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PE-led consortium to take Hong Kong’s ESR Group private in $7.09bn deal

Private Equity Wire

A consortium led by private equity firms Starwood Capital Group and Warburg Pincus has made a HKD55.19bn ($7.09bn) bid to take Hong Kong-based real estate investment firm ESR Group private, according to a report by Reuters citing a company announcement on Wednesday. The offer represents a 55.7% The consortium stated that 51.2%

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Toshiba says $13.5bn takeover bid by JIP succeeds, set to go private

Private Equity Insights

The Tokyo-based company’s delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange would close a troubled decade at the firm, marked by scandal, crippling losses and clashes with activist shareholders that have slowed the company’s ability to innovate. Source: BNN Bloomberg Can’t stop reading? s successful tender offer for Toshiba Corp.

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1 Green Flag and 2 Red Flags for Aurora Cannabis Stock

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To be listed on the Nasdaq Composite , a business' shares must consistently meet the minimum bid price requirement of $1. But its stock hasn't been worth that much since before March of this year. 19, Aurora has 180 days for its shares to meet the minimum bid requirement, once again, or it will be delisted.

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Bain Capital buys Brazilian steakhouse chain Fogo de Chão in $1.1bn deal

Private Equity Insights

Prior to its sale, Rhone had explored re-listing Fogo de Chão’s shares on stock exchanges. read more Warburg, Kelso Make Bid for Femsa’s $5bn Envoy Unit Mexican Coca-Cola bottler Femsa is in talks to sell a US packaging and food services business to. However, it started exploring a sale instead as the U.S.

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Why Investors Had a Meltdown Over Virgin Galactic's Reverse Split News

The Motley Fool

Hence the investors' knee-jerk reaction: selling Virgin Galactic stock on news of the reverse split. Under New York Stock Exchange rules, stocks must maintain share prices of $1 or more, or risk getting delisted. NYSE doesn't want a bunch of penny stocks cluttering up its feed, you see. Because it kind of had to.

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Before You Buy the Invesco QQQ ETF, Here Are 3 Others I'd Buy First

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If you're looking for a way to invest in the biggest tech companies currently powering the stock market higher, you've likely considered investing in the Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ: QQQ). The exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracks the Nasdaq-100 index , which consists of the 100 largest stocks listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.

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Move Over, Walmart and Chipotle: Wall Street Has a New Stock-Split Stock

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Forward-stock splits are designed to make a company's shares more nominally affordable for everyday investors who may not have access to fractional-share purchases with their online broker. Meanwhile, reverse-stock splits aim to increase a company's share price to ensure it meets the minimum listing requirements on a major stock exchange.