WASHINGTON—Federal regulators proposed a bevy of new requirements for special-purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, and their takeover targets amid widespread concern that the vehicles skirt important investor protections. The Securities and Exchange Commission advanced a set of rules Wednesday that, if implemented, would make it harder for SPACs to raise money from investors and execute […]
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 […]
The turmoil in Chinese technology shares is damping the financial firepower Japan’s SoftBank 9984 -1.75% Group Corp. has for new investments, and prompting debate about whether it might sell some of its huge stake in Alibaba BABA -1.88% Group Holding Ltd. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index of US-listed Chinese stocks has declined 52% over […]
The turmoil in Chinese technology shares is damping the financial firepower Japan’s SoftBank 9984 -1.75% Group Corp. has for new investments, and prompting debate about whether it might sell some of its huge stake in Alibaba BABA -1.88% Group Holding Ltd. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index of US-listed Chinese stocks has declined 52% over […]
The turmoil in Chinese technology shares is damping the financial firepower Japan’s SoftBank 9984 -1.75% Group Corp. has for new investments, and prompting debate about whether it might sell some of its huge stake in Alibaba BABA -1.88% Group Holding Ltd. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index of US-listed Chinese stocks has declined 52% over […]
Alibaba Group Holding ltd. BABA -4.35% boosted its share buyback program to $25 billion from $15 billion, in a bid to reassure investors about the company’s prospects after a year in which its stock has fallen by more than half. The potential buybacks are substantial compared with the Chinese e-commerce giant’s market value: As of […]
Text size The S&P 500 saw its best week since November 2020 last week. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images The stock market slide Monday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated that the central bank could be more aggressive in lifting interest rates. Tea Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 202 points, or 0.6%, while the […]
US stocks declined and oil prices rose as investors reacted to new Federal Reserve commentary following major indexes’ strong finish last week. The S&P 500 traded down 0.6% in afternoon trading, turning lower after comments from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell about the possibility of more aggressive interest-rate moves to tame inflation. Treasury yield rose following […]
The top gambling regulator in Nevada on Thursday delayed MGM Resorts MGM -0.55% International stakeholder Barry Diller’s licensing after federal authorities launched insider-trading investigations into his share purchases of Activision Blizzard Inc. Nevada Gaming Commission Chairwoman Jennifer Togliatti in a public meeting ordered that Mr. Diller’s application to be in the casino industry undergo “further […]
Companies are unveiling plans to repurchase their own shares at a record pace, lending support to the battered stock market. Firms in the S&P 500 have outlined buyback plans valued at $238 billion through the first two months of 2022, according to data from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS 1.29% a high for this point […]
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