Tag: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
Twitter Nears a Deal to Sell Itself to Elon Musk
Update, 3:05 p.m. Eastern time, April 25: Elon Musk struck a deal to buy Twitter for roughly $44…
Elon Musk Details Plan for $46.5 Billion Twitter Takeover
Elon Musk on Thursday said he had commitments worth $46.5 billion to finance his proposed bid for Twitter…
Elon Musk Races to Secure Financing for Twitter Bid
Elon Musk is racing to secure funding for his $43 billion bid to buy Twitter.Morgan Stanley, the investment…
Apollo Said to Be Weighing Participating in Twitter Bid
The private equity firm Apollo Global Management is considering participating in a bid for Twitter by offering debt…
What Is a ‘Poison Pill’ Defense?
On Friday, Twitter countered Elon Musk’s offer to buy the company for more than $43 billion with a…
Twitter Counters Elon Musk’s Takeover Bid With a Poison Pill
Twitter unveiled its counterattack against Elon Musk on Friday, using a strategy invented to repel corporate raiders in…
Now That Elon Musk Has Offered to Buy Twitter, What Happens Next?
Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter at a valuation of about $43 billion. Here is what will…
Elon Musk, After Toying With Twitter, Now Wants It All
Should Twitter put such a measure in place, Mr. Musk could take his bid directly to shareholders with…
New Era Begins at Warner Bros., Back Toward Its Entertainment Roots
“Success is about creative talent, in front of the screen, and behind the screen, and fighting and fighting…
Spirit Airlines will weigh JetBlue’s takeover offer against its planned merger with Frontier.
Spirit Airlines said on Thursday that it would enter talks with JetBlue Airways about a bid to combine…
Bidding War for Spirit Could Undercut Power of Four Big Airlines
When the dust settled on a big round of airline consolidation nearly a decade ago, four large companies…
Discovery Closes In on Acquisition of WarnerMedia
Discovery, the medium-size media company that began as a small cable network in 1985, is on the brink…