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Microsoft’s $69 Billion Activision Deal Wins E.U. Approval

The E.U.’s blessing flies in the face of negative decisions by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority.

May 15, 2023

Private Equity

The Infrastructure Surge: How Political Forces, Inflation, and Investor Appetite Converge

Congress has unlocked over $1.25 trillion in funding over the next ten years.

April 19, 2023

Technology

Illumina Ordered by FTC to Unwind $7B Grail Deal From 2021

Grail was spun off from DNA-sequencing giant Illumina in 2016 to develop a blood test to detect 50 types of early stages of cancer.

April 3, 2023

Financial services

Dry Powder Soars to $300B for Private Market Opportunities

Low valuations and high cash reserves could push the private market from deep freeze to red hot in the months ahead.

March 28, 2023

Healthcare

Icahn Blasts Illumina’s Board Over Grail Purchase

Icahn says Illumina’s board of directors “elected voluntarily to declare war on antitrust regulators” by closing the transaction before regulators cleared it.

March 24, 2023

Private Equity

Troubled $5.4B Tegna Deal Portends Dire Future for TV M&A

The decision is likely to chill further dealmaking in areas where the FCC holds sway.

February 28, 2023

Technology

Microsoft’s Union Ally Pushes FTC for Activision Merger Deal

The union has publicly cheered the deal as a breakthrough in an industry that has been hostile to organized labor.

January 5, 2023

Technology

Rogers’ $14.8B Shaw Deal Wins Canada Court Approval

The federal antitrust commissioner failed to prove that the deal would cause significant harm to competition in the industry.

December 30, 2022

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