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Leonard Green in $1.3bn retail take-private

Los Angeles-based Leonard Green & Partners has agreed to buy The Sports Authority, offering $1.3bn to take the sporting goods retailer private.

ByKen MacFadyen
23 January 2013•2 mins read
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