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Cerberus Looking at Grocery Chains for Potential Bids

Cerberus Capital Management LP is eyeing about a half-dozen grocery chains for potential bids, as the buyout shop weighs whether to further expand its grocery business three months after acquiring several chains from Supervalu Inc.(SVU), according to a person familiar with the matter.One company it is looking at is Harris Teeter Supermarkets Inc. (HTSI), people familiar with the matter said.The grocery business has long been profitable for Cerberus, and the firm sees adding stores as a way to cut costs through additional scale while creating more turnaround opportunities, one of the people said.Harris Teeter, a publicly traded grocery chain with around 200 stores along the East Coast, has been exploring a potential sale for months. On May 8, the company said in a securities filing that it is in discussions with "certain parties" about strategic alternatives but that it is unknown whether the talks will result in a deal.Another private-equity firm, Bain Capital LLC, has also been lookin...

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  1. Dollar General 4th-Quarter Net Up 8.5% Aided by Consumables

    Dollar General Corp.'s (DG) fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 8.5% after a year-earlier quarter that was hampered by debt-reduction and other charges. Most of the ...

  2. Early Cyprus Rally Turns Negative

    FBN’s Stuart Varney breaks down the stories moving the markets early in the trading day.

  3. Dollar General Rises As Results Top Estimates

    Dollar General Corp. shares rose 3.4% to $51.76 on Monday after the company reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit. Still, the midpoint of the company...

  4. Dollar General Net Up 8.5% on Higher Consumables Sales

    Dollar General Corp.'s (DG) fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 8.5% from a year-earlier quarter that was hampered by debt-reduction and other charges while most of ...

  5. Cyprus Deal Helping Global Markets Monday

    FBN’s Adam Shapiro breaks down the stories moving the markets around the world.

  6. Dollar General Profit Rises In Fourth Quarter

    Dollar General Corp. said Monday its fourth-quarter earnings were $317 million, compared to $293 million or 85 cents a share a year earlier. The chain store's earnin...

  7. Dollar General 4th-Quarter Net Up 8.5% on Higher Consumables Sales

    Dollar General Corp.'s (DG) fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 8.5% from a year-earlier quarter that was hampered by debt-reduction and other charges while most of ...

  8. Dollar General Profit Below Expectations

    Dollar General (NYSE:DG) revealed slightly disappointing fourth-quarter earnings early Monday and announced the retirement of its long-time general counsel.The retai...

  9. Wall Street Week Ahead: Cyprus deal could spur S&P 500 to new peak

    Stocks could break through to all-time closing highs next week - provided a resolution to the fiscal woes of Cyprus satisfies investors.The island nation accounts fo...

  10. WEEK AHEAD: Mosaic, Retailers to Report Quarterly Results

    Next week's quiet earnings calendar will include a handful of retailers, as well as fertilizer giant Mosaic Co. (MOS) and software company Red Hat Inc. (RHT).Cyprus ...

  11. Dollar Tree Jumps; Target Drops; TJX Flat

    Discounter Target Corp. shares fell 2.5% after the company's first-quarter and full-year profit outlooks came short of Wall Street expectations. T.J. Maxx parent TJX...

  12. Many 2013 Portfolio Changes For Berkshire and Buffett

    Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett may have surprised the markets with the $28 billion purchase of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), but t...

  1. STREET MOVES: Guggenheim Partners Adds Five Senior Bankers From Barclays

    Guggenheim Partners said it hired five senior bankers from Barclays (BCS), including Senior Managing Director Andrew Taussig, to boost its coverage of the retail, ap...

  2. New KKR payout policy buoys investors, profit tops view

    Private equity firm KKR & Co LP said on Thursday it will share 40 percent of profits from its own investments with shareholders and reported quarterly earnings that ...

  3. Phares: Bomb Was Not Sophisticated

    Terrorism expert Walid Phares on analysis efforts by the government after the attacks at the Boston Marathon.

  4. Insight: When options trading ahead of deals raises eyebrows

    Within 36 hours of Warren Buffett's announcement of a deal to buy H.J. Heinz, U.S. authorities froze an account linked to possible insider trading.The speed of the c...

  5. Analysis: How Goldman's dollar-store bet reaped a fortune

    Goldman Sachs Group Inc has likely generated around $1.2 billion of revenue over six years from its dealings with discount retailer Dollar General Corp, a Reuters re...

  6. Dollar Tree Up After Upgrade By Morgan Stanley

    Discounter Dollar Tree Inc. was raised to overweight from equal-weight by Morgan Stanley on Wednesday. Behind the upgrade was the firm's survey of 1,200 consumers th...

  7. Dollar General Unveils 30 Million Share Secondary Offering

    Dollar General Corp. (DG) unveiled a secondary offering of 30 million shares, marking the fourth such offering in under a year.Most of these shares are being sold by...

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