: Global deal making hits $1.4 trillion amid blank-check IPO frenzy

Tech deals and blank-check companies are fueling a surge in mergers and acquisitions.....»»

Short-sellers have tripled their bearish bets against SPACs since the start of the year to $2.7 billion from $724 million, according to S3 Partners. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images More.....»»

SPACs are entering the space race. Two blank-check companies, formally known as special-purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, announced mergers Monday with space-focused startups. Each deal involved a local company. Spire Global Inc.., a San Fra.....»»

Big players explore acquiring rivals and going public through blank-check companies.....»»

Saudi Aramco shares jumped for a second day, with the oil giant's value hitting the $2 trillion mark that alienated global investors and potentially making further share sales abroad more difficult......»»

Saudi Aramco shares jumped for a second day, with the oil giant's value hitting the $2 trillion mark that alienated global investors and potentially making further share sales abroad more difficult......»»

Global bond yields rise Tuesday as hopes for a partial U.S.-China trade deal weighs on demand for government paper in the U.S., Europe and Japan......»»

Worldwide deal-making surged to the $2 trillion mark this week, adding to the all-time record pace already set this quarter, according to data from Thomson Reuters Deals Intelligence......»»

AT&T is narrowing .....»»

WeWork has agreed to go public through a merger with a Menlo Park-based blank-check firm led by Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur Vivek Ranadive that includes NBA great Shaquille O'Neal as an adviser. The deal isn’t expected to directly impact.....»»

Biden says "no one making under $400,000 will see their taxes go up," but the White House says families qualify. That still only hits the richest. President Joe Biden speaks about his $2 trillion infrastru.....»»

Ackman hoped his blank-check firm would find an acquisition target .....»»

Ackman hoped his blank-check firm would find an acquisition target by the.....»»

U.K-based Cazoo will list through a merger with billionaire hedge-fund investor Dan Och’s special-purpose acquisition company......»»

Sports-media outlet the Athletic is in merger talks with news startup Axios, according to people familiar with the matter, part of a plan to build a larger online-publishing company that could include going public through a blank-check firm......»»

Learning about financial market structure can make for sleep-inducing reading. But stock market plumbing became a topic of global interest earlier this winter amid an investing frenzy on social media. GameStop Corp.’s socia.....»»

WeWork has agreed to sell itself in a blank-check deal that will result in the shared office space provider becoming a publicly traded company almost two years after its initial public offering debacle......»»

US regulator opens inquiry into Wall Street"s blank check IPO frenzy.....»»

Entercom Communications Corp. has reached a long-term licensing agreement to perform all of the hit songs from songwriters and publishers represented by performance rights organization Global Music Rights (GMR). GMR was created in 2013 by music mogu.....»»

Billionaire investors and SPAC sponsor Barry Sternlicht said the market for the blank-check firms is "a little bit crazy" in a Wednesday interview. Billionair.....»»