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馃摪 source: cnbc_topnews 路 馃捈 business virginia gov. abigail spanberger will intervene in nextera's $67 billion purchase of dominion energy, the first time a governor has stepped into such a case before the state corporation commission. the florida-based nextera agreed in may to buy dominion, creating the world's
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馃摪 source: cnbc_topnews 路 馃捈 business amd is buying taalas, a toronto startup that makes inference chips hardwired for single ai models rather than general-purpose gpus. taalas says its accelerators can run specific models thousands of times faster than a traditional gpu, at lower cost. amd declined to give a purchase price.
theguardian_business
馃摪 source: theguardian_business 路 馃捈 business the uk culture secretary lisa nandy has cleared paramoun's $110bn takeover of warner bros discovery, dropping her opposition after the company made concessions. nandy had surprised markets in june by referring the deal to regulators, but she has now signed off with conditions: channel
bbc_business
馃摪 source: bbc_business 路 馃捈 business easyjet agreed to a 拢5.7bn takeover by us firm apollo, after a rival bidder dropped out. apollo will pay 拢7.15 per share, beating castlelake's final offer of 拢6.90. easyjet is one of europe's largest airlines, with more than 19,
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馃摪 source: cnbc_topnews 路 馃捈 business apollo agreed to buy easyjet for $7.7 billion, taking the uk budget airline private, after rival bidder castlelake withdrew its plans. easyjet shares rose 3.1% on thursday afternoon in london, rebounding from an earlier 6% slide when castlelake said it wouldn't make
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馃摪 source: cnbc_topnews 路 馃捈 business reports that astrazeneca held merger talks with bristol myers squibb rattled pharma investors, marking a potential break from a decade of smaller bolt-on deals. shares slid monday but recovered after reuters quoted a senior source denying talks. ft and reuters reported preliminary discussions; cnbc hasn'
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馃摪 source: cnbc_topnews 路 馃捈 business bain capital agreed on thursday to acquire gong cha, the global bubble tea chain, from u.s. private equity firm ta associates. mbk partners, one of asia's largest private equity firms, was among the bidders but faced mounting regulatory scrutiny in south korea following
theguardian_business
馃摪 source: theguardian_business 路 馃捈 business astrazeneca's shares plunged 9% on monday after the ft reported preliminary takeover talks with bristol myers squibb, then recovered after reuters said discussions were off. neither company has commented, leaving shareholders in the dark about whether this was a serious move or a '
theguardian_business
馃摪 source: theguardian_business 路 馃捈 business a judge approved a rescue plan for tg jones, the former wh smith high street chain, but cast doubt on whether it can survive. mr justice hildyard called it 'an adventurous equity play' and said turnaround plans were more like 'generic aspirations'
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馃摪 source: cnbc_topnews 路 馃捈 business a consortium led by saudi arabia's public investment fund finalized the $55 billion acquisition of electronic arts. the deal includes private equity firm silver lake and affity partners, the firm led by jared kushner. ea confirmed the deal late tuesday, shares ceased trading and
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馃摪 source: cnbc_topnews 路 馃捈 business uber issued a third-quarter forecast for bookings and earnings that missed analyst estimates. second-quarter profit came in line with expectations: eps of 81 cents vs 81 cents expected, revenue at $14.19 billion vs $14.24 billion expected, up 12% from a year earlier. net income
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馃摪 source: cnbc_topnews 路 馃捈 business eli lilly crushed wall street's second-quarter expectations on wednesday, posting adjusted earnings of $8.38 per share on revenue of $22.97 billion, versus the $6.01 and $20.73 billion analysts had predicted. the company raised its full-year revenue outlook to $85-87 billion