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AMC Rallies 30% In Two Days As New York Theaters Are Set To Reopen
Following AMC’s announcement that it will open all of its 13 theaters in New York City on March 5, shares have climbed considerably. This...
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Feb 24, 20211 min read
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Wells Fargo Turnaround Continues With Sale of Asset Management Arm For $2.1B
Wells Fargo, one of the largest banks in the United States, has announced the sale of Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) to a pair of...
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Feb 24, 20211 min read
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Lucid Motors Confirms Biggest SPAC Deal Ever At An Equity Value Of $24B
Lucid Motors has confirmed a deal with the SPAC Churchill Capital Corp IV "CCIV" (led by Michael Klein) at an equity value of $24...
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Feb 23, 20211 min read
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Advent Technologies Acquires UltraCell, An Industry Leader In Fuel Cell Technology
Advent technologies has announced its acquisition of UltraCell, which is the fuel cell division of Bren-Tronics. UltraCell is known to be...
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Feb 23, 20211 min read
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UK Supreme Court Rules That Uber’s Drivers Are Employees
On Friday, the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Uber’s (NYSE: UBER) are employees and the company will have to pay minimum wage,...
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Feb 20, 20211 min read
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Redfin Steps Up Presence In The Rental Market With $608M RentPath Acquisition
Redfin, one of the largest online brokerage platforms in North America, has announced the acquisition of RentPath for $608 million in...
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Feb 20, 20211 min read
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Indigo’s Incidental Pennant Formation
Founded in 2005 by parent company InterGlobe Aviation, IndiGo is the largest passenger airline, with a current market share of 53.9% ...
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Feb 19, 20219 min read
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Daily Mail Parent Sells Off EdTech Business In Two Transactions For $410M
Daily Mail And General Trust (DMGT), the company best known as the parent of Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper, has announced the sale of...
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Feb 19, 20211 min read
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Can Facebook Block A Whole Continent? Australians Are Finding Out
On Thursday, Facebook (FB) banned citizens of Australia from accessing or publishing any news on its applications. This drastic measure...
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Feb 19, 20211 min read
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SEC Filing Shows Buffett Has Taken Major Positions In Chevron And Verizon
Berkshire Hathaway’s (NYSE: BRK-A; NYSE: BRK-B) latest 13F filing with the securities and exchange commission disclosed a number of major...
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Feb 18, 20211 min read
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Radio Broadcast Giant, iHeartMedia, Is Set To Acquire Triton Digital For $230M
The industry leader in audio entertainment and podcasting has announced the purchase of E.W. Scripps Co's Triton Digital for $230...
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Feb 18, 20211 min read
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Nestle Sells North American Bottled Water Brands For $4.3B To Private Equity Firms
The Swiss multinational food and drink conglomerate Nestle has announced it will divest its North American bottled water brands for $4.3...
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Feb 17, 20211 min read
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Nikkei Tops 30,000 For The First Time In 30 Years As Japan’s Economy Shrinks & Debt Balloons
On Monday morning Japan's Nikkei 225, which is a price-weighted index and includes 250 companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE),...
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Feb 16, 20211 min read
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Siemens Healthineers Expected To Win EU Approval For $16.4B Varian Acquisition
In August of 2020, Siemens Healthineers announced it had struck a deal to acquire Varian for $16.4 billion. While U.S. regulators...
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Feb 16, 20211 min read
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Arne Sorenson, The First Non-Family Member To Head Marriott, Passes At Age 62
On Tuesday, Marriott International Inc. (MAR) announced that its CEO Arne Sorenson died one day prior. Sorenson became Marriott's first...
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Feb 16, 20211 min read
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Lockheed Martin on the Verge of a Potential Reversal
Lockheed Martin Corporation is a leading global security and aerospace company headquartered in Maryland, United States. Their mission is...
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Feb 15, 202110 min read
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Jaguar & Land Rover Parent Announces Marc Llistosella As New CEO
On Friday morning, Indian car manufacturer Tata Motors Ltd. (TTM) appointed a new CEO and Managing Director. Both roles will be taken...
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Feb 13, 20211 min read
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FTC Steps Up Investigation Into Nvidia’s $40B Acquisition Of Arm
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has moved into the second phase of its investigation of Nvidia’s $40 billion acquisition of the British...
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Feb 13, 20211 min read
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It’s A Match! Dating App Bumble Debuts 77% Over IPO Price
In the end of November, when the online dating service Bumble (BMBL) officially filed for an IPO with the SEC, we asked ourselves if...
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Feb 12, 20211 min read
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Mr. Peanut Has A New Home At Hormel Foods Following Sale By Kraft Heinz
Consumer packaged goods company Kraft Heinz has announced the sale of its Planters brand to Hormel Foods for $3.35 billion. The sale...
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Feb 12, 20211 min read
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