BMC Software to go private as private equity firms form buy-out consortiums

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Payday imminent for activist 'hedge fund' that forced BMC into sale

While Michael Dell struggles to take his eponymously named hardware vendor private, BMC Software is set to be taken private in a takeover by a consortium of private equity interests. BMC, best k...

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