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Mirabilis Ventures has purchased Trump Tower Tampa from SimDag Investments LLC. No financial terms were disclosed. www.mirabilisventures.com

The Carlyle Group has offered to buy Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (NYSE: ASX) for $5.94 per American depository share, or around $5.5 billion overall. ASE Chairman Jason Chang is part of the Carlyle-led consortium. www.carlyle.com www.aseglobal.com

Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, has agreed to acquire four marine terminals from Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. (HK: 316) for $2.35 billion, plus the assumption of around $60 million in net debt. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2007, pending OOIL shareholder and […]

BC Partners has agreed to buy German utility meter-reading company Techem AG for Euro 1.28 billion, or Euro 52 per share. This beats out an alternate offer from Macquarie Bank, which says that it is examining its options. www.techem.com

Close Brothers Private Equity has sponsored the management buyout of Alex Stewart (Assayers) Ltd. from the Alex Stewart Group. ASA is a UK-based provider of verification of the quantity and quality of commodity shipments, as well as assessment of samples for mining exploration. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which is being partially […]

Bayer AG (NYSE: BAY) has agreed to sell chemicals subsidiary H.C. Starck to Advent International and The Carlyle Group for approximately Euro 1.2 billion. Proceeds will be used to help finance Bayer's acquisition of Schering. H.C. Starck is a Goslar, Germany-based maker of metal and ceramic powders, specialty chemicals and parts made from ceramics and […]

Altima has sold Czech broadcasting company Radiokomunikace AS and a 39.23% stake in T-Mobile Czech Republic for Euro 1.2 billion to Al-Bateen Investment Co., Lehman Brothers Private Equity and Mid-Europa Partners. It is believed to be the largest-ever buyout in the Czech Republic. Linklaters advised the buyers.

Qantas Airways Ltd. of Australia has received a buyout approach from Macquarie Bank and Texas Pacific Group. News of the offer sent Qantas shares up 15%, valuing it at approximately Au$10 billion. www.qantas.com.au

MidOcean Partners has agreed to acquire a 50% ownership position in Prism Business Media, upon Prism's completion of its previously-announced acquisition of Penton Media. The stake will be sold by Prism owners Wasserstein & Co., Highfields Capital Management and Lexington Partners. No financial terms are being disclosed. www.prismb2b.com

Reliance Communications of India is in talks to raise up to $1 billion, which would be used to form a subsidiary for its telecom towers business, according to The Financial Times. The Blackstone Group and The Carlyle Group are reported to be co-leading the deal, with other participants including Temasek and American Tower.