Mergers and acquisitions
Musk reportedly says Twitter deal at lower price ‘not out of the question’
Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk attends the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China August 29, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters Elon Musk hinted that he could seek to renegotiate the price of his Twitter takeover, saying a deal at a lower price wasn’t “out of the question,” Bloomberg reported Monday. Musk reportedly made […]
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U.S.-listed Chinese EV maker Nio proposes a secondary listing of its shares in Singapore
Nio is planning to list its shares in Singapore. This would be the Chinese electric carmaker’s third listing location, following its IPO in New York and a secondary listing in Hong Kong. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Chinese electric carmaker Nio said Friday that it’s planning a secondary share listing in Singapore. Nio, […]
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Binance is backing Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition — here’s why it’s a big deal for crypto enthusiasts
Binance is the world’s largest crypto exchange, handling billions of dollars in trading volumes on a daily basis. STR | NurPhoto via Getty Images Bitcoin exchange Binance’s move to participate in Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter could boost digital currency evangelists’ hopes for the development of a more “decentralized,” crypto-friendly social media platform. […]
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Here’s what a former Twitter engineering head thinks about Elon Musk’s plan
Elon Musk, Founder and Chief Engineer of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 Conference in Washington, DC, United States on March 9, 2020. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The following is a selection from Big Technology, a newsletter by Alex Kantrowitz. To get it in your inbox each week, you can sign up […]
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India’s largest-ever IPO will test foreign investor appetite
The LIC logo looms above a couple of passersby in Mumbai in India last week. The IPO of the biggest payer in life insurance in the country is expected to fetch $2.7 billion in the country’s biggest IPO so far. Punit Paranjpe | Afp | Getty Images The dominant player in India’s life insurance market, […]
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Tomb Raider publisher sells iconic video game franchise to invest in blockchain
Tomb Raider is one of the most well-known video game franchises of all time. Christian Petersen | Getty Images The iconic Tomb Raider video game franchise is being sold by its Japanese publisher Square Enix as part of a $300 million ddeal. Square Enix said Monday it will offload three of its game development studios […]
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Singapore start-up Nium seeks up to $400 million in deals to take on Europe’s crowded fintech market
Europe’s fintech sector is fiercely competitive, with privately-held start-ups worth tens of billions of dollars vying to steal market share from incumbent banks. Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images LONDON — Nium, a $2 billion digital payments start-up based out of Singapore, has big plans for its European business. The company, whose software helps […]
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Musk is not supposed to disparage Twitter while trying to buy it. He’s doing it anyway.
Elon Musk may tweet about the Twitter deal but not “disparage the company or any of its representatives,” according to a securities filing. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Less than 48 hours after Elon Musk and Twitter went public with their $44 billion deal to take the company private, Musk has continued to […]
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Retail and consumer IPOs, deals tail off as more businesses set their sights on 2023
People shop at a grocery store in Monterey Park, California, on April 12, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Supply chain headaches, surging interest rates and the war in Ukraine have combined to stifle IPOs and deal-making in the consumer and retail sectors so far this year. The total number of consumer […]
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Twitter will have a ‘hard time’ keeping Trump off if he runs in 2024, says Rep. Khanna
US Representative Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, speaks during a press conference following a vote in the US House on ending US military involvement in the war in Yemen, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 4, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Though Elon Musk’s deal to purchase Twitter has renewed questions […]
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