PayPal's Board Bets on Turnaround After Stripe Bid Collapses
Stripe and Advent abandoned their $53B bid for PayPal after valuation disputes, sending PYPL shares down 12-16% in a single trading session.
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Contested and consequential deals: takeover bids, the antitrust cases brought against them, and the transactions large enough to reprice a sector.
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Hostile Takeover Bids Surge Across Finance and Media Sectors
Hostile takeover bids are surging across banking, media, spirits, cannabis and fintech, with Banca Generali eyeing a $10B Monte dei Paschi deal.
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Iowa, Montana Ask Supreme Court to Halt Paramount-WBD Suit
Iowa and Montana ask the Supreme Court to block a multistate suit against Paramount's $111B Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
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Iowa, Montana AGs Push Supreme Court on Paramount-WBD Deal
Iowa and Montana AGs ask the Supreme Court to block a Democratic-led antitrust suit over the $111B Paramount-WBD merger.
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Curaleaf Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Aurora Cannabis
Curaleaf's $4/share hostile bid for Aurora Cannabis signals a wave of cannabis industry consolidation as Aurora urges shareholders to hold firm.
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California AG Bonta Pulls Out of Paramount-WBD Talks
California AG Rob Bonta scrapped settlement talks with Paramount over the antitrust suit blocking its Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
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Bonta Cancels Paramount Settlement Talks Over WBD Merger
California AG Bonta abruptly canceled settlement talks with Paramount over the antitrust suit blocking its Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
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Paramount's $108B Hostile Bid for Warner Bros Explained
Paramount's $108B hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery highlights how hostile takeovers work and echoes past deals like Musk's Twitter buyout.
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Warner Bros. Discovery Board Rejects Paramount Skydance Bid
Warner Bros. Discovery's board again rejected Paramount Skydance's hostile bid, backing Netflix's rival offer instead.
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Paramount, Warner Discovery Deal Faces Antitrust Showdown
Paramount and California's AG meet to discuss settling the antitrust suit over its Warner Bros. Discovery merger amid political pressure.
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California AG: Paramount-WBD Deal Needs Structural Fixes
California AG Rob Bonta says settling the Paramount-WBD antitrust suit requires structural remedies as political pressure mounts.
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Curaleaf Launches Hostile Bid to Buy Aurora Cannabis
Curaleaf launched a hostile $4-per-share takeover bid for Aurora Cannabis, fueling talk of broader cannabis industry consolidation.
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