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After a year which featured lingering economic uncertainty, and underperformance from many popular IPOs, 2012 should see some exciting activity from the more than 200 companies hoping to go public. Here are 24/7 Wall St.'s picks for the top IPOs to watch.

Asian markets headed higher on Wednesday. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng climbed 1.5% to 12,126 and in China the Shanghai Composite Index advanced 0.6% to 2,821. Japan's Nikkei 225 Index was virtually unchanged at 10,513.

Peter Nachtwey, CFO of Carlyle Group, is leaving the private equity company as it plans an IPO. "Pete decided to pursue a great new opportunity for him, which we understand will be announced soon," Carlyle spokesman Christopher Ullman said, according to Bloomberg News. "We thank him for his...

Private equity giant Carlyle Group is planning an IPO to build capital to fund more buyouts. "There will be significant advantages to having a lot more capital," CEO William Conway told Bloomberg Businessweek. "Investors are reducing commitments to funds and making economic terms much less...

Three years after it went private in a management buyout, Texas-based Kinder Morgan, which provides transportation and storage for oil and natural gas, has filed for an initial public offering worth as much as $1.5 billion. Is stock-market appetite returning?

Perfume maker Coty Inc agreed to buy Philosophy Inc., a maker of personal care products, for about $1 billion. Philosophy is currently owned by private equity company Carlyle Group, Reuters said. Philosophy focuses on skin products, fragrance, bath and body care and color cosmetics. Its...

Private equity giant Carlyle Group acquired mobile service provider Syniverse Technologies (SVR) in a $2.6 billion deal late Thursday, its second telecommunications buyout this week. Carlyle acquired communications infrastructure firm CommScope (CTV) for $3.9 billion on Wednesday.

CommScope (CTV), a maker of telecommunications equipment, agreed to be purchased by private equity firm The Carlyle Group for $3.9 billion. Under the terms of the deal, Carlyle will acquire all of the outstanding shares of CommScope common stock for $31.50 per share, cash, the companies said in a...

CommScope (CTV), a maker of telecommunications equipment, said that private-equity firm Carlyle Group is in talks to buy the company for about $3 billion. If the deal goes through, Carlyle would acquire all of CommScope's outstanding stock for $31.50 a share in cash, Bloomberg News said. That...

Investor Wilbur Ross will buy Ireland's troubled Education Savings Bank as part of a consortium with private equity outfit Carlyle and Dublin-based Cardinal Group. Sponsored Links The consortium will close the deal for the bank, which has about $15 billion in deposits, as soon as next week,...