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The Register: A Streaming Merger, Stars Hollow Returns and Bowie's 80th
After nearly a whole year, a bidding war and a lawsuit, Paramount and Warner Bros. have officially merged. Now comes the hard part—what to call the company. ParaBros. or Warnermount? While you're pondering that, Netflix remembers iconic…
Getty Images Files For Chapter 11 After Shutterstock Merger Collapses
Getty Images, the image licensing company whose library runs to hundreds of millions of assets, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The announcement came on Monday. The plan is to restructure and emerge as a private company by the end of the year…
Homes 'instantly refreshed' with Mrs Hinch's new B&M cleaning scent
B&M stores are selling a new 'fresh' scented range of products that start from as little as £2. The Woodland Wander range is part of a collaboration with the Instagram influencer Sophie Hinchcliffe, better known to her millions of online…
AI agent company Decagon held early M&A talks with ServiceNow, others
Buzzy AI agent startup Decagon could be the latest company swept up in a growing wave of AI dealmaking. The company, which was last valued at $4.5 billion earlier this year, has hired a bank to evaluate acquisition interest, according to people…
iOCO lifts profit 39% as it targets acquisitions
iOCO co-CEO Rhys Summerton. (Photograph supplied) JSE-listed technology services group iOCO, formerly known as EOH, increased profit after tax by 39% to R357 million for the year ended 31 July, as improved margins and lower finance costs boosted…
Bumble agrees to a $1.3B acquisition deal as online dating faces a reset
Bumble is getting a new owner. The dating app announced Tuesday that it has agreed to a $1.3 billion acquisition deal with Ithaca Holdings, marking a major shift for a company that once looked like one of the biggest success stories in online…
Kiwi broker Forsyth Barr chases new alliances in changing NZ market
The long-running rules of New Zealand's small but mighty investment banking scene, once dominated by Craigs and Jarden, are being rewritten in real-time after Australian firm Barrenjoey Capital Partners blindsided local players by crossing the…
Macquarie Capital infrastructure boss Tom Butcher out the door
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.
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Bumble to go private after $1.3B acquisition deal with Ithica Holdings
Bumble is set to delist and go private after a $1.3 billion acquisition deal with Ithica Holdings. Upon closing the transaction, Ithaca Co-CEOs Ravi Gupta and John Hegeman will become Co-CEOs of Bumble. They will partner closely with the dating…
Police hit car to stop it going wrong way on A1(M)
Duncan Leatherdale at Teesside Crown Court Police officers had to ram a fleeing car to stop the 'catastrophic consequences' of it driving the wrong way down a motorway, a court has heard. Banned driver Matthew Cannings-Kent, 27, reached speeds of…
Deloitte reviews errors in WA university merger analysis
Consultancy firm Deloitte is reviewing errors, which appear to have the hallmarks of artificial intelligence mistakes, in a government-commissioned economic analysis of a controversial proposal to merge three West Australian universities –…
Police hit car to stop it going wrong way on A1(M)
Police officers had to ram a fleeing car to stop the 'catastrophic consequences' of it driving the wrong way down a motorway, a court has heard. Banned driver Matthew Cannings-Kent, 27, reached speeds of 70mph in a 30mph zone before trying to join…
Getty Images is going private after failed Shutterstock merger
The stock photo company plans to file for bankruptcy as part of a restructuring deal. The stock photo company plans to file for bankruptcy as part of a restructuring deal. Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative…
KKR's Laser Clinics brings in new CEO as lenders mark down positions
KKR has thrown the kitchen sink at Laser Clinics Australia in hopes of giving it an attractive makeover, including franchisee buybacks, a board shake-up, negotiations for better lending terms, and plenty of external advice. Now, it's hoping a new…
Matt Latimore seeks $25m to float battery materials play
Coal king Matt Latimore is taking a short break from the black stuff to wade into battery materials with a new ASX-listed company. Latimore has hired stockbroker Petra Capital and law firm HWLE to raise $15 million to $25 million for M Battery…
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