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Mergers & Acquisitions in a Tech-Driven World: How to Prepare Your Business

Sun Acquisitions

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, technology’s impact on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is profound and multifaceted.

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Non-GAAP Adjustments: Impact of Merger and Acquisition Activity on Performance Targets and Results

Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 27, 2024

Introduction One of the more complex issues when measuring performance for incentive plan purposes is how to consider the effect of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and the related transaction costs (M&A activity) on financial performance during the performance period. This post is based on their Pay Governance memorandum.

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Net Asset Method of Valuation of Shares: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide

RNC

MARCH 30, 2025

Accurate share valuation methods empower informed decision-making, whether its for mergers, acquisitions, investments, or even strategic business planning. It provides clarity in cases of liquidation, mergers, acquisitions, or where the company’s value is predominantly in physical assets rather than future earnings potential.

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Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge Says

NYT M&A

APRIL 17, 2025

The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.

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Elon Musk Says He Has Sold X to xAI

NYT M&A

MARCH 28, 2025

Musk said the deal valued xAI, his artificial intelligence start-up, at $80 billion, and X at $30 billion.

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Charlie Javice Found Guilty of Defrauding JPMorgan in $175 Million Acquisition

NYT M&A

MARCH 28, 2025

Federal prosecutors convinced a jury that Ms. Javice faked much of her customer list before selling her start-up, Frank, to the bank.

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U.S. Asks Judge to Break Up Google

NYT M&A

APRIL 21, 2025

The Justice Department said that the best way to address the tech companys monopoly in internet search was to force it to sell Chrome, among other measures.

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The Dispatch Buys SCOTUSblog, a Supreme Court Mainstay

NYT M&A

APRIL 23, 2025

The Dispatch, a right-of-center political news and commentary start-up, plans to keep the legal news website available at no cost. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Common Mistakes in Asset Valuation and How to Avoid Them

RNC

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Its a critical step in situations such as: Business transactions : Mergers, acquisitions, or sales. Asset valuation is the process of determining the monetary worth of tangible and intangible assets. Loan applications : Securing funding based on your asset value. Investment planning : Understanding the financial health of a company.

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Dollar Tree Is Selling Family Dollar for $1 Billion

NYT M&A

MARCH 26, 2025

Nearly 10 years after buying Family Dollar for about $9 billion, Dollar Tree announced it would sell the retailer to two private equity firms.

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U.S. Ban of TikTok Is Set to Deal a Major Blow to ByteDance, Its Chinese Owner

NYT M&A

JANUARY 17, 2025

While TikTok remains hugely popular in Brazil, Indonesia and other markets, its 170 million users in the United States are its most valuable.

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The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.

NYT M&A

APRIL 15, 2025

For the first time since the late 1990s Microsoft case, federal trials are weighing antitrust breakups, a tactic that harks back to Standard Oil.

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The U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.

NYT M&A

APRIL 15, 2025

For the first time since the late 1990s Microsoft case, federal trials are weighing antitrust breakups, a tactic that harks back to Standard Oil.

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Chinese Auto Giants Dongfeng and Changan Are in Talks to Merge

NYT M&A

APRIL 1, 2025

The state-owned automakers, longtime joint venture partners of Ford and Nissan, might combine operations as Beijing consolidates its sprawling car sector.

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Boeing Will Sell Its Digital Businesses for $10 Billion

NYT M&A

APRIL 22, 2025

The deal, with the private equity firm Thoma Bravo, will help the struggling aerospace manufacturer pay down debt and streamline its operations.

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The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy

NYT M&A

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

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S.E.C. Sues Elon Musk Over Twitter-Related Securities Violations

NYT M&A

JANUARY 14, 2025

Regulators filed a lawsuit in federal court stemming from Mr. Musks $44 billion purchase of the social media company now called X.

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U.S. Sues to Break Up Ticketmaster Owner, Live Nation

NYT M&A

MAY 23, 2024

Accused of violating antitrust laws, Live Nation Entertainment faces a fight that could reshape the multibillion-dollar live music industry.

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Comcast to Spin Off MSNBC, CNBC and Other Cable Networks

NYT M&A

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The new publicly traded company is set to debut next year, with a bundle of channels that also includes Oxygen, E! and Syfy.

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Elon Musk Leads Bid to Buy OpenAI for $97.4 Billion

NYT M&A

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The billionaire is leading a group of investors in the unsolicited offer, which complicates the start-ups plan to change its nonprofit status.

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U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI

NYT M&A

JUNE 5, 2024

The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry.

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Sony and Apollo in Talks to Acquire Paramount

NYT M&A

MAY 5, 2024

After letting exclusive talks with the movie studio Skydance lapse, Paramount’s directors met over the weekend and decided to negotiate with all the suitors.

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Volkswagen Will Invest Up to $5 Billion in EV Maker Rivian

NYT M&A

JUNE 25, 2024

VW and Rivian, a maker of electric trucks that has struggled to increase sales and break even, will work together on software and other technologies.

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Barry Diller Explores Bid to Take Control of Paramount

NYT M&A

JULY 1, 2024

Diller, a digital media pioneer, lost a bidding war for Paramount Pictures decades ago. Now, he’s making a run at its parent company.

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How Pet Care Became a Big Business

NYT M&A

JUNE 23, 2024

People have grown more attached to their pets — and more willing to spend money on them — turning animal medicine into a high-tech industry worth billions.

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Paramount’s Deal With Skydance Falls Apart

NYT M&A

JUNE 11, 2024

There were several hitches in the last week as Skydance, Paramount and its parent company, National Amusements, reached the final stages of negotiations.

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Greed, Gluttony and the Crackup of Red Lobster

NYT M&A

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

How missed opportunities, a $1.5 billion real estate deal, all-you-can-eat shrimp and the global pandemic sank the country’s largest seafood chain.

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7-Eleven Is a Hard Target for Couche-Tard to Land in Takeover Bid

NYT M&A

AUGUST 23, 2024

Convenience stores are a part of the country’s culture, meaning that the foreign buyout bid for 7-Eleven, the largest chain, could be a hard sell in Japan.

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Sony and Apollo’s Plan for Paramount: Break It Up

NYT M&A

MAY 8, 2024

CBS and other well-known properties would be sold if Sony and Apollo were able to buy Paramount. But the new owners would keep the movie studio.

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The Stranger in Seattle Gets a New Owner, With Plans for Expansion

NYT M&A

JULY 30, 2024

Noisy Creek, a new media company, has bought The Stranger and The Portland Mercury, two of the country’s best known alternative weeklies.

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Fox Acquires Company Behind Conservative and True Crime Podcasts

NYT M&A

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Tucker Carlson, Nancy Grace, Megyn Kelly and Piers Morgan are among the clients of Red Seat Ventures, which now joins Rupert Murdochs empire.

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U.S. Plans to Propose Breakup of Google to Fix Search Monopoly

NYT M&A

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In a landmark antitrust case, the government will ask a judge to force the company to sell its popular Chrome browser, people with knowledge of the matter said.

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‘Thunder Run’: Behind Lawmakers’ Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill

NYT M&A

APRIL 24, 2024

A tiny group of lawmakers huddled in private about a year ago, aiming to keep the discussions away from TikTok lobbyists while bulletproofing a bill that could ban the app.

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Meet David Hoffmann, the Florida Billionaire Buying Up Print Newspapers

NYT M&A

OCTOBER 21, 2024

David Hoffmann has already bought 5 percent of one of America’s largest newspaper companies. Now, he wants to control the whole thing.

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CNET Sold to Ziff Davis in Sign of Possible Media Deals to Come

NYT M&A

AUGUST 6, 2024

Its chief executive thinks more acquisitions are on the horizon. Ziff Davis is acquiring CNET for more than $100 million.

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Mars to Acquire Maker of Pringles, Cheez-It and Eggo in $36 Billion Deal

NYT M&A

AUGUST 14, 2024

Mars is acquiring Kellanova in one of the largest deals in the industry in years, creating a new global giant with a stable of well-known brands.

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A Trial Asks: If Grocery Rivals Merge, Do Workers Suffer?

NYT M&A

AUGUST 26, 2024

As Kroger seeks to acquire Albertsons, federal regulators argue that the biggest supermarket combination in history will hurt not only consumers, but workers as well.

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Albertsons Backs Out of Merger Deal and Sues Kroger After Court Rulings

NYT M&A

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The supermarket chain had tried to join forces with Kroger, but judges sided with federal and state regulators who charged that the merger would reduce competition.

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7-Eleven Gets Takeover Bid From Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard

NYT M&A

AUGUST 19, 2024

Japan’s Seven & i Holdings, which operates 85,000 stores, said it had received a bid from the Canadian convenience store chain Alimentation Couche-Tard.

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How the Google Antitrust Ruling May Influence Tech Competition

NYT M&A

AUGUST 6, 2024

Nearly a quarter-century after Microsoft lost a similar case, a judge’s decision that Google abused a monopoly in internet search is likely to have major ripple effects.

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How Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Became Tech’s Steely Eyed A.I. Gambler

NYT M&A

JULY 14, 2024

Microsoft’s all-in moment on artificial intelligence has been defined by billions in spending and a C.E.O. counting on technology with huge potential and huge risks.

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