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How AI Is Changing Vending Location Acquisition
Nick Cherkassky is the founder and CEO of Kitchen no More and Smart Vending Club, building the future of self-service food retail. When I started my first vending machine in New York City in 2022, I thought finding a location for my first machine…
M&A Impact Of Paramount-WBD Merger Will Be Felt Across Hollywood, Attorneys Say
Just days before the lawsuit was settled, the attorneys talked about the impact the litigation had on other transactions — and the talk it has generated about the future of Hollywood. Courtney Braun, chief legal officer for WME Group, said…
Block the Merger Coalition File Legal Request to Oppose Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal
A coalition of groups working under the Block the Merger banner have filed an emergency request to oppose Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery ahead of a court hearing in California this morning pertaining to the deal. The motion for…
Do You Have A Client Acquisition Strategy-Or Are You Winging It?
ABI Methodology founder Ewen Harris coaches professionals on how to build predictable growth through trust and client introductions. Ask most business owners how they win new clients, and you'll usually get a list: networking, advertising…
Ambassador cruise line targets German market with new ship acquisition
Ambassador Cruise Line has purchased an older ship from rival line Oceania as part of plans to expand into the German market. The cruise line has acquired Oceania Sirena and revealed plans to rename it Ambella under Ambassador Kreuzfahrten, a new…
H&M says more in-season buying paying off as sales edge higher
News from the City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. H&M has revealed its sales have edged higher in recent…
Jones Day's hiring spree continues with G+T energy partner
Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.
M&T Bank Corp. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors
Shares of M&T Bank Corp. MTB slid 1.72% to $219.58 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.75% to 7,706.03 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.68% to…
STB Keeps UP-NS Merger Alive, but Board Member Flags 'Lack of Transparency'
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) unanimously rejected three motions to dismiss Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern ‘s revised merger application. But the board's newest member used the moment to fire a warning shot across the railroads'…
KPMG strategy chief Dennis Krallis joins exodus
Resignations are flying like confetti at under-fire consultancy giant KPMG, with the firm's strategy chief defecting to run private equity-backed competitor, Synergy. Dennis Krallis was the person charged with implementing KPMG's response to the…
H&M Profit Beats Estimates on Tariff Refunds and Higher Margins
H&M's profit rose as refunds of US tariffs helped the Swedish fashion retailer offset a modest growth in sales. Hennes & Mauritz AB 's operating profit rose to 6.04 billion kronor ($609 million) in the three months through August, the company said…
Xbox's Restructuring Is A 'Reverse Acquisition In Slow Motion
Yesterday, Xbox announced the next stage in its ongoing major restructuring, consolidating several studios and laying off another 268 as it works its way toward a planned total of around 3200 job cuts in the space of a year. Halo has been handed…
SoftBank takes on junk-bond debt at record yields to fund OpenAI ambitions
Billionaire Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Group has pushed through one of the largest junk-bond offerings on record, dangling yields above anything it's paid before in an effort to fund its massive artificial intelligence ambitions. The company raised…
Healius poised to sell Agilex Biolabs to TPG-backed Novotech
Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.
David Jones' lender lines up advisers for early-stage insolvency prep
On Monday, David Jones chief executive Erica Berchtold said that the embattled department store giant had not told any of its landlords that it intended to close more stores, and “no landlord has asked me to close a store”. Cue…
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