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The FTC Is Seeking To Stop Illumina’s $7.1B Acquisition of Grail
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is seeking to put a stop to the biotechnology company Illumina’s $7.1 billion acquisition of Grail,...
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Mar 31, 20211 min read
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Carlyle Aviation Buys Fly Leasing In A $2.4B Bet On A Return To Normal
Carlyle Aviation Partners is flying in the face of conventional wisdom by acquiring Fly Leasing for an enterprise value of $2.4 billion....
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Mar 30, 20211 min read
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KAZ Minerals Recommends A $5.65B Buyout Offer To Shareholders
KAZ Minerals has recommended a $5.65 billion buyout offer from Nova Resources, the latest in a series of increased bids from Nova. The...
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Mar 27, 20211 min read
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Coherent Pays $217.6M Fee To Lumentum To Accept II-VI’s $7B Offer
The laser manufacturer and developer Coherent has announced it will pay a $217.6 million fee to Lumentum in order to terminate their...
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Mar 25, 20211 min read
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Siyata Mobile Buys ClearRF In A Strategic Acquisition Targeting Patented Technologies
PoC device and Cellular booster manufacturer Siyata Mobile (NASDAQ: SYTA) has purchased ClearRF in an effort to acquire several key...
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Mar 24, 20211 min read
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Microsoft Is Reportedly In Discussions To Buy Discord For $10B
Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy the instant messaging and social media platform Discord in a deal worth $10 billion. The rumors...
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Mar 23, 20211 min read
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Canadian Pacific Railway To Acquire Kansas City Southern In $29B Deal
Canadian Pacific Railway has announced a deal to acquire Kansas City Southern valuing the latter at an enterprise value of $29 billion...
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Mar 22, 20211 min read
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PPL Increases U.S. Energy Presence With A Pair Of Multi-Billion Dollar Deals
In an effort to make a strategic shift towards being a United States focused energy company, PPL has announced a deal to sell its U.K....
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Mar 20, 20211 min read
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Chubb Offers To Acquire The Hartford In $23B Insurance Merger
Insurance giant Chubb has announced an offer to acquire The Hartford insurance group for $23 billion. The price represents a 26% premium...
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Mar 19, 20211 min read
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Snap Buys Fit Analytics To Help Reduce Its Reliance On Ad Dollars
Snap (NYSE: SNAP) has acquired Fit Analytics, a Berlin-based firm, in order to work on a long-term push towards bringing more e-commerce...
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Mar 18, 20211 min read
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International Regulators Set Their Sights On Pharma Consolidation
A working group has been formed between the European Commission, the United States Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission, the...
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Mar 17, 20211 min read
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Viela Bio Closes Sale To Horizon Therapeutics For $3.05B
Horizon Therapeutics (NASDAQ: HZNP), a pharma company focused on rare, autoimmune and severe inflammatory diseases, has announced it has...
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Mar 15, 20211 min read
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Cardinal Health Sells Cordis To Hellman & Friedman For $1B After Paying $1.94B
Cardinal Health, a provider of medical products, pharmaceuticals, and solutions that enhance supply chain efficiency, has announced the...
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Mar 13, 20211 min read
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Bentley Systems Announces Deal To Acquire Seequent For $1.05B
Bentley Systems, a maker of software for design, construction, and the operation of infrastructure, has announced it will acquire...
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Mar 12, 20211 min read
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GE To Sell GE Capital Aviation Services To AerCap For $30B
General Electric (NYSE:GE) has announced an agreement to sell GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) to AerCap Holdings N.V. (AerCap) in a...
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Mar 11, 20211 min read
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Microsoft Finalizes $7.5B Acquisition Of ZeniMax Media
Microsoft has announced the completion of its $7.5 billion acquisition of video game developer ZeniMax. The announcement that the deal...
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Mar 10, 20211 min read
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Symphony Technology Group To Take Over McAfee’s Enterprise Business For $4B
McAfee (Nasdaq: MCFE) has announced that it will sell its enterprise business to the PE firm Symphony Technology Group in an all cash...
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Mar 9, 20211 min read
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Chevron Shows It Isn’t Done Betting On Oil With $1.35B Noble Midstream Purchase
The Nasdaq Composite Index entered correction territory on Friday after a week filled with losses for high-flying tech stocks. Rising...
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Mar 5, 20211 min read
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Square Acquires Majority Stake In TIDAL And Adds Jay-Z To Board
Square, the digital payments giant headed by Twitter CEO and founder Jack Dorsey, has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in...
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Mar 5, 20211 min read
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In A $6.25B Deal Las Vegas Sands Has Exited Its Namesake City
Resort and gaming giant Las Vegas Sands has announced the sale of its Las Vegas operations and properties to Apollo and VICI Properties,...
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Mar 4, 20211 min read
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