Credit & Capital

M&A

Barnes & Noble Education Rejects Several Offers from Bay Capital

The company rejected the acquisition offers due to the proposals being “low-value, highly conditional, and not credible.”

Debra Wallace
July 16, 2019
Credit

Consumers Boost Citigroup’s Second-Quarter Performance

The first major bank earnings report demonstrates consumers may be key to the second-quarter profits of the largest financial institutions.
Capital Markets

Survey Sees Cautious Investor Sentiment

Institutional investors and analysts express concerns on geopolitical tensions and a slowing global economy.
IPOs

AB InBev Scraps Mega-IPO of Asian Business

The offering had been expected to raise up to $9.8 billion but investors apparently balked at AB InBev's valuation of Budweiser APAC.
M&A

Diginex Takes Reverse Merger Route to Go Public

'Backdoor' listings have become a popular way for crypto firms to get into the public markets without the regulatory scrutiny of a traditional IPO.
IPOs

Virgin Galactic IPO Ready for Takeoff

Billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism company will merge with Social Capital Hedosophia to enter the stock market by the end of the year.
M&A

Piper Jaffray to Buy Sandler Boutique for $485M

The merger of the two investment banks puts them on "a stronger footing to compete for midmarket merger and acquisition assignments."
GAAP and IFRS

Goodwill Impairment Testing: Time to Revisit?

FASB’s invitation to comment on goodwill accounting lays out possible cases for doing away with or improving impairment testing.
M&A

Cisco to Buy Acacia Communications in $2.6B Deal

The acquisition will enhance Cisco’s portfolio of optical systems.
Risk Management

Calculate the Real Cost of Catastrophe

To protect against threats to corporate value, many companies rely too heavily on insurance coverage.
Credit

Deutsche Bank Slashing 18K Jobs as Part of Massive Restructuring

Deutsche Bank CEO: "Saying goodbye to Wall Street is absolutely the wrong assessment."
Credit

S&P Cuts Oracle Rating on Stock Buyback Worries

With Oracle's buybacks exceeding free operating cash-flow generation, S&P is concerned the company will be overleveraged.
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