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NEW YORK/TORONTO (Reuters) - Some of the private equity buyers of BCE Inc , Canada's biggest telecom company, are floating an alternative deal to the C$34.8 billion ($28.3 billion) leveraged buyout that was put in jeopardy a week ago, a source familiar with the situation said.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The private-equity firms that agreed to buy BCE Inc. for C$52 billion ($42 billion) may instead seek to acquire a minority stake in the Canadian phone company, according to two people with knowledge of the plan.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Carlyle Group, the world’s second- biggest private-equity firm, is cutting 100 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce, as the leveraged-buyout business remains stalled.
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- A push by the richest U.S. universities to unload their stakes in private-equity funds is flooding the market, driving down prices for the world’s best- known buyout firms.
Bell Canada, the largest phone company in Canada, said the economic slump might prevent its takeover from closing on time, signaling the buyout might collapse.
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