Private Equity
First Read closes out the week with news that Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes calls for Facebook to be broken up, Uber priced at $45 per share, the low end of its range and investors suing JP Morgan may redefine the leveraged loan market.
1 min read · 10 May 2019
3 min read · 10 May 2019
1 min read · 09 May 2019
In Second Opinion, smartphone shipments hit a five-year low in North America, Kraft Heinz launches sale of its baby food unit and Chevron exits bidding for Anadarko, ceding victory to Occidental.
1 min read · 09 May 2019
Opportunity emerges at nexus of regenerative medicine, medical device segments
1 min read · 09 May 2019
Attempts to look into the future can conjure up images of a disturbing, even dystopian world, but observers of the private equity market offer a rather more reassuring picture. Technology will be important, but so too will human input
5 min read · 09 May 2019
First Read kicks off the day with news that Uber drivers go on strike in London and New York ahead of IPO, a House panel votes to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt, and Bitcoin hits $6000 for the first time since November.
1 min read · 09 May 2019
2 min read · 08 May 2019
In Second Opinion, Walmart is raising the minimum age to buy tobacco to 21, Uber is set to price its IPO at the midpoint of its target range or below and GM says it will invest $700 to create 450 jobs in three Ohio cities.
1 min read · 08 May 2019
Fundraising and investment activity in the region hit record highs in 2018 with €97.3bn of capital raised and €80.6bn of deals transacted, according to data from Invest Europe.
2 min read · 08 May 2019