On early Monday in response to media reports, CommScope officials confirmed that the Company is in talks with private equity firm The Carlyle Group, which is planning to acquire CommScope.

CommScope said that as per the potential agreement, Carlyle would attain all of the outstanding shares of CommScope common stock for $31.50 a share in cash.

Making big investments in the big defense companies of the US is the image earned by the Carlyle Group, but nowadays, the Company is looking forward to step into the under supplied market of London that is student accommodations.

The property arm of the private-equity group has joined hands with very well established GEL, specialist in student accommodation.

Carlyle, the private equity group, has announced to acquire six offices across London, including Alban Gate and 60 Victoria Embankment, home to JPMorgan in the City, under a deal reported to be worth £671m.

These properties were a portion of empire previously owned by the family trusts of Simon Halabi.

American private equity investor, the Carlyle Group, on Thursday confirmed that it is seriously considering a major cash bid for the only FTSE 250-listed waste management firm, Shanks.

The stock exchange announcement, however, is being looked at more as a formality than a sign of any substantial changes to the stand-off between the two firms.

Waste management firm Shanks confirmed a 135p-a-share bid approach, but added an offer of 150p-a-share would deliver an apt value to its shareholders.

An offer of 135p-a-share, which values the firm at £535 million, was tabled by the US private equity firm Carlyle Group, though Shanks did not mention its name.

The private equity heavyweight, the Carlyle Group, which had raised a $436 million fund - Carlyle Mezzanine Partners I - for mezzanine investments in 2006, has recently raised its second fund – CMP II - of $553 million in equity commitments.