(November 27, 2006) TAIPEI, Taiwan — Carlyle Group, a Washington D.C.-based investment firm, plans to buy Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE). Taiwanese ASE received an indication of interest from a consortium of private equity firms led by Carlyle, offering to buy 100% of the package-and-test business at NT $39 per share, equally approximately NT $179 B, or $5.46 B U.S.