Sep 30 2010

Providence to Sell Stake in German Cable Company

Providence Equity Partners is selling a big chunk of its majority holding in Germany’s Kabel Deutschland, Deutsche Bank, who is handling the deal, said on Thursday. The U.S private equity firm wanted to sell a 16.7 percent stake in the cable television group, which, at the current share price of 28.1 euros ($38.17), would translate [...]


Aug 6 2010

Slim Offers $2.6 Billion for Cable Outfit

Carlos Slim’s Embratel Participacões announced a public tender to buy all preferred shares of Brazil’s leading cable-TV provider Net Serviços de Comunicacão, The Wall Street Journal reported. The move is the next step in the Mexican billionaire’s drive to expand his Brazilian telecommunications empire. The offer for Net Serviços, in which he already has a [...]


Jul 26 2010

Carlyle Said to Agree to Sell Taiwan Cable Unit

Carlyle Group has agreed to sell Kbro, Taiwan’s largest cable TV operator, to the controlling shareholder of Taiwan Mobile in a deal worth about 60 billion Taiwan dollars ($1.9 billion), sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters on Monday. The Tsai family set up a private firm to buy the unit, and would [...]


Mar 31 2010

Binder Clips as Cable Organizers


Never would have thought of this one on my own which makes me feel like an idiot. Very good use for those extra binder clips you have laying around the house/office. As many cables as I have behind my desktop I need about 15 to 20 binder clips. It amazes me what some ingenious people can come up with.

Binder Clips


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