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New Space Force Program Boosts America's Smallest NewSpace Companies

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Forty companies in total offered to perform demonstration missions for Space Force, and nearly half of these companies made the cut, being named "prime contractors" that will be allowed to bid for future contracts under the HALO program. Most of the companies you've probably never heard of before -- but a few you might.

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Blackstone, Rialto, and CPP Acquire $1.2bn Stake in Signature Bank’s CRE Debt

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Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies and Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust partnered with Miami, Florida-based Rialto Capital and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to make the successful $1.2bn bid for the 20% interest in a joint venture set up by the FDIC to hold the failed bank’s $16.8bn in commercial real estate debt.

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Qualtrics private again with close of $12.5bn private equity deal

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Qualtrics, the software company behind an experience management platform used by thousands of companies such as Uber, Coca-Cola and Pfizer, has accepted a $12.5 billion all-cash offer from private equity firm Silver Lake and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). based subsidiary SAP America Inc.

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Will Blue Origin Buy Boeing and Lockheed's Space Venture?

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On the first question, although Blue Origin is a private company and so does not disclose its finances, it is owned and financed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Not knowing their identities, investors have no idea (1) whether they could afford a purchase price (which I've ballparked at $5.2 Blue Origin is different.

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Want a Decade of Growing Passive Income? Buy This Dividend Growth Stock and Never Sell.

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government will make a proposal for a technology or defense system (for example, a fighter jet) that private companies can bid on. Once these contracts are in place, they can last for many decades as the company builds, sells, and maintains these product platforms. Typically, the U.S

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Focus Group founders dial up £800m sale to private equity firm Hg

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City sources said on Wednesday that the transaction would value Focus Group at just under £800m including debt, making it the latest addition to the ranks of Britain’s private company unicorns – a reference to its new $1bn valuation. read more Blackstone-led consortium bids Haldiram Snacks at $8.5

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Garnett Station Partners, Authentic Restaurant Brands Will Add Fiesta Restaurant Group to Its Portfolio for a Value of $225m

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“The Special Committee and, ultimately, the full Fiesta Board of Directors, determined that this transaction delivers significant, immediate and certain value to Fiesta stockholders while providing Pollo Tropical the scale, resources and flexibility for continued success as part of a private company.”