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Payments startup Marqeta valued at over $17 bln in Nasdaq debut

Shares of Marqeta Inc (MQ.O), which provides payments services to customers including Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) and DoorDashInc, rose more…

4 years ago

Palihapitiya’s $16 mln bet on Clover worth $682 mln on Reddit rally

Serial dealmaker Chamath Palihapitiya's $16 million investment in the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that took Clover Health Investments Corp…

4 years ago

Supermarket groups Carrefour and Tesco to end purchasing alliance

French supermarket group Carrefour (CARR.PA) and its British peer Tesco (TSCO.L) said on Monday they would not extend a purchasing…

4 years ago

Ackman reinvents SPAC in Universal Music deal talks

William Ackman’s Pershing Square Tontine Holdings (PSTH.N) said on Friday it was in talks to buy 10% of Universal Music…

4 years ago

Global M&A surges to record high for third straight month

Global mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity hit a record high for the third straight month in May, driven mainly by…

4 years ago

ProSieben CEO: better off alone but open to merger interest

The chief executive of ProsiebenSat.1 Media (PSMGn.DE) said on Tuesday he was aware of the interest of international media companies…

4 years ago

Tech M&A in Asia at record high, main deal driver in the region -industry data

Mergers and acquisitions targeting technology companies have hit a record high in Asia Pacific, Dealogic data shows, and dealmakers expect…

5 years ago

U.S. SEC considering new rules to tackle SPACS, crypto tokens

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering new rules to protect investors amid a surge in the use…

5 years ago

After M&A boom via Zoom, dealmakers hit the road as COVID-19 subsides

Investment bankers' business of putting together mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has never been stronger. Neither has their fear of missing…

5 years ago

Germany’s biggest landlords agree $22 bln merger

Germany's two biggest listed landlords Vonovia SE (VNAn.DE) and Deutsche Wohnen have agreed to join forces in a 18 billion-euro…

5 years ago