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Monday, 24 January, 2022

Peloton Interactive Inc
Activist investor urges Peloton to fire chief and explore sale
Blackwells Capital seeks removal of John Foley after connected fitness group’s stock collapses
Thursday, 20 January, 2022

News in-depthTechnology regulation
‘Too big to be ignored’: Microsoft-Activision deal tests regulators
$75bn takeover agreed for gaming company seen as ‘ideal opportunity’ for agencies to flex muscle
Tuesday, 18 January, 2022

Microsoft Corp
Microsoft to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard for $75bn
Tech group looks to expand reach in gaming world with its biggest-ever acquisition
Sunday, 16 January, 2022

Mergers & Acquisitions
GSK and Pfizer hold out for £60bn bid for consumer health unit
Investors push for higher price or spin-off after rejecting Unilever’s £50bn offer
Thursday, 13 January, 2022

FT Magazine
Rocco Commisso bought a football club. Then the trouble started
The US cable billionaire purchased ACF Fiorentina for €170m. The emotional cost? He’s still counting
Thursday, 13 January, 2022

Mergers & Acquisitions
Blackstone nears $6.5bn deal to buy James Packer’s Crown casino group
US investment group raises bid as acquisition spree sends Australian M&A to record levels
Monday, 10 January, 2022

Games industry
Take-Two buys gaming group Zynga in $12.7bn deal
Company behind ‘Grand Theft Auto’ to take control of mobile games specialist that created ‘FarmVille’
Thursday, 6 January, 2022

Mergers & Acquisitions
New York Times agrees $550m deal for The Athletic
Lossmaking US sports website had initially sought as much as $800m for a sale
Friday, 31 December, 2021

Mergers & Acquisitions
3G Capital buys majority stake in Hunter Douglas for $7.1bn
New York-based investment firm enters new sector with deal for window coverings company
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Thursday, 30 December, 2021

Mergers & Acquisitions
Dealmaking surges past $5.8tn to highest levels on record
Private equity and Spacs fuel mergers and acquisitions activity as investment banking fees hit $157bn
Friday, 24 December, 2021

Selfridges & Co Ltd
Thai and Austrian groups buy Selfridges
Deal ends Weston ownership of UK-based department store after 20 years just as retailers face multiple challenges
Tuesday, 21 December, 2021

News in-depthUS financial regulation
New US-EU co-operation on competition policy raises boardroom alarms
Khan’s FTC appointment has ushered in a transatlantic alliance, says EU’s Vestager
Sunday, 19 December, 2021

Biotech
Biotech deals tumble to lowest in a decade over regulatory fears
Pharma executives say threats of tougher scrutiny put future of sector at risk
Friday, 17 December, 2021

Oracle Corp
Oracle nears deal to buy health IT company Cerner for $30bn
Acquisition of electronic medical records provider would push software group deeper into fast-growing sector
Thursday, 16 December, 2021

IPOs
TPG joins wave of private equity groups going public
Texas-based firm with $109bn in assets under management has weighed listing for a decade
Tuesday, 14 December, 2021

News in-depthPrivate equity
How an unknown buyout firm pulled off a $4.5bn deal with a novel structure
Former Lazard banker Antonio Weiss teamed up with Qualcomm to acquire Swedish auto parts group
Monday, 13 December, 2021

NSO Group Technologies
Israel’s NSO considering sale or shutdown of Pegasus unit
Military-grade spyware maker has faced scandals with product traced to high-profile phone hacks
Friday, 10 December, 2021

News in-depthLegal services
Faiza Saeed, the Cravath leader modernising a venerable law firm
The group has abandoned its time-honoured pay scale based on seniority amid a fierce war for talent
Monday, 6 December, 2021

Special purpose acquisition companies
US regulators probe Trump social media Spac deal
Blank-cheque company set to merge with former president’s start-up receives inquiries from SEC and Finra
Monday, 6 December, 2021

Lucid Motors
SEC investigates electric-car maker Lucid over Spac deal
Group is latest to face scrutiny after going public via merger with a blank-cheque company
Thursday, 2 December, 2021

Nvidia
US regulator sues to stop Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm
Federal Trade Commission case presents the latest hurdle to multibillion-dollar chip mega-deal
Monday, 29 November, 2021

Twitter Inc
Jack Dorsey resigns as Twitter chief executive
Parag Agrawal, social network’s chief technology officer, will replace co-founder as CEO
Tuesday, 23 November, 2021

Mergers & Acquisitions
Investment banks net more than $320m from sale of WarnerMedia to Discovery
Many of the same advisers collected hefty fees when AT&T bought company five years ago
Monday, 22 November, 2021

News in-depthInvestments2 min
Are investment groups killing US newspapers?
Today about half of America’s newspapers are controlled by private equity, hedge funds and other investment groups
Saturday, 20 November, 2021

Mergers & Acquisitions
Athenahealth close to being sold in $17bn deal
Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman set to acquire healthcare tech group off Veritas Capital and Elliott Management