2007-09
29 10:24:14Signs of hope for big leverage buyouts
NEW YORK (AP) - In a time of collapsing mega-deals, a few well-structured buyouts with sound companies can still get done. Deals to take 3Com Corp. and Avaya Inc. private that made news on Friday show that major private-equity transactions are squeaking through these days, making a lie of the recent refrain that deal making is dead.