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DraftKings Golden Nugget purchase could lead to ‘revenue uplift,’ CEO says
DraftKings DKNG, -16.43% has completed its purchase of Golden Nugget Online Gaming in the company’s latest move to boost revenue and lower costs. The acquisition was an all-stock deal worth roughly $4...
As Demand for Mental-Health Care Booms, Investors See Opportunities
Psychiatrists and psychologists once ran their own practices. Now the local therapist office could be controlled by a buyout king. Venture capitalists and private-equity firms are pouring billions of ...
Big Pharma Has Enough Cash to Buy All of Biotech. Why M&A Isn’t Happening.
Text size Late last year, Barron’s predicted a wave of deals, citing biotech companies’ cash holdings. Above, the plates used to print one-dollar bills. Alex Wong/Getty Images With biotech...
Alphabet Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat Bought Stock in Blackstone
Text size Blackstone headquarters in New York. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg Blackstone stock has slumped so far in 2022, and director Ruth Porat just bought shares of the private-equity firm on the open ma...
Warren Buffett Says Markets Have Become a ‘Gambling Parlor’
OMAHA, Neb.—As recently as February, Warren Buffett lamented he wasn’t finding much out there that was worth buying. That is no longer the case. After a yearslong deal drought, Mr. Buffett’s Berkshir...
Annaly Capital to Sell Middle- Market Lending Portfolio to Ares for About $2.4 Billion
Text size Ares currently has $314 billion assets under management, up from $25 billion in 2008. Dreamstime Ares Management Corp said Monday that it agreed to buy the middle-market lending portfolio of...
JCPenney owners offer $8.6 billion to acquire rival Kohl’s
The owners of JCPenney have made an offer to acquire archrival Kohl’s in a deal that could value the department-store chain at upwards of $8.6 billion, The Post has learned. Under the proposal, shoppi...
Activision Blizzard’s Earnings Miss. Investors Care More About Microsoft Merger.
Text size Microsoft announced plans to purchase Activision Blizzard for about $69 billion, or $95 a share, in January. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Activision Blizzard stock was dipping on Monday after...
Berkshire Hathaway Is Likely to Buy Alleghany. No Rival Bids Emerged.
Text size Alleghany’s noninsurance operations include a toy business and a steel fabricator. Dreamstime It looks like Berkshire Hathaway will succeed in buying the insurer Alleghany for $11.6 bi...
Warren Buffett Showed Tough Negotiation Skills in Alleghany Deal
Text size Warren Buffett Drew Angerer/Getty Images Warren Buffett is known as a tough negotiator, and that was apparent in Berkshire Hathaway ’s negotiations to buy the insurer Alleghany when the Berk...
Opinion: AMD will finally give investors its data-center data as business soars
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s data-center business will finally get its own spotlight. After reporting record sales Tuesday and predicting another record this quarter, AMD AMD, +6.25% Chief Financial ...