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US private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe has appointed Anthony F Ecock as a senior operating executive. In his new role Ecock will work with the firm's portfolio companies in the healthcare sector and identify new business opportunities and trends. He will be based in New York City.

All the week's most important people stories from across the globe. Essential reading for those who need to keep up-to-date with the private equity industry's key staff moves.

All the week's most important people stories from across the globe. Essential reading for those who need to keep up-to-date with the private equity industry's key staff moves.

James R Matthews has joined Evercore Partners as senior managing director and co-head of the firm's private equity group. Matthews will help oversee Evercore's efforts to identify and work with attractive, value-oriented investment opportunities in the middle market.

US private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe has agreed to acquire United Surgical Partners International. The transaction is valued at approximately $1.8bn, including the assumption of certain debt obligations of USPI pursuant to the merger.

All the week's most important people stories from across the globe. Essential reading for those who need to keep up-to-date with the private equity industry's key staff moves.

The Carlyle Group and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe have agreed to sell yellow pages publisher and directional media company Dex Media to its competitor R.H. Donnelley Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, each Dex share will be exchanged for $12.30 in cash and 0.24154 RHD shares. In aggregate, current Dex shareholders will receive approximately $1.85bn in cash and 36.4 million RHD shares, for total equity consideration of approximately $4.2bn. RHD will also assume Dex's net debt outstanding, expected to be approximately $5.3bn at year end 2005.

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From an investor's perspective the last few years have seen the clean technology sector begin to emerge as a discrete investment category. Not only has the number of new technology businesses coming forward for investment grown, but recently there has also been an increase in interest from public markets in clean technology both in the UK and continental Europe, the report commissioned by The Carbon Trust found. The sector is also being driven by a number of macro factors coming together - from the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to the perceived long term upswing in hydrocarbon prices and the arrival of a range of serial entrepreneurs bringing in expertise from other technology sectors.

Cinven and Apax Partners are to buy the telephone directories business of Dutch publisher VNU for E2bn. The consortium beat rival offers from Permira and CVC, Carlyle, Blackstone and BC Partners.