Mergers and acquisitions
Investing on the graveyard shift: Two new ETFs look to capture the ‘night effect’
Two new ETFs out this summer are working the overnight shift. The NightShares 500 [NSPY] and NightShares 2000 ETFs [NIWM] are doing something no ETF has done before: Take advantage of the so-called “night effect.” According to NightShares CEO Bruce Lavine, stocks bought at the market close and sold when markets open again in the […]
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Family offices have become a $6 trillion powerhouse in investing—and deal-making
The post-pandemic wealth boom has sparked an explosion in family offices, creating a new gold rush among Wall Street firms, private equity funds and investment advisors to manage the fortunes of the world’s richest families. Family offices now manage more than $6 trillion in wealth, according to some estimates, surpassing the estimated $4 trillion managed […]
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Crypto lender Nexo offers to buy embattled rival Vauld as market consolidates
Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, is down more than 50% since the start of 2022. Nurphoto | Getty Images Beleaguered cryptocurrency lender Vauld has been thrown a lifeline from larger competitor Nexo, in a sign of mounting consolidation in the crypto market. Nexo said Tuesday it had signed a term sheet with Vauld giving it […]
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Trump media company subpoenaed in federal criminal probe of SPAC deal
Former U.S. President Donald Trump gives the keynote address at the Faith & Freedom Coalition during their annual “Road To Majority Policy Conference” at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center June 17, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. Seth Herald | Getty Images Donald Trump’s media company was subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in connection […]
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Panera Bread terminates SPAC deal with Danny Meyer’s investment group
Florida, Spring Hill, Nature Coast Commons, shopping mall, Panera Bread bakery. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Danny Meyer’s SPAC and Panera Bread have called off a deal to take the sandwich chain public again, citing market conditions. In November, the parent company of the sandwich chain, Caribou Coffee and Einstein Bros. […]
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General Motors calls off plan to sell India car plant to China’s Great Wall
A photo of workers in a car factory in India. General Motors (GM) said on Friday it had called off the sale of a shuttered Indian plant to China’s Great Wall Motor after they failed to obtain regulatory approvals, amid a tougher stance by New Delhi towards investments from Beijing. Amit Pasricha | IndiaPictures | […]
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Bed Bath & Beyond says it’s still open to selling its Buybuy Baby division
A view of the atmosphere during the Whitney Port & Bundle Organics #MomAsYouAre buybuyBABY product launch in Torrance, California. Randy Shropshire | Getty Images As Bed Bath & Beyond shakes up its leadership suite and ousts its CEO, the retailer said Wednesday it remains open to another big change: A potential sale of its baby […]
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Wall Street layoffs likely ahead as two-year hiring boom turns to bust
People walk by the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Less than six months ago, Wall Street bankers were reaping the rewards from a historic boom in mergers and IPOs. Now, thanks to a confluence of factors that have cast a pall over markets and caused most deal […]
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Zendesk to be acquired by investor group for $10.2 billion
Zendesk co-founder and CEO Mikkel Svane Eric Piermont | AFP | Getty Images Customer experience software company Zendesk agreed to be acquired by an investor group in an all-cash transaction valuing it at around $10.2 billion, the company announced Friday. The deal, led by investment firms Permira and Hellman & Friedman, will give shareholders $77.50 […]
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Polestar set to become latest electric vehicle maker to go public via SPAC merger
Shares of Polestar are set to debut under the ticker “PSNY” on Friday, making it the latest electric vehicle maker to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Polestar said its stock will begin trading on the Nasdaq exchange after it completed its merger with the SPAC Gores Guggenheim. […]
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