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WSJ News Exclusive | Marc Lore’s Food-Delivery Startup Wonder Is Valued at $3.5 Billion After Capital Raise

HS 14/06/2022

Wonder Group, a food-delivery startup led by Jet.com founder Marc Lore, has raised hundreds of millions of dollars to expand...

Prologis to Buy Duke Realty in $26 Billion Deal, Including Debt

HS 13/06/2022

Prologis will gain properties for its portfolio in key areas with the transaction, including Southern California, New Jersey, South Florida,...

Chicken Company Foster Farms Sold to Private Equity Firm

HS 08/06/2022

Foster Farms, a West Coast-based chicken company with $3 billion in annual revenue, has agreed to a takeover by private-equity...

WSJ News Exclusive | Kohl’s Enters Exclusive Talks to Be Sold to Vitamin Shoppe Owner

HS 07/06/2022

Kohl’s Corp. is in advanced talks to be sold in a deal that could value the department-store chain at roughly...

Adam Neumann’s ‘Goddess Nature Token’ Is the Future of Crypto—for Better or Worse

HS 04/06/2022

To understand the current state of Web3—that future version of the internet that proponents promise will be decentralized and better—it...

Silicon Valley Investors Give Startups Survival Advice for Downturn

HS 29/05/2022

After years of funneling cash into startups’ grand ambitions, Silicon Valley investors are engaging in the grim ritual of delivering...

Saudi Sovereign-Wealth Fund Buys Stake in Royal’s Investment Firm

HS 22/05/2022

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund bought a stake Sunday in a firm owned by billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal, further intertwining...

Melvin Capital to Close Funds, Return Cash to Investors

HS 19/05/2022

Melvin Capital plans to close its funds and return the cash to its investors, capping a stunning reversal for a...

For Tech Startups, the Party Is Over

HS 16/05/2022

A dizzying turn in technology-startup investing is undoing the fortunes of founders and investors riding a 13-year bull run.Highflying startups...

WSJ News Exclusive | Philip Morris International in Talks to Buy European Smokeless-Tobacco Rival

HS 09/05/2022

Philip Morris International Inc. PM 2.18% is in advanced talks to acquire Swedish Match SWMA -0.58% AB, according to people...

Millions of Americans Are Turning to Therapy, and Investors See an Opportunity

HS 08/05/2022

Psychiatrists and psychologists once ran their own practices. Now the local therapist office could be controlled by a buyout king.Venture...

WSJ News Exclusive | Bed Bath & Beyond’s Buybuy Baby Draws Buyer Interest

HS 22/04/2022

Bed Bath & Beyond has been exploring alternatives for Buybuy Baby. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Updated April 22, 2022...

WSJ News Exclusive | Blackstone Bets on Campus Housing With $13 Billion Acquisition

HS 20/04/2022

Blackstone Inc. agreed to buy student-housing owner American Campus Communities Inc. in a deal valuing the company at about $12.8...

Venture Powerhouse Sequoia Capital Names New Leader

HS 05/04/2022

Sequoia Capital named a new top leader, a rare transfer of power at one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture-capital...

Nielsen Rejects Roughly $9 Billion Takeover Offer From Private-Equity Consortium

HS 21/03/2022

Nielsen CEO David Kenny in 2019 Photo: Paul Miller/Bloomberg News March 20, 2022 9:33 pm ET Nielsen Holdings NLSN 2.17%...

WSJ News Exclusive | Consortium Including Elliott in Advanced Talks to Buy Nielsen Holdings

HS 15/03/2022

A consortium of private-equity firms including Elliott Management Corp. is in advanced talks to buy TV-ratings company Nielsen Holdings NLSN...

WSJ News Exclusive | Healthcare Realty Trust Nears Deal With Healthcare Trust of America

HS 25/02/2022

Healthcare Trust of America Inc., which owns and operates medical-office buildings around the country, is in advanced talks to combine...

KKR Earnings Fall While Cash Available to Shareholders Hits New Heights

HS 08/02/2022

KKR & Co.’s fourth-quarter earnings fell as the change in the value of its investments lagged behind the broader market,...

Citrix Systems to Go Private in Deal Valued at $16.5 Billion, Including Debt

HS 31/01/2022

Citrix Systems Inc. CTXS -3.81% will be taken private in an all-cash acquisition valued at $16.5 billion, including debt, making...

Elliott and Vista Near Deal to Buy Citrix Systems