Cloud player Rackspace goes private in $4.3B deal

A private equity firm has signed an agreement to buy major cloud player Rackspace for $4.3 billion.
Rackspace announced today that Apollo Global Management, aU.S.-based investment manager, will acquire the company in a deal that will give Rackspace shareholders $32 per share.
"Our board, with the assistance of independent advisors, determined that this transaction, upon closing, will deliver immediate, significant and certain cash value to our stockholders," said Graham Weston, co-founder and c