The Paramount That Refused to Die Quietly: Skydance Steals the Show
Skydance's agreement to merge with Paramount and acquire National Amusements, told verbatim from the parties' July 7, 2024 press release.
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Full archive →The Fox Deal: Disney Buys the Studios, Spinoffs New Fox
Disney's $52.4 billion stock agreement to acquire 21st Century Fox's film and TV studios, told verbatim from the companies' December 14, 2017 press release.
Boeing Brings Spirit Back In-House
Boeing's $4.7 billion all-stock agreement to reacquire Spirit AeroSystems, told verbatim from the company's July 1, 2024 press release.
The Permian Super-Combo: ExxonMobil and Pioneer
ExxonMobil's $59.5 billion all-stock agreement to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources, told verbatim from the companies' October 11, 2023 press release.
The Operating System for the New Way to Work: Salesforce Buys Slack
Salesforce's $27.7 billion agreement to acquire Slack, told entirely through verbatim quotes from the companies' December 1, 2020 press release.
The Amazon–iRobot Deal: 'We Buy the Robot, Not the Market'
Amazon's $1.7 billion bid for Roomba maker iRobot and the European Commission's Statement of Objections that helped end it, told verbatim from the Commission's press release.
Chevron, Hess, and the Exxon Claim: 'The Prize Is Guyana'
Chevron's $53 billion agreement to buy Hess, told verbatim from the Chevron press release announcing it, with the later Exxon arbitration noted as context.
The UBS–Credit Suisse Rescue: 'It's Not a Negotiation, It's an Emergency'
The emergency merger that folded Credit Suisse into UBS in March 2023, told verbatim from FINMA's official announcement.
The Adobe–Figma Deal: 'It's a Creative Standards Opportunity'
How the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority reviewed Adobe's $20 billion acquisition of Figma, told verbatim from the CMA's official case page.
The Nvidia–Arm Deal: 'We're Not Building a Chip, We're Building the Ecosystem'
The FTC's December 2021 complaint to block the $40 billion acquisition of Arm, told verbatim from the commission's press release.
The OpenAI Boardroom Coup: 'I Love You All, and I'm Going to Destroy the Company'
OpenAI's November 17, 2023 leadership transition, told through the verbatim text of OpenAI's own announcement.
The Antitrust Revival: Inside the New War on Mergers
The DOJ Antitrust Division's own account of its renewed merger enforcement: the Google case, the 2023 Merger Guidelines, and the return of aggressive review.
The WeWork Collapse: 'Our Mission Is to Elevate the World's Consciousness'
The SEC registration statement that revealed the gap between WeWork's messianic public image and the financial reality that ended its IPO.
The JetBlue/Spirit Merger Blocked: 'We Can't Compete Without This Deal'
The DOJ's successful challenge to the JetBlue-Spirit merger, as told through the verbatim text of Judge William Young's findings of fact and conclusions of law.
'Funding Secured': The SEC's Case Against Musk's Tweet
The SEC's complaint in SEC v. Musk over the 'funding secured' tweet, told entirely through verbatim quotes from the September 27, 2018 filing.
The Binance Guilty Plea: The Largest Crypto Sanctions Resolution
The Justice Department's case against Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao, told through the verbatim text of the DOJ's November 21, 2023 press release.
I had no idea Brian was planning this
The SEC's June 2023 enforcement action against Coinbase, told through the verbatim text of the agency's complaint.
We did not secretly transfer $10 billion
The blurred line between FTX and Alameda Research, as described in the verbatim allegations of the SEC's complaint against Sam Bankman-Fried.
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