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EquiLend sold for a big multiple while U.S. mergers stalled

The $800 million deal may indicate a break in the clouds for the M&A market.

Fortune

Federal Trade Commission is investigating ExxonMobil's $60B deal to acquire a Texas oil company

Security filings show the Federal Trade Commission is investigating ExxonMobil’s $60 billion deal to acquire a Texas oil company, potentially one the largest energy industry mergers in two decades

The Independent UK

Alaska Airlines is buying Hawaiian Airlines. Will the Biden administration let the merger fly?

Alaska Airlines says it will buy Hawaiian Airlines for $1 billion

The Independent UK

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'Too permissive' merger rules eyed for reform

The federal government is taking a look at merger rules to ensure they are not weighing on competition and allowing firms to charge higher prices.

AAP

Giorgio Armani plans to control his fashion empire even in death with a succession plan that details everything from style to IPOs and mergers

The fashion billionaire has reportedly provided his six heirs with instructions on everything from appointing style directors to going public.

Fortune

Rare type of space explosion could leave Earth uninhabitable for 'thousands of years'

New research describes how a kilonova explosion triggered by colliding neutron stars could eradicate life on Earth for thousands of years. Thankfully, the odds are incredibly low.

LiveScience

Mergers and acquisitions are becoming more science than art as CEOs turn to AI for answers

27% of CEOs are already making significant use of artificial intelligence as a part of their M&A process, and nearly half are making initial forays.

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‘Determined not to repeat mistakes’: NSW government swears off regional school mergers

Labor has already announced the demerger of two ‘super schools’, accusing the previous Coalition government of ‘making a mess’

The Guardian - AU

Flying under the radar: Australia's silent and growing competition crisis

Australia has long had far less competition in consumer markets than the US.

The Conversation

The Biden Administration's Antitrust Changes Would Be Great for Bureaucrats—and Bad for Consumers

The guidelines would ignore decades of academic findings about how firm concentration can have a positive impact on consumers' welfare.

Reason

People are freaking out over a question mark seen in space. Scientists can explain

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a pair of actively forming stars. But many people are more curious about the tiny question mark visible toward the bottom of the frame.

WEKU

BAE Systems to buy US firm Ball Aerospace in $5.6 billion deal

One of the biggest UK mergers of the year was unveiled today as Britain’s top defence contractor BAE Systems said it had reached an agreement to buy US firm Ball Aerospace in a $5.6 billion (£4.4 billion) deal.

Evening Standard

In 6 years, I&B nod to 237 new channels, 28 channels transferred after mergers: Thakur in LS

The government has granted permission to 237 new TV channels over the last six years and to five TV channels in the financial year 2023-24. Due to mergers of companies, permission for 28 TV channels has been transferred over the last six years.

Newslaundry

New Study Reveals Large Firms' Role in Innovation

Megafirms create new technologies too!

Reason

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New Federal Merger Guidelines Hint: Maybe Just Don't Merge Anything at All

Plus: Authors demand compensation from A.I. systems, IRS whistleblowers speak out about Hunter Biden investigation, and more...

Roll Call

Biden versus fees: ‘Folks are tired of being played for suckers’ - Roll Call

Actions aimed at corporate mergers, apartment fees and the food industry are the latest Biden administration efforts to bolster consumers.

Multichannel News

Justice Department, FTC Propose Tough New Merger Guidelines

Regulators would look hard for instances of companies’ potential to buy up to monopoly

The Independent UK

Biden's White House is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees and food prices

The Biden administration is proposing new guidelines for corporate mergers, taking steps to disclose the junk fees charged by landlords and launching a crackdown on price-gouging in the food industry

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Gravitational wave lab LIGO roars back online to detect the oldest black hole collisions ever seen

LIGO has been upgraded to observe gigantic black hole mergers 5 billion light-years away.

Tribune News Service

A more aggressive FTC is starting to target drug mergers and industry middlemen

Under the leadership of an aggressive opponent of anti-competitive business practices, the Federal Trade Commission is moving against drug companies and industry middlemen as part of the Biden administration’s push for lower drug prices at the pharmacy counter.

WEKU

American Airlines and JetBlue must end partnership in the northeast U.S., judge rules

The ruling is a major victory for the Biden administration, which has used aggressive enforcement of antitrust laws to fight against mergers and other arrangements between large corporations.

Space

Violent origins of gravitational waves probed by new telescope array

The new BlackGEM array will hunt for black hole mergers and neutron star collisions, cataclysmic events that generate ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves.

PC Gamer

UK MPs question why the CMA blocked Microsoft's $68.7B Activision Blizzard deal, CMA says it won't be 'turning a blind eye to anti-competitive mergers'

"It would constrain how the market would evolve going forward."

The New Daily

Financial clout in the superannuation sector is changing

The superannuation world is splitting in two with big industry super funds increasingly dominating in terms of asset base

StockNews.com

Healthcare Consolidation: 3 Stocks That Saw Mergers and Acquisitions

The healthcare industry is expected to see increased M&A activity this year, fueled by ample cash reserves and private equity dry powder. Investors could take advantage of this trend by investing in fundamentally sound healthcare stocks UnitedHealth (UNH), Elevance Health (ELV), and CVS Health (CVS). Continue reading….

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