EasyJet to be sold to US private-equity firm in £5.7bn deal

Budget airline easyJet is to be sold in a £5.7bn deal to a private equity firm that has promised not to cut jobs for at least a year. Apollo outbid rival suitor Castlelake, which had walked away from a bidding war after offering £5.5bnBefore a deadline on Friday, Castlelake confirmed it did not intend to make a formal

Hackers devised websites aimed at stealing passwords from employees of Blackstone, Moody’s and a host of other businesses

EXCLUSIVE: Hackers targeted US private equity, other firms including Blackstone, CME, data shows  Reuters

Campaign used fake help desk calls and phishing sites to steal employee credentials

EasyJet was founded by British-Cypriot entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou in 1995 as a no-frills airline offering low-cost fares to destinations across Europe.

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 : Ransom-seeking hackers who use phone calls to compromise their victims targeted dozens of prominent U.S. financial institutions and other businesses over the past month, according to Google and internet intelligence data reviewed by Reuters.The data shows the hackers devised websites aimed at steali

The British low-cost airline confirmed the £5.7 billion sale. The deal is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of next year, it added.

The British low-cost airline confirmed the £5.7 billion sale. The deal is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of next year, it added.

EasyJet agrees £5.7bn takeover by US private equity firm  The Times

Easyjet is set to be taken over by private equity giant Apollo after its main rival pulled out of a long-running bidding war for the budget airline.

Paul Weiss, Quinn Emanuel and Proskauer among firms that have had conversations about deals

Offshore legal heavyweight Mourant is the latest professional services firm to take on private equity investment after MML Capital made a minority investment in the firm. Mourant, an offshore firm that advises on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, and Luxembourg for the financ