Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
OpenAI: Disney’s Billion-Dollar Partner
Disney announced a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI, a development that is likely to send shockwaves through the US creative industry.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
IBM Targets Confluent With $11 Billion Buyout
IBM agreed to acquire Confluent, a data streaming pioneer, for $11 billion. The buyout allows IBM to strengthen its AI platform and cloud offerings.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Moore Threads Goes Public As Chipmaker IPOs Surge
The lucky investors who got in on the first trading day of Moore Threads quintupled their money by the close.
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Digital By Design
Digitizing more than 80% of its retail banking services proved a timely strategic move for Sberbank, Russia's largest bank. During the pandemic, customers could access most banking services while socially distancing and the bank launched new services quickly that helped customers facing financial hardship and uncertainty.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Vodacom Takes Control Of Safaricom
South Africa’s largest mobile operator, Vodacom Group, announced that it will take control of Safaricom, East Africa’s biggest telecom, in a $2.4 billion transaction.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Bulgaria’s Looming Election Overshadows EU Membership
This year, Bulgarians will head to the polls. This election day will mark the eighth time since April 2021 that the Balkan nation has held parliamentary elections, securing its status as emerging Europe’s most politically volatile nation.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Coca-Cola Names New CEO
Henrique Braun “is an American citizen who was born in California and raised in Brazil.” He's also currently executive vice president and COO of Coca-Cola and will become the beverage giant’s new CEO effective March 31.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Lululemon’s McDonald Steps Down As CEO
Leisure and sportswear-maker Lululemon Athletica will start the year searching for a new chief executive, as CEO Calvin McDonald announced his departure during the company’s third-quarter earnings call in early December.
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Dividend Recapitalization Is On The Rise
Flush markets, easing rates, and shifting tax incentives are driving a rise in dividend recapitalizations—an increasingly popular way to reward investors ahead of potential market and regulatory changes.
Insurance
Hurricane Melissa Devastation Saddles Jamaica With Multi-Billion-Dollar Bill
Per the World Bank’s and Inter-American Development Bank’s estimates, $8.8 billion-worth of repairs from Hurricane Melissa amount to 41% of Jamaica's GDP.
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Japan’s New Finance Minister Walks A Fiscal-Policy Tightrope
Japan holds the world’s highest debt-to-GDP ratio. Satsuki Katayama must convince financial markets that new spending is both “proactive and responsible” while also reducing the debt-to-GDP ratio.
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AI, Tariffs Fuel Big Tech Layoffs
This year is on course to become one of the worst years of this century for job cuts, comparable only to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008 and 2009 and the year of the pandemic, 2020.
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Hong Kong Issues One Of The Biggest Digital Green Bonds
The Hong Kong government priced an approximately HK$10 billion ($1.3 billion) tokenized green bond offering. It is one of the largest digital bonds issued globally.