M&A
Netflix’s Warner Bros Discovery bid is an antitrust drama without a villain
Expect lawyers to home in on the definition of ‘relevant market’ that best suits their argument
JD.com to buy stake in Hong Kong’s CCB Tower for HK$3.5 billion
Lai Sun Development has been seeking to offload assets to improve liquidity
IBM accelerates cloud drive with US$11 billion Confluent deal as AI demand booms
Confluent provides technology needed to manage massive, real-time data streams for artificial intelligence models
GIC, Brookfield buy Australia-listed National Storage Reit for A$4 billion
Singapore sovereign fund and the global alternative asset manager will pay A$2.86 per unit in cash
Trump warns Netflix-Warner deal may pose antitrust ‘problem’
The US president will be personally involved in the decision-making process
Warner CEO Zaslav poised to become billionaire from Netflix deal
[NEW YORK] Netflix’s US$72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery is a coup for stockholders, whose shares are being bought for more than triple what they were worth as recently as April.
Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery’s studios, streaming unit for US$72 billion
The deal will further tilt the power balance in Hollywood in favour of the streaming giant
Hepmil founders chose Publicis acquisition over fresh funding round, citing M&A risks
Karl Mak, the startup’s CEO and co-founder, says the team was not confident of executing its own mergers and acquisition deals
Paramount hikes Warner Bros breakup fee to US$5 billion
The parent of CBS has now made five bids in total
M&A boom fuels record decline in Japan’s listed companies
The number of firms trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is on track to drop by 58 to 3,778 by the end of the year
