Archer Capital makes Keycorp offer

Australian private equity firm Archer capital has swooped on payments technology group Keycorp, making a cash offer for the struggling company that its board has recommended shareholders accept. Australian private equity firm Archer capital has swooped on payments technology group Keycorp, making a cash offer for the struggling company that its board has recommended shareholders accept. Keycorp ...

ANA to launch budget airline with Hong Kong fund

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- All Nippon Airways Co. said Thursday it plans to launch a low-cost airline offering international service that will include financial backing by a Hong Kong-based private equity fund. The new airline will launch operations in the second half of next year and be based from Kansai International Airport in Osaka. First Easter Investment Group, a Hong Kong-based fund run ...

Preactor Selects Flexera Software to Increase Customer Satisfaction

SCHAUMBURG, IL--(Marketwire - 09/09/10) - Flexera Software , the leading provider of strategic solutions for Application Usage Management to application producers and their customers, today announced that Preactor International has chosen FlexNet Publisher and FlexNet Operations to implement a more customer friendly entitlement management and compliance solution. Preactor is the leader in ...

Short-Term Puts Heat Up on GT Solar International, Inc.

Earlier this week, GT Solar International, Inc. (SOLR) announced that its controlling shareholder - a virtual cocktail of private-equity funds - plans to sell one-third of its stake, bringing its total amount below 50%...( Read More )

IBM uses novel sales pitch for technology

Number of the day 500 That's how many corporate customers IBM says it lured away from competitors including Oracle and HP in the first half of 2010. To maintain that momentum, Big Blue will offer deals on $75,000 packages of servers, software and storage that... IBM - Oracle Corporation - Hewlett-Packard - Oracle - Mark Hurd