Tag: Antitrust deal
Binance Ends Potential Deal to Acquire FTX
A deal for leading cryptocurrency exchange FTX has collapsed, as bigger rival Binance said it was pulling out after doing due diligence on the...
Twitter Locks Staff Stock Accounts In Anticipation Of Deal
Twitter has frozen equity award accounts for employees days ahead of the deadline to close its deal with Elon Musk, Bloomberg News reported on...
EU May Give Early Greenlight To Broadcom VMware Deal
US chipmaker Broadcom will seek early European Union antitrust approval of its proposed $61 billion (A$98 billion) acquisition of cloud computing company VMware by...
FTC OK’s Tractor Supply’s $320M Deal To Buy Rival After Lengthy...
Tractor Supply Company, the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, announced that it received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to close...
Microsoft Claims UK Watchdog Swayed Sony Bias On $69B Deal
This week Microsoft has accused UK’s competition watchdog of relying on “self-serving” input from rival Sony inits decision to probe the tech giant’s $69...
Apollo No Longer In Talks To Finance Twitter Deal
Apollo Global Management and Sixth Street, which both were set to provide financing for Elon Musk to buy Twitter, have backed out of those...
Spotify Acquires Kinzen, Firm That Helps Identify Harmful Content
Audio-streaming service Spotify Technology on Wednesday said it had acquired Kinzen, a firm that has helped it identify harmful content on the platform.
The acquisition...
B2B Payments Firm Billtrust Sold in $1.7B Deal
B2B payments company Billtrust has been sold to the investment organization EQT in an all-cash transaction that values Billtrust’s equity at approximately $1.7 billion.
According to a Wednesday (Sept....
JetBlue CEO Defends American Deal At Antitrust Trial
JetBlue Chief Executive Robin Hayes staunchly defended his company's alliance with larger rival American Airlines on Wednesday, denying the US government's allegations that the...
JetBlue CEO First Witness In DOJ Suit Against American Airlines Deal
JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes was the first witness in the trial in federal district court in Boston over the federal government’s antitrust lawsuit against...