Hints and tips:
...The US government has codified its scepticism in revised “merger guidelines”....
...Trump Media went public through a merger with a blank-cheque company late last month....
...Bloomberg) Fund managers urge European regulators to mirror US move to T+1 (FT) Thomas Cook owner Fosun to sell brand to Poland’s eSky (SKY News) UK government vows to protect litigation funding that helped sub-postmasters...
...And in 2021, Restaurant Brands paid $1bn in cash for Firehouse Subs....
...One paper in this area caught my eye recently, “Standardizing and Unbundling the Sub Rosa DIP Loan”, co-authored by researchers Kenneth Ayotte and Alex Huang of UC Berkeley School of Law....
...He invited Oprah Winfrey to interview him and declared the merger to be “our rendezvous with destiny”....
...The TSE’s ambitions are not just meant for the worst-run Japanese companies, those with a sub-1 price/book ratio....
...The sub 20 per cent operating margin over the past year compares poorly with Activision’s 35 per cent. EA has not experienced the same stumbles as Activision....
...“We felt that cannabis was going to be big in major markets around the world going forward,” Newlands said of the company’s “offensive investment” of more than $4bn in Canadian cannabis group Canopy Growth...
Silicon Valley group looks to tap into huge mobile payments market with purchase of Lagos-based company
...He ruled out a merger with Altria, even though the two groups have a licensing agreement in the US. “We do not envisage a merger,” he said, noting the hype over Juul....
...“We are also very reluctant to sell sub-par businesses as long as we expect them to generate at least some cash and as long as we feel good about their managers and labour relations,” the manual said....
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...Between them, the five companies have spent $17bn on sub-$1bn deals in the past five years alone. It is fair to ask whether any involved quashing competition — although proving this will be difficult....
...Those listing with sub-50 per cent gross margins, like Lyft, Uber and Slack, trade below listing prices....
...Corona beer maker Constellation Brands recently invested just under $4bn into Canadian cannabis group Canopy Growth, lifting its stake to 38 per cent....
...Almost £4bn of UK investors’ money languishes in so-called “orphan funds” — sub-scale funds with persistently low inflows and often high charges....
Streaming group’s ‘happy ending’ could yet prove just another plot twist
...“We would expect investors who were buying sub-$8 will see this offer as compelling; for investors buying during 2018 where the average share price was $14.20, the offer is more a peace offering to minimise...
...The beer and spirits maker Constellation Brands earlier this year pumped almost $4bn into Canopy Growth, another large Canadian pot group, while rival Aurora Cannabis in May struck a $2bn deal to buy the...
...You don’t want to be the last remaining player with sub-scale brand, data and technology.”...
...In June, the brewer reported a healthy rise in profits thanks in part to its Canopy stake....
...Samuel Johar, chairman of board advisory firm Buchanan Harvey, argued it was likely to be a takeover target “because it is sub-scale with not a very strong pipeline”....
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...the merger....
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