Business Desk
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ACQUISITIONS
BAIN, CARLYLE, AND THOMAS H. LEE TO BUY DUNKIN’ BRANDS
American buyout firms Bain Capital, Carlyle Group, and Thomas H. Lee Partners plan to acquire Dunkin’ Brands from Pernod Ricard for about $2.4 billion including debt,said people with direct knowledge of the deal.
– Bloomberg News
WALL STREET
LEHMAN MAY REPORT HIGHEST EVER FOURTH-QUARTER EARNINGS
Lehman Brothers Holdings, the fourth-biggest American securities firm by market value, may report its highest fourth-quarter earnings ever, closing out a record year led by bond trading.
– Bloomberg News