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Business, Real Estate

“London’s famed BT Tower sold to U.S. hotel group for $347 million”

“British telecoms group BT said Wednesday it had agreed to sell London’s iconic BT Tower — once an important piece of network infrastructure — to developer MCR Hotels for £275 million ($346.6 million). The 189-meter (620-foot) structure has loomed over the capital… Continue Reading…

Business

[Splunk] “…just sold for $28 billion”

“Michael Baum’s cybersecurity software company, Splunk, just sold to Cisco for $28 billion. It might have never even existed if Steve Jobs didn’t visit Drexel University in 1983…” https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/23/splunk-sold-for-28-billion-steve-jobs-inspired-co-founder-in-college.html Most of the article was not about the business itself so I… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“CEOs And Corporate Insiders Have Sold A Record $69 Billion In Stock In 2021”

“EDITOR’S NOTE: If you are looking to spot trends in the stock market, following what “CEOs and corporate insiders” do is a good place to start. In 2021, these finance mavens are having a fire sale and taking as much… Continue Reading…

Business

“Nikola’s Founder Has Sold $284 Million of Stock Since Fraud Charges”

“Nikola Corp.’s founder sold his biggest batch of shares since the U.S. charged him with securities fraud, bringing the total he’s disposed since August to $284 million… Trevor Milton offloaded 11.7 million shares worth about $131 million in a series… Continue Reading…

Banking, Business

“SoftBank Quietly Sells Another $2.2 Billion of Its Alibaba Stake”

“SoftBank Group Corp. quietly sold an additional $2.2 billion of its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. as part of the Japanese conglomerate’s fund-raising effort to pay down debt and buy back its own shares. The deal, which includes a… Continue Reading…

Economy

“The U.S. Treasury Just Sold 30-Year Bonds at a Record-Low Yield. Demand ‘Was Amazing.’”

“The U.S. Treasury sold $19 billion of long-term bonds with a record-low yield of 2.061% on Thursday. Not only that, but investor demand was the highest for any sale of a new bond since August 2014, according to Tom Simons… Continue Reading…

Real Estate

Real Estate: “America’s Priciest Listing Sells at Foreclosure Auction”

“Once listed for $1 billion, a 157-acre parcel of land in Beverly Hills known as the Mountain has sold at a foreclosure auction to its lender for just $100,000.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-priciest-listing-sells-at-foreclosure-auction-11566326719 This is a prime example of how the wealthy make… Continue Reading…