Spirit and Frontier End Merger Agreement
Spirit shareholders had been resistant to a Frontier deal amid a bidding war with JetBlue. Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg News...
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Spirit Airlines to Again Delay Shareholder Vote on Frontier Deal
Spirit Airlines Inc. SAVE -1.93% will again postpone a shareholder vote on a merger with Frontier Group Holdings Inc. ULCC...
Startups Suffer Bleak Second Quarter
The number of U.S. startups going public has slowed to a trickle and fresh funding for such companies has dropped...
Spirit-Frontier Deal Backed by ISS
Listen to article(1 minute)Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. recommended Spirit Airlines investors vote for a proposed merger with...
Latam Airlines Cleared to Depart Chapter 11 Under Creditors’ Control
A bankruptcy judge approved a chapter 11 exit plan for Latam Airlines Group SA that puts $5.44 billion of fresh...
Cosmetics Maker Revlon Files For Chapter 11
Revlon Inc. filed for bankruptcy, potentially ending a decadeslong bet on the beauty products company by Ronald Perelman, its billionaire...
Chicken Company Foster Farms Sold to Private Equity Firm
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
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
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
After years of funneling cash into startups’ grand ambitions, Silicon Valley investors are engaging in the grim ritual of delivering...
For Tech Startups, the Party Is Over
A dizzying turn in technology-startup investing is undoing the fortunes of founders and investors riding a 13-year bull run.Highflying startups...
Millions of Americans Are Turning to Therapy, and Investors See an Opportunity
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
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
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
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
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
A consortium of private-equity firms including Elliott Management Corp. is in advanced talks to buy TV-ratings company Nielsen Holdings NLSN...
KKR Earnings Fall While Cash Available to Shareholders Hits New Heights
KKR & Co.’s fourth-quarter earnings fell as the change in the value of its investments lagged behind the broader market,...
Elliott and Vista Near Deal to Buy Citrix Systems
Elliott Management Corp.’s private-equity arm, Evergreen Coast Capital, and Vista Equity Partners are near an agreement to pay $104 a...
Software Provider Globalization Partners Gets Vista Equity Backing at $4.2 Billion Valuation
Globalization Partners, a software provider that helps businesses streamline the process of hiring employees internationally, has landed new backing from...
