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Union Station in Los Angeles is being sold to a Texas investment firm as part of a $505-million agreement announced Tuesday to purchase real estate assets from ProLogis, the world's largest warehouse company. The properties are being sold to TPG Capital, formerly known as Texas Pacific Group, a global private investment firm headquartered in Fort Worth, with more than $47 billion in assets under management. As part of the deal, TPG said it was acquiring four shopping centers, two office buildings, 11 mixed-use projects and two residential development joint ventures.

AMR Corp.'s reorganization in bankruptcy has made the American Airlines parent a possible acquisition target for US Airways Group Inc. and buyout firm TPG Capital. US Airways hired Millstein & Co. and Barclays as advisors, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. TPG, led by David Bonderman, is in the early stages of an evaluation, and Delta Air Lines Inc. is using Blackstone Group to study options for AMR, two other people said. Mergers have thinned the ranks of major U.S. full-service airlines to four, counting AMR, from seven in 2005.

Los Angeles shopping center magnate Rick Caruso, owner of the Grove, said Tuesday that he had formed a joint venture with financial firm TPG Capital to invest as much as $750 million in retail real estate in the West. The partners intend to buy retail and mixed-use properties in well-established neighborhoods that aren't performing up to their potential. Caruso, who also owns the Americana at Brand mall and residential complex in Glendale, would upgrade the properties and try to make them more profitable.

Union Station in Los Angeles is being sold to a Texas investment firm as part of a $505-million agreement announced Tuesday to purchase real estate assets from ProLogis, the world's largest warehouse company. The properties are being sold to TPG Capital, formerly known as Texas Pacific Group, a global private investment firm headquartered in Fort Worth, with more than $47 billion in assets under management. As part of the deal, TPG said it was acquiring four shopping centers, two office buildings, 11 mixed-use projects and two residential development joint ventures.

AMR Corp.'s reorganization in bankruptcy has made the American Airlines parent a possible acquisition target for US Airways Group Inc. and buyout firm TPG Capital. US Airways hired Millstein & Co. and Barclays as advisors, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. TPG, led by David Bonderman, is in the early stages of an evaluation, and Delta Air Lines Inc. is using Blackstone Group to study options for AMR, two other people said. Mergers have thinned the ranks of major U.S. full-service airlines to four, counting AMR, from seven in 2005.

Alltel Corp. President and Chief Executive Scott T. Ford received compensation of more than $141.8 million in 2007 -- including $107.7 million for taking the wireless company private, according to an analysis of a regulatory filing Thursday. The package included a payment of $25.2 million for Ford's "change in control agreement" related to Alltel's $24.7-billion buyout by TPG Capital and GS Capital Partners last year. It also included $30.8 million to cover Ford's income tax liability and a $51.6-million lump sum payment of his accrued retirement benefits, according to the Alltel's annual report.

Seagate Technology, the disk-drive maker that ended takeover talks with TPG Capital, also turned down a proposal from competitor Western Digital Corp., according to two people with knowledge of the matter. A combination with Western Digital would have faced antitrust obstacles and may have resulted in management departures, said the people, who declined to be identified because the talks were private. Western Digital indicated to Seagate it was willing to pay 10% to 50% more than TPG, one person said.

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General Motors Co. announced TPG Capital founder David Bonderman and Carlyle Group's Daniel Akerson as among the government appointees on the reorganized board shaping the post-bankruptcy future of America's biggest automaker. They were joined by two former chief executives -- Robert D. Krebs of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., and Patricia F. Russo of Alcatel-Lucent -- and Carol Stephenson, a Canadian business school dean, as GM finished overhauling its leadership after a U.S.-backed restructuring.

A group of investors won a bankruptcy auction for hotel chain Extended Stay Inc. with a $3.9-billion bid, two people familiar with the matter said Friday. Extended Stay, which filed for bankruptcy protection last June, selected the proposal by Paulson & Co., Centerbridge Partners and Blackstone Group over a rival bid from Starwood Capital Group and TPG Capital after an all-night auction, the people said. The two groups were competing for months to invest in Extended Stay and its portfolio of more than 600 hotels.

Seagate Technology, the disk-drive maker that ended takeover talks with TPG Capital, also turned down a proposal from competitor Western Digital Corp., according to two people with knowledge of the matter. A combination with Western Digital would have faced antitrust obstacles and may have resulted in management departures, said the people, who declined to be identified because the talks were private. Western Digital indicated to Seagate it was willing to pay 10% to 50% more than TPG, one person said.

Los Angeles shopping center magnate Rick Caruso, owner of the Grove, said Tuesday that he had formed a joint venture with financial firm TPG Capital to invest as much as $750 million in retail real estate in the West. The partners intend to buy retail and mixed-use properties in well-established neighborhoods that aren't performing up to their potential. Caruso, who also owns the Americana at Brand mall and residential complex in Glendale, would upgrade the properties and try to make them more profitable.

Alltel Corp. President and Chief Executive Scott T. Ford received compensation of more than $141.8 million in 2007 -- including $107.7 million for taking the wireless company private, according to an analysis of a regulatory filing Thursday. The package included a payment of $25.2 million for Ford's "change in control agreement" related to Alltel's $24.7-billion buyout by TPG Capital and GS Capital Partners last year. It also included $30.8 million to cover Ford's income tax liability and a $51.6-million lump sum payment of his accrued retirement benefits, according to the Alltel's annual report.

Avaya Inc., the phone-equipment maker owned by private equity firms Silver Lake and TPG Capital, may file for an initial public offering of stock that would seek to raise about $1 billion, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The company may file as early as this week, said the person, who declined to be identified because the plans weren't public. The Basking Ridge, N.J., company, spun off from Lucent Technologies Inc. in 2000, was taken private in 2007 for $8.2 billion.

Taylor Morrison Home Corp., a builder with operations in Orange and San Diego counties as well as the Bay Area, is preparing to raise up to $602 million by selling a minority stake to the public as the recovery in housing takes off.  Taylor Morrison , based in Scottsdale, Ariz., said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday that it planned an initial public offering of 23.8 million shares of common stock at $20 to $22 a...