Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Leonard Green Weighs Bid for BJ's Wholesale - NYTimes.com
The buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners is weighing a possible acquisition of BJ’s Wholesale Club, the company said in a securities filing on Tuesday.
The disclosure follows the company’s announcement last month that it was exploring a sale of the company and had hired Morgan Stanley to run the sale.
Polls show split on Libya action - Jennifer Epstein - POLITICO.com
Americans are divided in their views of how President Barack Obama is handling the crisis in Libya, two polls conducted since a coalition of international forces began attacking the country late last week suggest.
Half of those surveyed for a poll released Tuesday morning by CBS News, as well as half of those questioned for a CNN poll released Monday, said they approve of the way in which the president has managed the U.S. role in the military and diplomatic struggle to wrest control of Libya from its longtime leader, Muammar Qadhafi.