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...The Fox-News Corp situation draws an obvious parallel to that of rivals Viacom and CBS. They are both storied media empires that were split apart, only to be brought back together many years later....
...When Paramount was created by reunifying CBS and Viacom four years ago, the combined company generated $6bn in operating profits....
...Redstone’s father used his tax law training to concoct complex transactions including acquisitions of Viacom, Paramount Pictures and CBS....
...The decision by the San Diego-based maker of gene-sequencing machines comes after an order by Brussels in October to divest the unit as well as a separate lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission to block...
...Berkshire had struck a deal about six years ago to acquire an interest in Pilot Travel Centers, founded by billionaire James “Big Jim” Haslam II, patriarch of a powerful Tennessee family....
...Art heirs A Dutch panel ruled in 2007 to return a painting stolen by the Nazis to a Jewish family....
...He spent 18 months in jail until he was approved for parole by Park’s left-wing successor Moon Jae-in in 2021....
...A person close to the family pointed to pressing strategic questions — including whether there would be a fresh attempt to reunite Fox and News Corp — and predicted that potential predators would be scanning...
...by tomorrow, and a knack for annoying a lot of people....
...Musk’s X Corp — now Twitter’s parent — has sued Wachtell Lipton in a California state court in an attempt to claw back some of the previously undisclosed $90mn it was paid by the social media platform to...
...Whether or not it was his first choice, the merger plan rings eerily similar to the reunification of media conglomerates CBS and Viacom, worth $13bn today — less than half of the value of the separate groups...
...Warburg later merged CityMD with Summit Health, a network of medical practices with more than 370 locations in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Oregon, according to its website....
...have repaired the debt-laden balance sheet.Occidental has also sought to reposition itself as one of the sector’s leaders on climate, setting a target for net zero emissions by 2050, including from the...
...A probe by a team of forensic investigators at KPMG uncovered widespread governance and compliance issues last month, including evidence of “improper attempts” to influence the group’s decision-making by...
...“Obviously, it’s a higher risk than your standard business transaction,” said Jill Fisch, a professor of business law at the University of Pennsylvania....
..., formed by last year’s merger of Cabot Oil & Gas and Cimarex Energy....
...A recent challenge by US agencies to vertical mergers has been unsuccessful....
...That recalls Redstone’s attempts to chair CBS and Viacom even as he was reduced to communicating with an iPad with audio clips such as “yes”, “no” and “fuck you”....
...It is enough to rival Sumner Redstone, who tried to remain chairman of his media conglomerates, CBS and Viacom, when he could no longer speak....
...BT, which acquired EE five years ago, is hoping to stake a claim in that converged product category, ahead of its arch-rival Virgin Media's merger with O2 allowing it to do a similar thing....
...Even mergers blocked by previous regulators, like T-Mobile’s acquisition of Sprint, managed to get the green light from Delrahim....
...Whether or not Demchak has hit a hole in one with BBVA, he is a banker to watch — especially when it comes time for Dimon to pick a successor....
...But a crackdown by Chinese police, a money-laundering investigation and lockdown restrictions threaten to topple all that he has built....
...DHybrid Inc also sold fuel systems to Florida rubbish collector Waste Pro and Pennsylvania trucking company Birkmire Transportation Solutions....
...A second scoop to start: Germany’s Bertelsmann is in pole position to buy Simon & Schuster, outbidding Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp to strengthen its position as the world’s biggest books publisher....
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