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...Google is considering charging for new “premium” features powered by generative artificial intelligence, in what would be the biggest ever shake-up of its search business....
...CLSA’s John Seagrim suggested in a recent note to clients that “in theory, Toyota could launch a 31.5 per cent premium bid in Toyota shares . . . for [TIC] and it could pay for the entire acquisition in...
...The factors pushing management against London, according to people familiar with their deliberations, included a diminishing valuation premium over similar New York-listed insurers in recent years — and...
...Timothy Geithner, its chair, has said there currently is a “premium on diversification”....
...Apollo previously submitted a takeover bid of more than $26bn, which would have given shareholders a large cash premium to Paramount’s trading price, but it was rebuffed....
...The price is a 55 per cent premium to where Endeavor’s stock was trading in late October, when the sports and entertainment business led by Ari Emanuel said it was exploring strategic alternatives....
...Activist hedge funds often buy modest stakes in listed companies then strong-arm their targets into selling themselves at a premium....
...While Viavi’s offer represents a premium of more than 60 per cent to Monday’s close, the UK group was trading at that level as recently as last summer....
...While Capital One trades at 1.4 times tangible book value, it will pay 2.6 times for Discover, inclusive of a 27 per cent premium owed to shareholders. (American Express trades at 6 times book value)....
...They’ll talk about “harvesting illiquidity premiums” til the cows come home of course, but they’re actually willing to pony up for the lack of reported volatility....
...Anyone waiting for Boeing shares to recover their premium valuation had better be patient. One good read Reading old, busted-up scrolls with AI....
...However, its most advanced model, Gemini Ultra 1.0, will be offered as a chatbot, and integrated into the company’s suite of productivity tools such as Gmail, Docs and Sheets, through a premium subscription...
...This week, meanwhile, the FT reported that the company was working on adding a premium, paid-for “tier” of generative AI services to its search engine....
...Castore has raised roughly £150mn from a trio of investors, boosting the British premium sportswear maker’s firepower as it looks to expand its brand on the global stage....
...Entain’s management also drew criticism from investors for walking away from two takeover approaches from US gambling operators MGM Resorts International and DraftKings, that valued it at a premium....
...The market’s doubts about the probability of closing the deal are reflected in Discover’s share price, which on Wednesday closed well below the almost 27 per cent premium that Capital One has agreed to pay...
...Agency executives are betting that even if many jobs will be automated or replaced by AI, opportunities like this will command a premium....
...The Pixel is a premium phone priced $100 below the latest iPhone with software support that extends its lifespan. This is not what Google envisaged when it released its first Pixel phone in 2016....
...In particular, it has pioneered the practice of creative debt investing using life insurance premiums as a base....
...The private credit premium is simply compensation for doing all this work — “economic rent” in economist jargon. Hanig notes that the premium is larger for smaller loans....
...Under the terms of the deal announced on Thursday, Apollo will pay 65p a share in cash for TRG, which represents a premium of around 34 per cent to the stock’s last closing price....
...The roughly $7bn enterprise value on that deal — a multiple of about 13 times CAA’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation in its latest financial year — represented a considerable premium...
...It was pitched at a 70 per cent premium to the share price of the company a year ago when the bid was first made....
...It argues Disney should pay a premium given the significant potential cost and revenue benefits it could generate from integrating Hulu directly into Disney+. How much could Hulu be worth?...
...On a price to sales multiple SES’s valuation was at a substantial premium to peers and well above the gap applying to price to earnings multiples....
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