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Texas Pacific Group agreed to buy Swiss luxury shoemaker Bally from Oerlikon-Buehrle in a deal intended to revive Bally’s slumping sales and profit. Terms were not released. Texas Pacific, a private investment partnership based in San Francisco and Fort Worth, has a reputation for tightening financial controls and turning around declining consumer brands.

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