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European/US private equity consortium buys Intelsat in deal valued at $5bn
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| An unusual alliance of US and European private equity firms has won the auction to buy Bermuda-based satellite business Intelsat. Europeans Apax and Permira and US firms Apollo Management and Madison Dearborn will pay $3bn for the business and assume $2bn |
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Aug 17, 2004 19:07:02 |
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