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By Caroline Winter

June 7, 2012 at 9:00 PM UTC

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This article is part of the June 11, 2012 issue of businessweek.

1. Thomas H. Lee Partners will buy a majority stake in Party City from the party-supply retailer’s private equity owners in a deal valued at $2.7 billion.

2. Qatar Telecom is paying $1.5 billion to double its holding in Iraqi mobile services company Asiacell to 60 percent, as the company seeks to grow outside its home base.