Reporter at Bloomberg News @business covering M&A and IPOs. NYC via London. Man Utd fan. Views own. rgould21@bloomberg.net
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Sunday AM read on the state of play for M&A post-midterms with a crazy stat: More than half of all deals worth at least $50 billion and involving a US company over the past two decades have come under Trump.
It’s going to get… interesting. @business
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🚨 Back from my honeymoon to a big chips SCOOP: Marvell is in talks to acquire Lumentum, which makes optical components in data centers. Lumentum had a market value of $83 billion at today's close. @MichelleF_Davis @davidcarnevali @business $MRVL $LITE
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Confirmed: Marvell is buying Lumentum for an enterprise value of $115 billion, which makes this one of the biggest tech M&A deals ever. It's a massive bet on what the parties are calling "AI connectivity". $MRVL $LITE @business
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Hitting @TheTerminal just now:
*MARVELL TO BUY LUMENTUM IN ALL-STOCK DEAL
*MRVL TO BUY LITE AT 4.500 MRVL SHR/LITE SHR STOCK
Marvell strikes one of the biggest deals of the year, confirming our @business scoop last week!
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🚨 SCOOP: Thoma Bravo's Proofpoint is in talks to acquire cybersecurity firm Varonis. A deal could be announced as soon as the coming weeks; would be the first major software take-private since the SaaSpocalypse. $VRNS @business
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Breaking: Advent and Stripe have walked away from their pursuit of PayPal, per sources. A deal would have ranked among the biggest leveraged buyouts of all time. $PYPL @business
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Lot of talk about M&A "scoops" this week, so how about one:
*ANTHROPIC SAID IN TALKS TO BUY AI STARTUP DECART FOR $6 BILLION
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Confirmed: Delivery Hero says it's in advanced negotiations with Uber about a potential takeover. Any deal is likely to value Delivery Hero at more than €12 billion ($13.7 billion). $UBER $DHER @business
Food delivery sector about to get even more consolidated!
SCOOP: Uber is in advanced talks to acquire Delivery Hero, the German food-delivery company it's been courting over the past several months. $UBER $DHER @business
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SCOOP: Uber is in advanced talks to acquire Delivery Hero, the German food-delivery company it's been courting over the past several months. $UBER $DHER @business
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Baseball-related scoop ahead of tomorrow's All-Star Game: Rawlings Sporting Goods, the official supplier of game balls to the MLB, is in talks to change hands as its PE owner looks to sell its stake. At a $2B price tag, a home run for Seidler. @business
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✅ Confirmed: Qualcomm is buying Modular for $3.9 billion in stock, confirming @business reporting from Monday. Deal gives $QCOM a software layer that allows AI models to run across different chipsets. @LianaBaker
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Scoop! Roku, the $20 billion streaming platform, is in talks for a potential sale, sources tell us. $ROKU
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Some members of the billionaire Glazer family have been debating whether to sell their stake in Manchester United FC, after more than 20 years of ownership that has often been blighted by fan protest bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Real estate SCOOP: AvalonBay and Equity Residential are nearing a deal that will see two of the biggest real estate investment trusts by value combine. A transaction could be announced as soon as Thursday. $AVB $EQR
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🚨*US COULD OWN UP TO 90% OF SPIRIT AS PART OF $500 MILLION RESCUE
via @allyversprille, me and @rngould on @TheTerminal
Big alcohol scoop: French beverages giant Pernod-Ricard is weighing a deal for Jack Daniels maker Brown-Forman. $RI $BF.B @business @RuthsDavid @MichelleF_Davis @DNair5
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Shampoo scoop: German chemicals firm Henkel is nearing a deal to acquire Olaplex, the hair care brand that developed a cult following for its shampoos and other such treatments. $OLPX @business @DNair5
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