Buyout Firm Tears Up a $1.7 Billion Greyhound Bus Ticket

U.S. private equity group Apollo confirmed on Tuesday that it won't make an offer for British train and bus operator FirstGroup Plc, which also owns America’s Greyhound network. Apollo didn’t say why it's backing away, and all we know from FirstGroup is that the price Apollo had in mind was too low to warrant further discussion. The U.S. buyout firm’s interest had drawn screams of “asset-stripper" from the left-wing opposition Labour party and trade unions.