But also because Grohe is owned by two private equity firms, TPG (Texas Pacific Group) and CSFB (Credit Suisse First Boston).

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The PLDT transaction - dubbed the corporate deal of the century in the Philippines - involved the buyout of the phone giant by Manuel Pangilinan, executive chairman of First Pacific, the Hong Kong arm of Indonesia's Salim Group.

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All four of the major proxy voting services have recommended the ousting of various directors at Washington Mutual (nyse: WM - news - people ), a Seattle thrift that earlier this week announced a bigger-than-expected first-quarter loss and an infusion of capital from Texas Pacific Group as it tries to repair its battered mortgage-laden balance sheet.

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