Finance

Private Equity

Private Equity, Sports and Games Sidestep Frozen M&A Pipelines

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Dealmaking among private equity firms and in the sports and video games sectors has gone full steam ahead amid a global M&A freeze.

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Banking

US Banks Push Back on High Severance Costs in Paris

The Americans have warned that further inroads to France’s capital may not happen without some dismissal-pay flexibility.

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Technology

Y Combinator Plans to Tap Alumni to Invest in New Funds

As it raises its next trio of funds, the famed startup accelerator is inviting past members to invest, according to an Axios report.

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Consumer

Chase Bank Gets into the Ad Game

Chase Bank announced a new advertising unit that will use customer transaction data to target them with ads.

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Markets

Coca-Cola Sees Glass Half Full Even as Trade War Drains Fizz From Pop Sales

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Coca-Cola was one of several companies whose earnings last week flashed positive signs, despite the hail of uncertainty around tariffs.

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Finance

Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities Has Some Tips for SEC

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Top of the list is a warning over the rise of 24-hour trading, just as the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange pursue it.

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Finance

Buffett’s $300B Cash Pile, Fed by Apple, Spurs Investment Guessing Game

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Buffett acolytes are primed to be receptive to new ideas after Berkshire’s more contrarian bets over the last decade have proven prescient.

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