Hints and tips:
...SoundHound had emphasised the chipmaker’s backing when it went public via a merger with a blank-cheque company in 2022. Nvidia declined to comment....
...After completing its most recent IPO, Riverside filed with the SEC to create four new blank-cheque companies simultaneously....
...Four of the five deals were Spacs led by Chamath Palihapitiya, the serial blank cheque company backer who also helped take SoFi public via the same route....
...Today it leans out over the water like a sailing ship tugging at the edge of the immense white stretch of sand – a blank canvas, waiting for the day....
...Just 28 blank-cheque companies listed in Emea in the first nine months of 2021, according to Refinitiv data, with Goldman and JPMorgan acting as bookrunners on four and seven deals, respectively....
...Except that the clue for 12 across is blank....
...Doyen of the genre was Nicholas Hilliard, whose miniatures of both Elizabeth and Dudley are exhibited alongside each other here....
...Investors in blank cheque vehicles are set for a liquidity boost of up to $75bn over the next six months as special purpose acquisition companies that went public at the height of a listings boom are forced...
...It makes it harder to challenge management,” said Nicholas Bloom, a professor at Stanford University. Personally, I don’t believe remote working is wholly to blame for SVB’s implosion....
...Andor is my favourite show of the year, but when I mention it to people, the usual reaction is a blank look and then, “And/Or? Is that the name?”...
...The US Air Force and Wall Street veteran has been known to write blank cheques....
...“We knew that we could get the most out of them,” said the Tate’s then director Nicholas Serota....
...Additional reporting by Nicholas Megaw in New York...
...Prices of meme stocks, cryptocurrencies, cannabis companies and blank-cheque vehicles known as Spacs have all tumbled as the air hisses out of the assets that encapsulated that furious rally, leaving no...
...Issuance has slowed down since a bumper first quarter, but a steady stream of blank-cheque companies — which raise money from investors then seek a company to acquire — have come to market through the final...
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...Additional reporting by Nikou Asgari and Nicholas Megaw...
...But it’s still pensive and pertinent, full of laugh-out-loud lines and beautifully acted in Nicholas Hytner’s witty and deftly modulated production....
...Redemption rates now reflect levels before the boom in blank cheque companies....
...A ‘buy now, pay later’ boom With giants like Visa and Mastercard still flush with cash and 49 blank cheque companies currently hunting for finance firms to take public, according to Dealogic, BNPL is unlikely...
...“Certain investors have historically had an allergic reaction to red ink in this country,” says Alex Chesterman, chief executive of Cazoo, which chose to go public via a blank-cheque company in the US rather...
...London has also lost out to Frankfurt and New York in the rush to attract so-called Spacs, or blank cheque companies, because of more favourable listing rules....
...In 2020, Saunders’ sculptural work was exhibited in Paris as part of a group show, “Drawing a Blank”....
...Paul Rodgers, chairman of payments trade body Vendorcom, said “even if we go to an 18 month or two-year plan, the time is still short [to prepare] . . . the industry would be foolish to see this as a blank...
...The company has spoken to bankers about the possibility of listing, and Mr Käärmann said he was encouraged by the recent boom in blank cheque companies, which raise money with a promise to acquire a business...
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