Berkshire Hathaway ’s agreement to buy insurer Alleghany for $11.6 billion looks like an excellent deal for Berkshire, but only a so-so one for Alleghany. Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK. A and BRK. B...
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Berkshire Hathaway to Acquire Reinsurer Alleghany for $11.6 Billion
Text size Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy Alleghany shares for $848.02 a share in cash, or a tot...
Anaplan Stock Surges on Deal to Be Bought by Thoma Bravo for $10.7 Billion
Text size Photograph by Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Anaplan , a provider of business-planning software, agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm Thoma Bravo for $66 a share, or $10.7 billion. The offe...
Occidental Petroleum Stock Spikes. 3 Reasons for the Jump.
Text size Shares of Occidental Petroleum are up nearly 90% over the past 12 months. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Occidental Petroleum stock was rising sharply Monday. There are three reasons for the mov...
Occidental Petroleum Stock Spikes. Here Are the Reasons Why.
Text size Spencer Platt/Getty Images Occidental Petroleum stock was rising sharply Monday. There are three reasons why. First, oil prices were surging Monday on supply fears as the U.S. and its allies...
Oasis Petroleum and Whiting Are Close to Merging: Report
Text size David McNew/Getty Images Oasis Petroleum and Whiting Petroleum could announce an all-stock merger early this week, The Wall Street Journal reported. A combination of the rival North Dakota s...
Russian Banks Turn to China to Sidestep Cutoff From Payments Systems
Russian banks that have been cut off from global payments networks are turning to China’s state-owned UnionPay system as the country tries to sidestep boycotts by Western businesses for its invasion o...
Nvidia Calls Off Acquisition of Chip-Designer Arm. It’s Not a Surprise.
Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Shares of Nvidia fell in premarket trading Tuesday after the graphics chipmaker and Japan’s SoftBank agreed to call off Nvidia’s deal to buy microprocessor desig...
Apple, Not Amazon, Should Buy Peloton. One Analyst Explains Why.
Text size (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) It’s been reported that Amazon.com and Nike are weighing bids for Peloton Interactive . One analyst said he’s be surprised if Apple also wasn’t in t...
Benestar Brands Acquires Meat Snacks Company 4505 Meats For More Than $50 Million
Benestar Brands has acquired 4505 Meats 4505 Meats Salty snacks company Benestar Brands, which operates across the U.S. and Mexico, has acquired premium pork rinds producer 4505 Meats. Insiders estima...
AT&T to Spin Off WarnerMedia, Plans Deep Cut to Its Dividend
Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T said Tuesday it would spin off its interest in WarnerMedia following WarnerMedia’s merger with Discovery . AT&T (ticker: T) also said its board appr...
Visa Stock Is Rising After Earnings Report. May Break Away From Mastercard.
Text size Stock in Visa was up nearly 9% on Friday morning. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images Visa stock achieved its biggest bounce in nearly two years as investors responded to surprisingly strong financial ...
Is The Pandemic-Era Surge In Growth Equity Investing Sustainable?
Growth equity investments in digital-centric companies have further accelerated during Covid-19, following the brief initial freeze in global M&A and growth financing activity in early 2020. Even ...
Satellite TV Can’t Be Saved With a DirecTV-Dish Merger
Text size In some parts of the country where cable access is limited, Dish and DirecTV remain the only way to get pay-TV subscriptions. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg For 20 years now, Dish Network and rival ...
Zynga Stock Soars on Deal to Be Acquired by Take-Two for $12.7 Billion
Text size A bicyclist rides by the Zynga headquarters. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Shares of mobile gaming services company Zynga were soaring in premarket trading following the news that it will be ...
Xilinx Stock Slips as Takeover by AMD Pushed Back to First Quarter of 2022
Text size Photograph by Magnus Engo Xilinx shares were declining Friday after its acquisition by larger semiconductor rival Advanced Micro Devices was pushed into the first quarter of 2022. “While we ...
PayPal Stock Gets Downgraded, but Another Analyst Says Stay Patient
Text size PayPal recently suspended services in Russia. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images PayPal Holdings was the subject of debate on Wednesday, with BofA Securities downgrading the stock to Hold, while M...