sábado, 4 de setembro de 2010

Can the Brazilians Rescue Burger King?

Deu na Revista TIME:

"I've been to this movie a few times." Such was the response of one prominent Burger King franchisee, when asked his reaction to the $4 billion leveraged buyout that will take the country's no. 2 hamburger chain private for the second time in the past decade. In 2002, investment firms TPG Capital, Bain Capital, and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners bought Burger King from Diageo, the U.K.-based spirits maker, for $1.5 billion. The company tapped the public markets in 2006, but now 3G Capital Management, a New York investment firm backed by prominent Brazilian businessmen, has agreed to acquire the chain for $24 a share, a 46% premium on Burger King's August 31 closing price.

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http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2016106,00.html#ixzz0ycVYDtVv

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