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reuters.com - German media group Axel Springer eyes AI acquisitions
German media group Axel Springer eyes AI acquisitions
Reuters

BERLIN, June 9 (Reuters) - German media giant Axel Springer will establish a dedicated mergers-and-acquisitions team to look at firms specialising in artificial intelligence, CEO Matthias Doepfner said in an internal podcast to employees obtained…

reuters.com - Breakingviews - Brookfield gets some M&A help from Gulf friends
Breakingviews - Brookfield gets some M&A help from Gulf friends
Reuters

LONDON, June 9 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Brookfield Asset Management (BAM.TO) has won its payments race. The Canadian investment group's 2.2 billion pound bid for London-listed payments provider Network International (NETW.L) was enough to see off…

reuters.com - Milana Vinn - Exclusive: Online payroll vendor TriNet explores sale -sources
Exclusive: Online payroll vendor TriNet explores sale -sources
Reuters

June 9 (Reuters) - TriNet Group (TNET.N), an online payroll services provider with a market value of $5.8 billion, is exploring a potential sale of the company, according to people familiar with the matter. The Dublin, California-based company is…

ft.com - Starling Bank: fintech flies too close to heat of reality
Starling Bank: fintech flies too close to heat of reality
Financial Times

Private companies are learning about the pitfalls of illiquidity Receive free Starling Bank Ltd updates We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Starling Bank Ltd news every morning. Disposition effect encourages investors to…

vox.com - Sara Morrison - Biden's former antitrust adviser tees off on Big Golf's proposed merger
Biden's former antitrust adviser tees off on Big Golf's proposed merger
Vox

The golf world was rocked this week by news that the PGA Tour, Europe's DP World Tour, and Saudi Arabia's controversial LIV Golf plan to merge. Or, as the PGA Tour put it, “unify the game of golf.” PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan…

theglobeandmail.com - Opinion: Golf's big merger shows everything has a price - including our morals
Opinion: Golf's big merger shows everything has a price - including our morals
The Globe and Mail

Images are unavailable offline. Last week, at the PGA golf tournament he hosts every year, legend Jack Nicklaus was asked if the high-profile players who had bolted to the Saudi-backed LIV tour were missed. “I don't even consider those guys…

theguardian.com - What does the PGA-LIV merger mean for the future of golf? - video explainer
What does the PGA-LIV merger mean for the future of golf? - video explainer
The Guardian

The Guardian's golf correspondent, Ewan Murray analyses exactly what Saudi Arabian investment and influence means for the future of the sport…

nbcnews.com - Golf's PGA Tour and LIV merger is the latest power play by Saudi Arabia
Golf's PGA Tour and LIV merger is the latest power play by Saudi Arabia
NBC News

A blockbuster sports deal set to merge two rivals — the PGA Tour, an organizer of top-level professional golf tournaments mostly in the U.S., with LIV Golf, an upstart league funded by Saudi Arabia — stunned players and fans alike…

ft.com - Will Louch - Brookfield agrees £2.2bn acquisition of payment processor Network International
Brookfield agrees £2.2bn acquisition of payment processor Network International
Financial Times

Canadian investment group plans to combine business with former First Abu Dhabi Bank unit Magnati Receive free Brookfield Asset Management Inc updates We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Brookfield Asset Management Inc…

marketwatch.com - Steve Gelsi - Jefferies projects 'muted' Q2 for investment banking but sees 'green shoots' in M&A
Jefferies projects 'muted' Q2 for investment banking but sees 'green shoots' in M&A
MarketWatch

Jefferies analysts on Friday projected a continuation of “muted” trends in investment banking, although some encouraging signs are emerging in advising on corporate mergers and acquisitions. The comments suggested a drop in…

csemag.com - tmagna - Weekly merger and acquisition update: June 9, 2023 | Consulting - Specifying Engineer
Weekly merger and acquisition update: June 9, 2023 | Consulting - Specifying Engineer
Consulting - Specifying Engineer

This week Morrissey Goodale reported seven U.S. deals and four international deals involving companies from the United Kingdom, Norway and Ireland. Fast-growing engineering and consulting firm Universal Engineering Services (UES) (Orlando, FL) (ENR…

forbes.com - Jeff Fedotin - New Kansas City Chiefs Acquisition Drue Tranquill Has Impressed During OTAs
New Kansas City Chiefs Acquisition Drue Tranquill Has Impressed During OTAs
Forbes

The Kansas City Chiefs have spent their final week of organized team activities (OTAs) focusing on their AFC West opponents, including the Los Angeles Chargers. That team is down one valuable starter after the Chiefs signed Drue Tranquill, who…

forbes.com - Tom Coughlin - Semiconductor Trends And Continued Rumors Of Possible Kioxia And WDC NAND Merger
Semiconductor Trends And Continued Rumors Of Possible Kioxia And WDC NAND Merger
Forbes

SEMI reported that global semiconductor equipment billings increased 9% year-over-year to $26.8B in the first quarter of 2023, while quarter-over-quarter billings slipped 3%. Billings grew in North America and Europe QoQ while declining in Asia and…

medium.com - The Spartan Group - Founder Fridays: Venture Builder to Laser-Focused Building
Founder Fridays: Venture Builder to Laser-Focused Building
Medium

Tascha Punyaneramitdee shares about her entry into DeFi and the journey leading up to Stella. We started out as Alpha Finance Labs in 2020 and we later became Alpha Venture DAO as we started to incubate external DeFi projects, in addition to…

forbes.com - Edward Segal - Merger With LVI Golf Threatens PGA Tour's Image And Reputation
Merger With LVI Golf Threatens PGA Tour's Image And Reputation
Forbes

The headline-making announcement this week that the PGA Tour will merge with LVI Golf continues to reverberate throughout the sports world. The unexpected move poses major challenges for the tour that threaten to permanently damage its brand…

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