07/15/2010 04:32:00 PM EST
Private equity firm acquiring vitamin maker NBTY
NEW YORK-(AP) The Carlyle Group has agreed to buy vitamin maker NBTY Inc. for $3.8 billion in cash in one of the largest private equity deals so far this year.
NBTY makes nutritional supplements and vitamins under the brands Nature's Bounty, Vitamin World and others. Its board has approved the deal.
Carlyle…
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