Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
US IPO Market Picks Up Steam As Election Looms
Offerings are bouncing back, as the upcoming US election creates opportunities and risk. The US IPO market is seeing renewed...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Nippon Steel’s Global Strategy Dented By Rebuff
The Japanese giant is betting its growth plans on its U.S. Steel acquisition, but political opposition is derailing the effort....
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Taiwan: Mergers And Hostile Takeovers
CTBC Financial Holding’s bid to acquire smaller peer Shin Kong, which aimed to create Taiwan’s largest financial conglomerate and a...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Tupperware, Avon Lose Out To New Marketing Maestros
The recent bankruptcy declarations by Tupperware and Avon Products (API) demonstrate the weakness of a direct-seller model. Tupperware, the plastic...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Microsoft Taps Nuclear Power To Fuel Growing AI Demand
Microsoft is giving nuclear plant Three Mile Island a second chance to produce electricity. Until now, Three Mile Island was...
Technology
Africa: Remittance Startup Targets Fees
Benjamin Fernandes’ goal for the fintech startup he launched in 2018, NALA, was to speed up money transfers within his...
Technology
Standard Chartered Utilizes AI-Based Talent Marketplace
Standard Chartered is using an artificial intelligence-based Talent Marketplace, developed by New York-headquartered Gloat, to match employees’ skills with project-specific...
Technology
Intel In Crosshairs Of Apollo, Qualcomm
Apollo Global Management has expressed interest in buying Intel; industry heavyweight Qualcomm was earlier reported to be considering a takeover...
Technology
OpenAI Faces Competition From France, Japan
OpenAI continues to attract tons of venture capital, its accumulated take reportedly hovering at $6.5 billion most recently. And a...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
India Bails Out The Maldives
India last month extended the fiscally precarious Maldives a $50 million interest-free loan, helping stave off a potential default on...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Sports Betting: FanDuel Parent Wields M&A To Expand
Flutter, the Dublin-based parent of FanDuel, bought Italian gambling service Snaitech last month for $2.6 billion, hard on the heels...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Norway: Electric Car Ownership Outnumbers Gas Cars
In a global first, the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) said last month that electric vehicles (EVs) now outnumber gas-powered models...