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...INDIAN BUYER: VIDEOCON Consumer-electronics and home-appliance manufacturer COMPANY ACQUIRED: THOMSON (FRANCE) Manufacturer of TVs, color-TV picture tubes PRICE: $291 million DATE: June...
...Greek-Australian self-destructing over one nihilistic night, Head On was powered by an artistic urgency-a whirling dervish of emotion, with some audiences complaining of motion sickness. With her latest film, The Book of Revelation, Kokkinos follows. As suggested by the Biblical title it shares with Rupert Thomson's novel, it's all about divining truth from life's inherent mysteries. And for much of the film's two hours, time stops as audiences are asked to stand in the shoes of dancer Daniel (Tom Long), whose nightmare performance seems never-ending and all too real...
...With Thomson's original novel based mainly in Amsterdam, the Australian team set about translating the action to Melbourne, whose laneways have never looked quite so menacing or poetic, as well as fleshing out the roles of Isabel and her ex-husband Olsen (Colin Friels), a police detective specializing in "dark number cases" who investigates Daniel's disappearance. They also tested the limits of their R18+ rating. For audiences, that leaves the most thrilling dance to play out between the director (helped by choreographer Meryl Tankard) and her game troupe of actors...
...amount of money flowing into such deals is off the charts--nearly $198 billion so far this year, including debt, compared with $118 billion for 2005 and $96 billion for 2004, according to Thomson Financial. Flush with cash from investors seeking better-than-market returns, buyout firms are looking for places to spend the $70 billion raised so far this year, not to mention the $130 billion from last year. And they can borrow as much as $10 for every $1 they invest, meaning there aren't many companies out of reach. Says Mark Nunnelly, managing director of Bain Capital...
...reason? Hot results. According to Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association, buyout funds returned 31.3% last year, scorching the 6.3% for the Standard & Poor's 500. Over time, though, buyout funds haven't provided the same premium. The annualized return for buyout funds over the past 20 years was 13.3%, compared with...