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Alert Email Print By William Spain, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Burger King Holdings inc. shares jumped nearly 25% Thursday, rallying as the fast-food giant said it will be gobbled up by investment firm 3G Capital for $24 a share in a deal valued at $4 billion. The buyout represents a 46% premium to the [...]

CHICAGO — Burger King Holdings Inc., the nation’s perennially no. 2 hamburger chain, said Thursday that it is selling itself to little-known private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26 billion. Its shares soared to an 18-month high. Thursday’s $24-per-share tender offer comes after a day of speculation about the deal that [...]