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5G Driven Consolidation Continues As Iliad Is Approved To Acquire Play For $4.11B
French telecom service provider, Iliad, appears to have sealed the deal to acquire Polish mobile group Play for $4.11 billion after...
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Oct 15, 20201 min read


Saudi Aramco And BlackRock Are Considering A Deal Worth $10B
According to Reuters, Saudi Aramco is in talks to sell part of its pipeline business for $10 billion. A leading candidate for the deal is...
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Oct 13, 20201 min read


Morgan Stanley To Buy American Wealth Manager Eaton Vance for $7B
Morgan Stanley has agreed to purchase Eaton Vance, one of the oldest American investment firms, for $7 billion. This is the second major...
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Oct 9, 20201 min read


Momentus Is Set To Boldly Go Where One SPAC Has Gone Before
It appears that public markets are the new private markets. In recent years, venture capital and private equity investors have provided...
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Oct 8, 20201 min read


The King Of SPACs Is Back With Clover Health Going Public Via A Merger Worth $3.7B
Clover Health, a healthcare company that uses data analysis and preventive care to improve health for seniors, has decided to go public...
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Oct 7, 20201 min read


Bristol Myers Squibb To Buy MyoKardia For $13B
American pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb has agreed to buy MyoKardia for $13 billion. The latter is a clinical-stage...
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Oct 4, 20201 min read


Walmart Has Announced The Sale Of British Retailer Asda In an $8.8B Deal
The Issa brothers (Zuber and Mohsin) along with private equity firm TDR capital will buy the British supermarket chain Asda Stores, which...
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Oct 2, 20201 min read


MassMutual, Athene To Acquire American Equity For $3B
American Equity, which specializes in annuities and basic life insurance, will soon be acquired by MassMutual and Athene in a deal...

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Oct 1, 20201 min read


British Multinational G4S Rejects $3.81B Takeover Bid From GardaWorld
British multinational security service company G4S plc rejected GardaWorld's $3.81 billion bid. GardaWorld was offering $2.44 per share,...
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Oct 1, 20201 min read


Sogou To Go Private Via Deal With Tencent Valuing It At $3.5B
Sogou Inc., the subsidiary of Chinese company Sohu Inc. specializing in web search, has agreed to go private in an all cash deal with...
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Sep 30, 20201 min read


Caesars offers $3.7B For London Based Bookmaker
Casino operator Caesars Entertainment is in talks to buy William Hill for $3.7 billion. William Hill is a London based bookmaker which...
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Sep 30, 20201 min read


KKR To Acquire DTC Pioneer 1800 Contacts For Over $3B
Private Equity Giant KKR & Co. has agreed to buy 1-800 Contacts from AEA Investors.
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Sep 25, 20201 min read


Engie Tells Veolia To Increase Its $3.4B Bid For Suez Stake
French-based utility Engie has informed Veolia Environmental it must increase its bid for a 29.9% stake in Suez.
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Sep 24, 20201 min read


Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax for $7.5 B
Microsoft has announced its acquisition of ZeniMax Media Inc., for $7.5 billions in cash.
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Sep 23, 20201 min read


Swedish Telecom Giant Ericsson Acquires Cradlepoint for $1.1B
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson has announced it will acquire U.S. based Cradlepoint.
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Sep 23, 20201 min read


MetLife to buy Versant Health for $1.68 B
MetLife (NYSE: MET), Inc is the holding corporation for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MLIC) is set to buy Versant Health for $1.68...
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Sep 17, 20201 min read


A True Unicorn: An Electric Vehicle SPAC With Revenue
Reuters is reporting that ChargePoint, which operates a network of electric vehicle charging stations, is nearing a deal to be acquired...
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Sep 17, 20201 min read


Opendoor To Go Public Via $4.8B SPAC Deal
Opendoor, an online real estate transaction company which offers to buy houses on demand, announced it will go public through a merger...
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Sep 17, 20201 min read


Nvidia to buy Arm Holdings for $40 B
Chip maker Nvidia has agreed to buy UK based Arm for $40 billion. Arm is a computer chip company that was bought by Japanese conglomerate...
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Sep 17, 20201 min read


Volkswagen Increases Bid For Navistar To $3.6B After First Offer Fell Flat
Volkswagen’s truck division, TRATON, has made another aggressive bid for American truck maker Navistar after its first offer fell upon...
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Sep 17, 20201 min read
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