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Toys ‘R’ Us Seeks $800 Million

Toys ‘R’ UsToys ‘R’ Us Seeks $800 Million in Initial Offering by KKR, Bain. Toys “R” Us Inc., the retailer bought by buyout firms KKR & Co. and Bain Capital Partners LLC in 2005, said it plans to raise as much as $800 million in an initial public offering.

The largest U.S. toy store chain will use part of the proceeds to reduce debt, according to a filing today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Wayne, New Jersey-based company didn’t disclose how many shares it would seek to sell. Read more »

Amnesty International Releases

Amnesty International
Amnesty International Releases. There is still no scarcity of poverty and human degradation around the world. But Amnesty International says in its latest annual human rights report that people are being held accountable for some of the worst violations. Read more »