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(NEW YORK)Shares of power wholesaler Calpine Corp. jumped Thursday after NRG Energy Inc. offered to buy the company in a move analysts said could open up buyout chatter elsewhere in the sect...READ MORE

(NEW YORK) A director at financial services firm KKR Financial Holdings LLC bought 189,426 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday. In a Fo...READ MORE

(SAN FRANCISCO) Financial services firm KKR Financial Holdings LLC said Wednesday evening it priced a public offering of 30 million common shares at $11.85 per share. The price is six cents belo...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Commercial financing firms are likely to face credit risk in 2008 as credit markets and the economy continue to worsen, but those risks are reflected in current valuations, Wachovi...READ MORE

(WASHINGTON)Investments backed by commercial real estate loans have avoided the problems socking the home loan market, an industry group said Monday. The Mortgage Bankers Association's 2007 st...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Shares of Virgin Media Inc. jumped in early afternoon trading Monday after British newspaper The Observer said four U.S. private equity firms are prepared to make an offer for the ...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)A unit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., one of the world's largest private-equity firms, on Wednesday said it has delayed payment on billions in loans and opened debt restructurin...READ MORE