Liana Baker
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Pitch Featured Job Cuts, Other Ways to Make Money (TWTR)
As he negotiated a $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter Inc., Elon Musk told bankers that he would be focused on the social-media company’s bottom line, and floated the idea of cutting both costs and jobs, according to people familiar with the matter. → Read More
Mark Zuckerberg’s Stablecoin Ambitions Unravel With Diem Sale Talks
The controversial cryptocurrency project that Mark Zuckerberg once defended in front of Congress is unraveling after regulatory pressure. → Read More
Microsoft’s Activision Deal Set to Test Biden’s Antitrust Regime
Less than three weeks into 2022, President Joe Biden’s antitrust regime is facing its first big test of the year. Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion all-cash takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc. brings together two major gaming platforms in a deal that directly affects consumers -- and could also raise grievances among some of the tech giant’s biggest rivals. → Read More
‘Salomon Sisters’ Is Coming to Wall Street as a Women-Owned Bank
Wall Street is about to get a new investment bank, one that very deliberately shatters the glass ceiling. The firm, Independence Point Advisors, will be a rarity that’s both owned and managed by women and minorities in an industry long dominated by White men. A wry joke early on that it should be called Salomon Sisters -- a twist on the testosterone-fueled Salomon Brothers of old -- has served… → Read More
Winnebago Agrees to Buy Barletta Pontoon Boats
Winnebago Industries Inc., maker of its namesake motor home, has agreed to buy privately-held Barletta Pontoon Boats for more than $300 million in a deal that will further expand its marine business. → Read More
Rent the Runway Interviews Banks for U.S. IPO This Year
Rent the Runway Inc. is interviewing banks in preparation for an initial public offering that could come as early as this year, according to people familiar with the matter. → Read More
U.S. antitrust scrutiny tests T-Mobile's $26 billion bet on Sprint
T-Mobile US Inc's $26 billion deal to buy Sprint Inc banked on changes in wireless technology and media streaming to win U.S. antitrust approval, but the bet now looks precarious. → Read More
Exclusive: Loeb's Third Point building stake to pressure Sony
Daniel Loeb's hedge fund Third Point LLC is building a stake in Sony Corp to push for changes, the second time in six years it has targeted the Japanese electronics maker, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. → Read More
Exclusive: Goldman's China-backed fund bucks trade tensions to buy U.S. firm
Goldman Sachs Group Inc invested money from China's sovereign wealth fund in a California-based industrial company and is looking for more U.S. deals, three sources familiar with the matter said, even after increased scrutiny from Washington all but stopped U.S.-China deals last year. → Read More
Global M&A slides in first quarter as Brexit weighs on Europe
Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) sank 17 percent in the first quarter of 2019, as concerns about an economic slowdown and fears of a no-deal Brexit in Europe spooked chief executives and corporate boardrooms from pursuing big tie-ups. → Read More
Exclusive: U.S. pushes Chinese owner of Grindr to divest the dating app
Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd is seeking to sell Grindr LLC, the popular gay dating app it has owned since 2016, after a U.S. government national security panel raised concerns about its ownership, according to people familiar with the matter. → Read More
Exclusive: Telecom equipment provider Avaya considers leveraged buyout
Telecommunications equipment and software vendor Avaya Holdings Corp is considering a leveraged buyout offer from a private equity firm that values it at more than $5 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. → Read More
Viacom, AT&T negotiations weigh on possible CBS tie-up: sources
Viacom Inc's bitter contract renewal talks with AT&T Inc's DirecTV that could see the blackout of MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central by midnight Friday are weighing on a possible tie-up of CBS and Viacom, sources familiar with the discussions said. → Read More
NYSE wins Uber, Pinterest listings: sources
Uber Technologies Inc and Pinterest, two of the highest profile internet companies planning to go public this year, have picked the New York Stock Exchange as the venue for their stock listings, according to sources familiar with the matter. → Read More
SoftBank, Toyota in talks to invest $1 billion in Uber's self-driving unit: sources
A group of investors led by SoftBank Group Corp and Toyota Motor Corp is in talks to invest $1 billion or more into Uber Technologies Inc's self-driving vehicle unit, which would value the unit at $5 billion to $10 billion, said two people familiar with the talks. → Read More
Top Barrick shareholder urges joint venture in Nevada with Newmont
Barrick Gold Corp's top shareholder said on Tuesday the miner should focus on striking a joint venture deal in Nevada with rival Newmont Mining Corp before considering a full-blown merger. → Read More
Barrick says open to Nevada joint venture talks with Newmont
Barrick Gold Corp Chief Executive Mark Bristow said on Monday he wants to speak immediately with Newmont Mining Corp about a proposed Nevada joint venture, even as his company moves to take a $18 billion takeover offer directly to Newmont shareholders. → Read More
Data manager DataStax prepares for IPO: sources
DataStax Inc, a data management platform, is gearing up for an initial public offering (IPO) this year that could value the company at more than $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said. → Read More
EBay offers concessions to avert fight with Elliott: sources
EBay Inc has informed Elliott Management Corp it is willing to explore shedding some of its key assets and give the hedge fund board representation in a bid to avert a proxy contest, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. → Read More
Sinovac Biotech activates 'poison pill' defense in rare move
Sinovac Biotech Ltd, a Nasdaq-listed Chinese vaccine developer, activated a shareholders rights plan on Friday, according to a press release seen by Reuters, the first time a company has used a "poison pill" takeover defense in more than a decade. → Read More