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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M&A

Expected M&A Wave Waits for Trump Trade Deals

Tariff-induced uncertainty and related market jitters stalled what was expected to be a rebound year for mergers and acquisitions.

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Markets

Tariff Delay Fails to Soothe Bond Market Turmoil

When yields rise, it suggests a selloff, and it also means likely higher costs of borrowing for companies as well as the government.

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Finance

Short Sellers’ Pessimism Could Be Contagious

Traders betting against SPY, an exchange traded fund that tracks S&P 500 stocks, racked up more than $6 billion in profits this month.

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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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