Business, Precious Metals

“Gold Miners Newmont, Newcrest Extend Takeover Talks by a Week”

“Talks to secure the biggest ever gold-mining deal will be extended after Newmont Corp. and Newcrest Mining Ltd. failed to reach a binding agreement in the time originally allotted… Newmont, the world’s biggest gold miner, made a non-binding offer to… Continue Reading…

Banking

[Banking] “First Republic’s dramatic slide continues, stock falls 35% as bank looks for rescue deal”

“First Republic ’s stock sank again on Wednesday as investors kept an eye on a potential rescue deal for the troubled regional bank. Shares were down more than 35% in morning trading, extending losses of nearly 50% on Tuesday. The… Continue Reading…

Banking

“Frank founder criminally charged with fraud over $175 million JPMorgan deal”

“The Justice Department on Tuesday criminally charged Charlie Javice, founder of college financial planning platform Frank, with defrauding JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million.  Javice, 31, is accused of “falsely and dramatically” inflating the number of customers Frank actually had… Continue Reading…

Business

“Duck Creek Technologies surges more than 30% after reaching takeover deal with Vista”

“Insurance tech company Duck Creek Technologies has reached a takeover deal with Vista Equity Partners, sending its stock soaring on Monday morning. Terms of the pact call for Vista to pay $19 per share in cash, or about $2.6 billion. Shares of… Continue Reading…

Business, Stocks

“Microsoft buys near 4% stake in London Stock Exchange as part of 10-year cloud deal”

“…U.S. tech giant Microsoft on Monday announced a 10-year partnership with the London Stock Exchange Group and took a near 4% stake in the U.K. bourse operator. The partnership involves next-generation data and analytics, as well as cloud computing products, according to a statement… Continue Reading…

Business

“Google, Oracle, Amazon and Microsoft awarded Pentagon cloud deal of up to $9 billion combined”

“The Pentagon said Wednesday that Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle received a cloud-computing contract that can reach as high as $9 billion total through 2028. The outcome of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability, or JWCC, effort is in line with the U.S. Defense Department’s effort to rely on… Continue Reading…

Cryptocurrencies

“Coinbase shares soar nearly 20% in boost from meme traders, BlackRock crypto deal”

“Shares of Coinbase soared on Thursday after the crypto exchange announced a partnership with BlackRock that will allow its institutional clients to buy bitcoin. Coinbase shares were last up by 25.2%. Earlier in the day they jumped as much as about 40%…… Continue Reading…

Business, Stocks

“Twitter shares sink after Elon Musk terminates $44 billion deal”

“Twitter shares sank in premarket trade Monday after Elon Musk said he is trying to terminate his $44 billion takeover of the company. Shares of the social media platform fell more than 6%, wiping nearly $1.8 billion off the company’s market value. Tesla, where Musk is… Continue Reading…

Business

“Broadcom announces plans to buy VMware in $61 billion deal”

“Broadcom will buy VMware in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $61 billion, based on the closing price of Broadcom common stock on May 25, 2022, the companies announced Thursday. The deal would be one of the largest technology acquisitions of all time, behind Microsoft’s pending $69… Continue Reading…

Business

“Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘cannot move forward’ until he has clarity on bot numbers”

“Elon Musk said his $44 billion purchase of Twitter will not move ahead until he has more clarity on how many accounts are fake. Twitter estimated in a filing earlier this month that fewer than 5% of its monetizable daily active users… Continue Reading…