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Yale’s Endowment Selling Private Equity Stakes as Trump Targets Ivies
Yale University’s famed endowment has been trying to offload one of the largest portfolios of private equity investments ever in a single…
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Acquisitions and Divestitures
Business
Thrive Capital Creating Vehicle for Serial M&A
Thrive Capital has bet big on artificial intelligence, including emerging giants of the field like OpenAI and Databricks. Now the venture…
Business
Why Antitrust Breakups of Google and Meta Could Be Difficult
The last time the courts seriously weighed the wisdom of breaking up a giant technology company was a quarter-century ago, after Microsoft…
Business
The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.
The last time the courts seriously weighed the wisdom of breaking up a giant technology company was a quarter-century ago, after Microsoft…
Business
What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?
In 2012, when Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, cut a $1 billion check to buy the photo-sharing app Instagram, most people…
Politics
How Trump’s TikTok Negotiations Were Upended by China and Tariffs
Last Wednesday, the Trump administration believed it had a plan to save TikTok. ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner, along with some of its…
Politics
With TikTok Deadline Looming, Details of a Potential Deal Emerge
Two days before a deadline for TikTok to be sold to a non-Chinese company or otherwise face a ban in the United States, a deal has not yet…
Business
Capital One Deal for Discover Clears Justice Dept. Hurdle
Capital One cleared a significant obstacle to its proposed acquisition of Discover Financial Services after the Justice Department told…
Business
Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S.
Amazon has put in a last-minute bid to acquire all of TikTok, the popular video app, as it approaches an April deadline to be separated…
Politics
How Trump Could Make Larry Ellison the Next Media Mogul
For decades, Larry Ellison reveled in being the Silicon Valley executive who really knew how to have a good time. He spent as much as $200…
Politics
Trump Set to Meet With Top Aides to Decide TikTok’s Fate
President Trump plans to meet with top White House officials on Wednesday to discuss a proposal that could secure TikTok’s future in the…
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Chinese Auto Giants Dongfeng and Changan Are in Talks to Merge
Two of China’s biggest state-owned automakers are in advanced discussions to merge, in a deal that would create a formidable manufacturer…
Business
Blackstone Considers Small Investment in TikTok
The private equity giant Blackstone is weighing taking a small stake in TikTok ahead of an April 5 deadline set by President Trump for the…
Business
Elon Musk Says He Has Sold X to His A.I. Start-Up xAI
Elon Musk said on Friday that he had sold X, his social media company, to xAI, his artificial intelligence start-up, in an unusual…
Business
Charlie Javice Found Guilty of Defrauding JPMorgan in $175 Million Acquisition
Charlie Javice, who made big headlines in 2023 when JPMorgan Chase accused her of faking her start-up’s customer list, was found guilty in…
Business
Dollar Tree Is Selling Family Dollar for $1 Billion
Dollar Tree is selling the Family Dollar brand to two private capital firms for just over $1 billion, the company announced on Wednesday…
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TikTok Ads Portray App as Force for Good as US Ban Looms
In an emotional advertisement running on Facebook and Instagram over the past month, a young woman, Katie, talks about being diagnosed…
Business
Robert Denham, Lawyer Who Steered Companies Through Crises, Dies at 79
Robert E. Denham, a mergers-and-acquisitions lawyer who was known for parachuting into imperiled companies and splintered board rooms and…
Politics
Trump and Paramount Seek Mediator for CBS News Lawsuit
Lawyers for Paramount and President Trump have agreed to appoint a mediator in his $20 billion lawsuit against CBS, according to two…
Business
Joann, 80-Year-Old Crafts and Fabrics Retailer, Will Close All Stores
Joann, the fabrics and crafts retailer that has supplied quilters, seamstresses and school projects for 80 years, announced that it would…
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Ken Rosenthal, Founder of Panera Bread’s Forerunner, Dies at 81
Ken Rosenthal, who opened a bakery cafe in the St. Louis area, with sourdough bread as its star, and built it into a small chain that…
Business
Berkshire Posts Gain in Profits, Boosted by U.S. Treasury Holdings
Warren E. Buffett, the famed investor known for his enthusiasm for undervalued stocks and businesses, is feeling bullish these days about…
Politics
One Month into the Trump Presidency
The good, bad and puzzling Corporate leaders and investors expected a bit of volatility to accompany President Trump’s second term. In…
Business
Amazon Gains Creative Control Over the James Bond Franchise
The British family that has steered the James Bond franchise for more than 60 years, zealously protecting the superspy from the…