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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Private Equity

Investment Giant SoftBank Promises $100 Billion and 100,000 Jobs to the US

SoftBank’s gigantic pledge undoubtedly represents a major PR victory for the incoming Trump 2.0 administration.

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Finance

Sixth Street Gives Affirm a Big Boost

Private credit and buy-now-pay-later firms are teaming up to cut banks out of the consumer finance supply chain.

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M&A

Nippon Steel’s $15 Billion Acquisition of US Steel Might Fall Through

The Committee on Foreign Investment is divided on if the deal presents a security risk. The split gives Biden more grounds to block the deal.

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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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