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Private Equity Deals
• Comcast reportedly is speaking with private equity firms about participating in an improved offer for the entertainment 21st Century Fox, whose deal with Disney yesterday received anti-trust approval. http://axios.link/2YFn
• Athene (NYSE: ATH), a life insurer backed by Apollo Global Management, is in talks to buy all or part of General Electric’s (NYSE: GE) long-term care insurance business, per the FT. http://axios.link/f1FC
• B-Stock, a Belmont, Calif.-based B2B marketplace for returned or excess merchandise, raised $65 million from Spectrum Equity. www.bstock.com
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