In a statement Okta Inc, an identity management company said, it has agreed to acquire Auth0, a smaller rival, for $6.5 billion in an all-stock deal. The development marks one of the largest software deals so far this year. The… Read More ›
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British lender NatWest switches to Mastercard debit cards from Visa
British lender NatWest is the latest UK retail and commercial bank to switch to issuing Mastercard debit cards from Visa, in an agreement that includes 16 million consumer and business customer cards. The development sees Mastercard, which has since long… Read More ›
Viagogo must sell StubHub’s business outside North America: Britain’s market watchdog
On Tuesday, Britain’s competition watchdog said, Viagogo would have to sell all of StubHub’s business outside North America following its findings after a probe that the deal would reduce competition in the secondary ticketing market in UK. In a statement,… Read More ›
Tehran must resume complying with the Iran nuclear deal before Washington: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday stuck to his stance that Tehran must resume complying with the Iran nuclear deal before Washington, which abandoned the pact under former President Donald Trump, would do so. Making his first public… Read More ›
Casino operator MGM Resorts makes $11 billion takeover offer for Entain Plc
On Monday, in a statement Entain Plc said, it has received a $11 billion bid proposal from U.S. casino operator MGM Resorts which significantly undervalued its business. In this latest transatlantic move which sees consolidation in the sector MGM Resorts’… Read More ›
Italian broadcaster Mediaset presses ahead with plan to create pan-European TV champion
On Monday, the CEO of Italian broadcaster Mediaset stated, it plans on creating a pan-European TV champion regardless of whether it can strike a deal to settle a dispute with its second-largest shareholder Vivendi. “We want to go ahead with… Read More ›
U.S. artificial intelligence-driven energy storage company Stem Inc to go public through SPAC
According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, Stem Inc, a U.S. artificial intelligence-driven energy storage company stated it is closing in to a deal to go public through a merger with blank-check acquisition company Star Peak Energy Transition… Read More ›
Britain must successfully trade deal with Canada by December 31, 2020: Liz Truss
On Thursday. British trade minister Liz Truss said, Britain is determined to enter into a trade agreement with Canada before the end of this year thus underscoring the notion that both countries could enter into subsequent agreements after securing this… Read More ›
Bayer’s $11 billion Roundup settlement provision rises by $750M
In a statement, German chemicals and pesticides giant Bayer stated, the costs of settlement over claims of its Roundup weedkiller which causes cancer, which it had initially placed at $11 billion, will go up further by $750 million. Although earlier this… Read More ›
Delta Air Lines reaches preliminary deal with pilot union to avoid furloughs
Late on Thursday, Delta Air Lines Inc said, it has reached a preliminary cost-cutting deal with the union that represents its pilots with the deal aiming to prevent furloughs until January 1, 2022. Delta MEC, a unit of the Air Line… Read More ›