Bain Capital Partners to Buy Out 3Com

September 29, 2007 By MARK JEWELL, AP Business Writer Bain Capital Partners to Buy Out 3Com (AP)

3Com Corp. offices are seen, Friday, Sept. 28, 2007 in Marlborough, Mass. 3Com Corp., a makes of networking hardware and software, will be sold to affiliates of private equity firm Bain Capital Partners LLC for $2.2 billion and taken private, 3Com said Friday. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)

(AP) -- Network equipment maker 3Com Corp. is giving up its independence in a $2.2 billion buyout by Bain Capital Partners, but it's gaining freedom from the whims of the market and a chance to expand in China.

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