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EQT tops Bundesliga media rights bidding at $14bn, trailed by CVC, Blackstone, and Advent

Private Equity Insights

EQT AB is leading the bidding as private equity firms compete for a stake in the media rights business of the Bundesliga, Germany’s main football competition, people with knowledge of the matter said. Deliberations are ongoing, and the private equity firms could revise their bids following further negotiations.

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How to Leverage the Gig Economy to Grow Your Small Business

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Bid on larger projects and take on more than one at a time. Those associates are profit centers -- just like your subcontractors can be. The secret to small business riches To truly elevate your small business, aim to become an entrepreneur in the fullest sense.

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Banks ramp up leveraged buyouts as interest rates fall

Private Equity Wire

Investment banks, which faced significant losses on risky merger and acquisition (M&A) loans due to a spike in global interest rates, are now aggressively returning to the leveraged buyout (LBO) market — one of the most profitable sectors in finance, according to a report by Bloomberg. Lending limits have also increased.

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Alphabet Stock Is Flying Higher After Its Q1 Results. Is It Too Late to Buy?

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The cloud business is also beginning to show some solid operating leverage as it scales up, leading to the segment's operating income increasing by 3.7x Alphabet is using it across its ad ecosystem to help with everything from targeting, bidding, creative, and measurement. to $900 million.

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Forget Occidental Petroleum -- Buy This Magnificent High-Yield Energy Stock Instead

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In 2019, the company bought Anadarko Petroleum, winning a bidding war with Chevron. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway even got involved, helping to finance Oxy's bid. However, the deal was very large, requiring the company to take on material leverage. That's where the story gets complicated.

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Better Artificial Intelligence Stock: Palantir Technologies vs. IBM

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The company has found success by leveraging AI with big data analytics for commercial applications beyond its traditional government sector focus. IBM PE Ratio (Forward) data by YCharts In this case, the market has bid up Palantir shares to an extreme earnings premium by pricing forward many of the positives in its outlook.

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Occidental Petroleum Could Soon Follow Exxon and Chevron by Making a Needle-Moving Acquisition

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Acquiring CrownRock would enable Occidental to further increase its scale in the region and leverage its existing position to reduce costs. An acquisition of CrownRock could enable its acquirer to achieve meaningful cost savings by streamlining development plans, leveraging existing infrastructure, and spreading costs over a larger position.