If you don't know what company you'd like to use for your project, try searching our key business literature resources, Business Source Complete (use the TX-All Text option from the drop-down menu on the search page) or ABI/Inform (eliminate Wire Feeds as a content type from the Source Type options on the Results page), using the following search strategy:
("takeover interest" or "buyout interest" or "potential buyout" or "possible buyout" or "potential takeover" or "takeover target*" or "possible takeover" or "possible target") and "private equity"
This may give you some ideas about industries where there is a lot of interest/activity.