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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Finance

The NYSE is Moving its Historic Chicago Operation to Dallas

New York is muscling in on Texan dreams of becoming Wall Street 2.0 by taking the fight to the Lone Star state.

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Banking

JPMorgan Adds Buy-Now-Pay-Later Service Klarna to Payments Platform

The news comes as Klarna is gearing up for a US IPO, and as regulation of the BNPL sector hangs in the balance post-Trump.

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Finance

Activist Investor Elliott Tightens Grip on Oil Giants Phillips 66 and BP

Elliott has played a central role in pushing out a CEO at Starbucks and convincing conglomerate Honeywell that it needed to break up.

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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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