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AT&T Fought To Get Its Time Warner Deal Approved For Two Years; It May Not Be Paying Off
It took AT&T nearly two years to fight antitrust regulations and get its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner approved. The debt AT&T...
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Dec 5, 20201 min read


McDonald’s Appears To Shift $170M In Costs Onto Franchisees
McDonald’s franchisees are once again upset with the fast food chain after the company announced plans to pass on additional costs to...
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Dec 5, 20201 min read


LSE's sale of Borsa Italiana to Euronext
Euronext announces that it has entered into a binding agreement with London Stock Exchange Group ("LSEG") to acquire 100% of shares ...
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Dec 4, 20209 min read


DocuSign Stock Rallies As Q3 Earnings Blow Away Estimates
DocuSign (DOCU), which enables electronic signatures, has proven itself to investors in a disruptive market segment. In its Q3 Earnings...
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Dec 3, 20201 min read


Flutter Doubles Down On Sports Betting, Boosts Stake In FanDuel
As online sports gambling in the US, Flutter Entertainment is doubling down on its bet. The company announced Thursday that it would be...
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Dec 3, 20201 min read


Pioneer Natural Resources’ $4.5 billion Acquisition of Parsley Energy
Pioneer Natural Resources Company, a large oil and gas exploration and production company is buying out Parsley Energy for $4.5B
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Dec 2, 20207 min read


UK Approves COVID Vaccine; Set To Start Vaccinating People Next Week
On Wednesday, the UK authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which will be rolled out next week with the seniors in care homes...
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Dec 2, 20201 min read


LSE Clears The Final Hurdle; Wins EU Approval For Its $27B Acquisition Of Refinitiv
It has been a difficult road to approval for LSE which announced its deal to acquire Refinitiv last year. Antitrust challenges have...
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Dec 2, 20201 min read


BlackBerry Shares Soar By 35% In Anticipation of Amazon Collaboration
For a long time, the former Canadian Smartphone heavyweight BlackBerry (BB) has been relatively quiet. After the downfall of their core...
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Dec 1, 20201 min read


Salesforce To Buy Slack For $27.7B As Benioff Tries To Double Revenue
Reports surfaced last week that Salesforce was exploring the purchase of workplace communication application Slack. Now, the software...
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Dec 1, 20201 min read


Public Markets Open The Door To “Door Dash” Valuing It At $32 Billion
DoorDash is an American food delivery company founded in 2013 which is going public this year as the company’s filings showed on Monday....
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Nov 30, 20201 min read


Facebook To Acquire Customer Service Start-Up, Kustomer for $1B
Tech giant Facebook has confirmed it will acquire customer service start-up Kustomer, valuing the company at roughly $1 billion according...
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Nov 30, 20201 min read


Microsoft doubled down in cloud gaming with the acquisition of Zenimax Media
In September 2020, Microsoft confirmed plans to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of game developer Bethesda Softworks. Microsoft...
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Nov 27, 20209 min read


Sycamore Partners Buys Ann Taylor, LOFT, and Lane Bryant Out Of Bankruptcy For $540M
Private equity giant Sycamore Partners has acquired the assets of Ascena Retail Group after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
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Nov 27, 20201 min read


Shares Of Softbank Reach 20-Year High Amid Tech Boom And Hot IPO Market
SoftBank is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company with stakes in technology, energy, and financial companies. It runs...
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Nov 27, 20201 min read


McCormick Adds More Heat To Its Portfolio With An $800M Hot Sauce Acquisition
McCormick & Company, which owns a portfolio of spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavoring products, has announced it will...
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Nov 25, 20201 min read


The Dow Jones Industrial Average Reached 30,000 For The First Time Ever
Today one of the oldest stock indices in the world, made history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average stands on a record high after breaking...
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Nov 25, 20201 min read


Penguin Random House To Acquire Simon & Schuster For More Than $2B
ViacomCBS has sold its 96-year-old publisher, Simon and Schuster, to Bertelsmann’s Penguin Random House for more than $2 billion. This...
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Nov 25, 20201 min read


The pandemic Causes The Largest Drop In The UK’s GDP In 300 Years
The UK economy is forecasted to contract by 11.3% in 2020 according to data from Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published on...
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Nov 25, 20201 min read


New Plant-Based Meat and Dairy Are Disrupting the Traditional Industry
Across the globe, the meat and dairy industry is undergoing a transformation as traditional products experience increased competition...
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Nov 23, 20206 min read
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