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...Last week it took part in a $3.84bn debt sale tied to the buyout of software group Citrix, picking up the junior bonds at a deeply discounted price when lenders led by Goldman Sachs and Bank of America raced...
...Inflation, which reached 3,000 per cent in 1989, last year hit a three-decade high of 95 per cent....
...For example, this newer document lists Geos LLC, a Russian private company headquartered in Novorossiysk, as the seller....
...The 14-year-old company will merge with 890 Fifth Avenue Partners, a special purpose acquisition company that raised $288m earlier this year. 3....
...Bravo for Calypso softwareThoma Bravo is set to buy the trading software group Calypso, in a deal that values the San Francisco-based company at $3.75bn, according to two people familiar with the matter....
...In Babylon’s case, the deal gives the company an enterprise value of $3.6bn and $575m in gross proceeds....
...This reflects approximately 3,400 per cent of the chief executive’s base salary, Glass Lewis said....
...Google said it had removed 3.1bn “bad ads” in 2020 from its platforms....
...Izabella Kaminska says QAnon amounts to a sophisticated and weaponised live-action role playing game. 3....
...Built jointly by Kazakhstan and China, these pipelines, all since completed, would stretch more than 3,000km and be funded with Chinese state loans....
...China tightens state-tech ties The government of the Chinese tech hub of Hangzhou is assigning officials to 100 local companies including tech group Alibaba....
...The theory of quantum entanglement might be able to explain what’s happening to Son’s book....
...The V-shaped recovery in consumer spending feels too bullish in our view....
...With $3.5bn of revenues last year, the group is hot on the heels of Wall Street rivals. Wall Street will also be watching who Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, will pick to step into his shoes....
...Causeway Capital Management LLC, the LA hedge fund, has declared 4.88 per cent of Micro Focus....
...NYSE v Nasdaq: may the best board win Next to the Red Sox and the Yankees, Nasdaq and NYSE have one of the most longstanding bitter rivalries in America....
...It continues: “The independent review being undertaken by Freeh Group International Solutions LLC, announced on 17 January 2020, is proceeding....
...First Quantum and Lundin Mining were added to its “buy” list....
...Carlos Abadi is managing director of DecisionBoundaries, LLC, a New York-based international financial advisory firm....
...Each unit, which consists of one share at $11.50 and one-third of one warrant, rose 3.1 per cent to $10.31 in the first day of trading....
...Dual-listed shares in the Canadian group edged 0.3 per cent higher to 906p, giving a market value of £6.4bn....
...Pandora, the streaming radio service, has 80m free users and 3.5m pay, he says, while YouTube has 1bn users any month and barely any pay....
...Given that the buyer was private equity and every nickel spent diminishes their IRR, option B was selected and so the private equity group paid $33.86/share....
...names on the combined group’s shopping list....
...The failed appeal in a 4-3 decision by the Strasbourg-based court is the latest twist in a nine-year battle by the 81-year-old Mr Soros to clear his name following his conviction in France in 2002....
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