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Comcast to Spin Off MSNBC, CNBC and Other Cable Networks

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

The new publicly traded company is set to debut next year, with a bundle of channels that also includes Oxygen, E! and Syfy.

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Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year

Mergers and Inquisitions

However, one common point across all the verticals is that IPOs are not common because there aren’t that many publicly traded sports teams, stadiums, or arenas. What about VIP ticket sales, apparel licensing, and media partnerships? A few smaller European football clubs also happen to be publicly traded (Ajax, Celtic, etc.).

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LIG Assets (LIGA) to Acquire Stargaze Entertainment, Inc. (STGZ) – With The Focus on Building Studios, Attractions, and Live Event Venues

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire – LIG Assets, Inc (OTC Pink: LIGA), a publicly traded sustainability-oriented holding company with a focus on sustainable housing, media, and logistic markets, has signed a significant Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to merge part of their media division with Stargaze Entertainment Group, Inc., (OTC

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Hopin, the struggling virtual conference unicorn, sells events and engagement units to RingCentral

TechCrunch: M&A

RingCentral, which competes with conferencing services like WebEx, Zoom and GoogleMeet, is publicly traded and has a market cap of just under $4 billion — ironically, significantly smaller than Hopin’s last private valuation. It will be using the new assets to further diversify its business.

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How Private Equity uses ‘Roll-up’ Strategies to Drive Investment Returns

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As one example, BrightView, now a publicly-traded company, developed as a roll-up of smaller landscaping businesses and has been owned at various times in the past by private equity firms including KKR, MDS, and Leonard Green, among others. To illustrate this point, let us consider the landscaping industry. and how our process works.

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The Rise of Hedge Funds: Exploring Their Impact on Financial Markets

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Market Liquidity Hedge funds are large and active players in nearly every financial market, including equities, publicly traded credit, options, futures, commodities, etc. Some of these impacts include market liquidity, risk and efficiency, and can be both positive and negative for financial markets. and how our process works.

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Is Private Equity Right for You?

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Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). To know if the buyside is right for you, let’s start with a textbook understanding of “What is private equity?” You can also check our various course curriculums for different careers (i.e.