lender ING Groep's (NYSE: ING) U.S. online bank, ING Direct USA. General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) submitted their bids for the U.S. unit last week. GE has made...

Reuters is reporting that private equity firm The Carlyle Group will soon take HCR ManorCare public in an offering that could raise as much as $500 million. The company is expected to file IPO registration paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within the next month. The IPO...

Private equity firm KKR (NYSE: KKR) said Wednesday that Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) has agreed to pay $3.5 billion for its Eagle Ford Shale project in Texas, a joint venture between KKR and Hilcorp Energy. KKR will see $1.13 billion from the transaction, almost treble its investment of $400 million in...

Del Monte Foods (NYSE: DLM) has agreed to be bought out by a consortium of private equity firms led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (NYSE:KKR). Vestar Capital Partners and Centerview Partners will also be participating in the deal which values the company at $19 per share. Under the terms of...

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co said that it plans to raise a new private equity fund. KKR, however, refused to give any timeline for the fund's genesis. The firm also said that it still has $5 billion left from its previous fund raised in 2006. Scott Nuttall, a KKR executive,...

Shares of Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) ended trading on Tuesday up nearly 7% fueled by takeover rumors. Rumors are circulating that private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts may be considering a takeover of the motorcycle manufacturer. Neither Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, nor Harley-Davidson,...

Shares of Harley Davidson (NYSE: HOG) are gaining on a rumor the iconic motorcycle maker may be the target of a leveraged buyout. Traders are citing market talk that private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts could be a potential bidder for Harley. A spokesperson for KKR said it is not their...

KKR Financial Holdings LLC (NYSE: KFN), a debt fund managed by private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, wants to sell off $125 million of convertible bonds. KKR intends to do this in order to repay or repurchase its existing senior debt as it is expected to report losses in the last...