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Consortium to Buy Nielsen for $10 Billion
Consortium to Buy Nielsen for $10 Billion

Nielsen Holdings NLSN 20.31% PLC agreed to sell itself to a group of private-equity firms in a deal that values ​​the media-measurement company at around $10 billion, resurrecting a deal after talks fell apart last week. A consortium led by Elliott Management Corp.’s private-equity arm and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. agreed to pay $28 a […]

Ackman’s Pershing Square is back at Canadian Pacific.  Here’s what’s ahead
Ackman’s Pershing Square is back at Canadian Pacific. Here’s what’s ahead

A Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive pulls a train in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Monday, March 22, 2021. Alex Ramadhan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: Canadian Pacific (CP) Business: Canadian Pacific owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada and the United States. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and […]

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