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yahoo.com - Hamza Shaban - The SpaceX mega merger boosts the Musk trade
The SpaceX mega merger boosts the Musk trade
Yahoo!

What's better than two private companies run by Elon Musk? One even larger company on the edge of going public. That's the optimistic case for supercharging Musk's rocket firm SpaceX, with the acquisition of his AI startup xAI in a deal that values…

mediabistro.com - Media News - Vanderbilt Report: VisionWave's Strategic Acquisitions Position Company for Defense Market Expansion
Vanderbilt Report: VisionWave's Strategic Acquisitions Position Company for Defense Market Expansion
Mediabistro

SaverOne Deal Brings 30+ RF Engineers and Proven Technology While Milestone Structure Mitigates Integration Risk The Vanderbilt Report today published coverage on VisionWave Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:VWAV), highlighting the company's strategic shift…

townhall.com - George Landrith - When the IRS Rewrites the Rules, Trump's Goals for M&A Deals Become Threatened
When the IRS Rewrites the Rules, Trump's Goals for M&A Deals Become Threatened
townhall.com

America is a country that has thrived on businesses taking risks to innovate and grow through strategic mergers. Our nation's most iconic partnerships have been powerful drivers of undeniable economic growth and global competitiveness. Consider…

yahoo.com - Maham Fatima - TD Cowen Downgrades Sun Country Airlines (SNCY) to Hold Following Allegiant Merger Announcement
TD Cowen Downgrades Sun Country Airlines (SNCY) to Hold Following Allegiant Merger Announcement
Yahoo!

Sun Country Airlines Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCY) is one of the cheap hot stocks to invest in right now. On February 3, TD Cowen downgraded Sun Country Airlines to Hold from Buy and lowered its price target to $18 from $21. The firm indicated that…

theguardian.com - Guardian staff reporter - Greenwich and Kent announce merger to become UK's first 'super-university'
Greenwich and Kent announce merger to become UK's first 'super-university'
The Guardian

The universities of Greenwich and Kent have confirmed they have been given formal approval to merge into the UK's first “super-university”. The merged entity will be the third-largest higher education institution in the UK, the…

thenation.com - The Nation - Why Elon Musk's Latest Mega Merger Is Little More than Vaporware
Why Elon Musk's Latest Mega Merger Is Little More than Vaporware
Home 2/2 | The Nation

Bluesky After what were surely some very intense negotiations with himself, Elon Musk has decided to merge his rocket company SpaceX with his AI and social-media company xAI in what amounts to a $1.25 trillion tie-up. Combining two of his companies…

independent.co.uk - Jasmine Norden - UK's first 'super-university' to be created under merger
UK's first 'super-university' to be created under merger
The Independent

The universities of Greenwich and Kent have formally secured approval to merge, establishing what they describe as the UK's inaugural 'super-university'. This new entity is poised to become the third-largest higher education institution in the…

coinpedia.org - Debashree Patra - Bitwise Expands Into Staking With Chorus One Acquisition
Bitwise Expands Into Staking With Chorus One Acquisition
Coinpedia Fintech News

Bitwise Asset Management has announced the acquisition of Chorus One, a major institutional staking services provider, marking a strategic expansion into on-chain yield generation. As per the report, the deal brings Chorus One's staking…

bbc.co.uk - Danielle Kaye - Netflix struggles to defend Warner Bros merger at US Senate hearing
Netflix struggles to defend Warner Bros merger at US Senate hearing
BBC

Netflix struggled to reassure sceptical lawmakers that its proposed $82bn (£61bn) takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would benefit consumers, workers and the broader entertainment industry. On Tuesday, members of the US Senate antitrust…

theguardian.com - Jeremy Barr - Netflix co-CEO grilled by US senators over Warner Bros Discovery merger
Netflix co-CEO grilled by US senators over Warner Bros Discovery merger
The Guardian

Netflix co-chief executive Ted Sarandos faced tough questioning over whether the streamer is “overwhelmingly woke” or killing competition on Tuesday afternoon during a congressional hearing focused on its pending acquisition of the…

ttnews.com - Keiron Greenhalgh - Heartland Express Q4 Loss Widens on Fleet Merger Charge - TT
Heartland Express Q4 Loss Widens on Fleet Merger Charge - TT
Transport Topics

The carrier's Q4 operating revenue totaled $179.4 million in the most recent quarter, compared with $242.6 million in Q4 2024. (Heartland Express) Heartland's $19 million impairment tied to its fleet consolidation drove a larger quarterly loss and…

cnbc.com - Lora Kolodny - Muskonomy' shakeup: SpaceX valuation approaches Tesla's after merger with xAI
Muskonomy' shakeup: SpaceX valuation approaches Tesla's after merger with xAI
CNBC

Following the acquisition of xAI, SpaceX is valued at $1.25 trillion, just 26% below Tesla's current market cap. On paper, Musk now derives more of his net worth from SpaceX than from Tesla. SpaceX has plenty of hurdles to overcome before Musk can…

techdirt.com - Karl Bode - Trumpland Ramps Up Attacks On Netflix Warner Brothers Merger To Help Larry Ellison
Trumpland Ramps Up Attacks On Netflix Warner Brothers Merger To Help Larry Ellison
Techdirt

So we've been noting how the Trump administration has been helping Larry Ellison wage war on Netflix's proposed merger with Warner Brothers. Not because they care about antitrust (that's always been a lie), but because they want Larry Ellison to be…

dailymail.co.uk - Jo Tweedy - Middle-class shoppers brand new M&S 'most beautiful supermarket
Middle-class shoppers brand new M&S 'most beautiful supermarket
Mail Online

Store is one of 20 M&S Food shops to be opened or revamped across the capital READ MORE: Is that designer? No, it's M&S! How high street giant won back shoppers with 'dupes' of high-end brands Impressing middle class shoppers is notoriously tricky…

thestar.com.my - Akash Sriram - Musk's mega-merger of SpaceX and xAI bets on sci-fi future of data centers in space
Musk's mega-merger of SpaceX and xAI bets on sci-fi future of data centers in space
The Star Online

Feb 4 (Reuters) - Seventy-five years ago, the idea of ‌harnessing the power of the skies was little more than fantasy spun by futurists like Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov. Elon Musk's mega-merger of his companies xAI and SpaceX this week…

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