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CureVac Stock Tumbles 39% After Disappointing Late-Stage Trial Results
After reporting disappointing results of their late-stage clinical trial for a Covid vaccine, shares of german biopharma company Curevac...
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Jun 17, 20211 min read
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Private Equity Firm Hellman & Friedman To Buy Home Group In $2.8B Deal
Home Group, a United States based home decor superstore that operates 227 locations in 40 states has announced it will go private in a...
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Jun 16, 20211 min read
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US Department Of Justice Files Lawsuit To Prevent $30B Aon-Willis Acquisition
On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit aimed to prevent Aon (NYSE:AON), one of the leading global insurance brokers,...
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Jun 16, 20211 min read
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Apollo Announces $4.5B Sale Of Education Giant McGraw Hill To Platinum Equity
McGraw Hill, one of the largest education publishers in the world, has announced it is being sold to Platinum Equity for $4.5 billion by...
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Jun 15, 20211 min read
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Are Big Tech’s Days Numbered With Critic Lina Khan Poised To Become FTC Chair?
After being confirmed as the youngest commissioner for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday, several news reports confirm that...
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Jun 15, 20211 min read
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Shutterfly To Acquire Spoonflower In $225M Apollo-Backed Deal
Shutterfly has announced it will acquire Spoonflower, which prints custom fabric, wallpaper, and gift wrap, for $225 million including...
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Jun 14, 20211 min read
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Promising Resolution In Sight For 17-Year-Long Airbus-Boeing Trade
On Monday, the EU and the US have finally put forth a consensus on resolving the Airbus-Boeing trade dispute over aircraft subsidies,...
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Jun 14, 20211 min read
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McDonalds and Volkswagen Become Latest Targets Of High-Profile Data Breaches
Data breaches and cyber attacks are becoming increasingly common as more and more high-profile companies around the world are falling...
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Jun 12, 20211 min read
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Kraft Heinz to Purchase Turkish Assan Foods In $100M Acquisition
On Friday, Kraft Heinz announced that it has come to an agreement to acquire Assan Foods from a private Turkish conglomerate Kibar...
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Jun 12, 20211 min read
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Chinese Ride-Hailing Giant ‘Didi’ Files For U.S. Listing In Hot IPO Market
The Chinese ride-hailing company Didi has filed to go public in the U.S. on Thursday, in what might be one of the biggest IPO of the...
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Jun 10, 20211 min read
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Pipeline Operator Put Up For Sale As Gas Transport Deals Keep Coming
2021 has been a banner year for pipeline deals as energy companies continue their transition away from the most environmentally damaging...
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Jun 10, 20211 min read
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CIOX Health Announces $7B Merger With Fellow Health Data Firm Datavant
CIOX Health and Datavant have announced a $7B merger to bring together two giants in the healthcare data industry. Both CIOX and Datavant...
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Jun 9, 20211 min read
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Marqeta Sees Successful Nasdaq Debut As IPO Raises $1.23B
Marqeta Inc. (NASDAQ: MQ), an online card and payment processing startup, debuted on Nasdaq as trading began on Wednesday, where shares...
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Jun 9, 20211 min read
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Clover Health Catches The Attention Of Retail Investors And Soars 86%
Medicare insurer Clover Health (NASDAQ: CLOV) has soared about 86% in Tuesday trading after it became a newly appointed short-squeeze...

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Jun 8, 20211 min read
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Sorrento Therapeutics – Unable to Garner Momentum
Sorrento Inc. is a biotechnology company, registered on NASDAQ stock exchange. It is focused on developing therapies for cancer and ...
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Jun 7, 20211 min read
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Siemens Acquires Nextflow Software To Enhance Its Software Portfolio
Siemens has announced that it acquired Nextflow Software, a company focused on providing advanced particle-based computational fluid...
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Jun 5, 20211 min read
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Bill Ackman’s SPAC Proposes Unique Deal With Universal Music Group
This Friday, Billionaire investor Bill Ackman’s SPAC Pershing Square Tontine Holdings (NYSE: PSTH) has confirmed to be engaged in talks...
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Jun 5, 20211 min read
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Biden Expands Blacklist Of Chinese Companies, Stepping Up Pressure On China
On Thursday, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order, expanding restrictions of American investment in Chinese corporations...
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Jun 3, 20211 min read
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Aon Sells $1.4B In Assets To Clear The Way For Willis Towers Watson Mega-Merger
The financial services company Aon has announced it will sell a pair of businesses for $1.4 billion to the PE firm Aquiline Capital...
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Jun 3, 20211 min read
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Etsy Buys Online Marketplace Depop For $1.63B In Bid For More Gen-Z Users
The American e-commerce company Etsy has announced it will buy Depop, an online fashion marketplace, for $1.625 billion. Following the...
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Jun 2, 20211 min read
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