LI Vitamin Maker NBTY Sells For $3.8B Cash

LI Vitamin Maker NBTY Sells For $3.8B Cash
In one of the largest private equity deals of 2010, The Carlyle Group has agreed to buy Ronkonkoma-based vitamin maker NBTY—which includes Nature’s Bounty and Vitamin World Brands— for $3.8 billion in cash. Carlyle, whose two largest partners are a major California retirement system and an investment company from Abu Dhabi, plans to pay $55 for [...]