Reuters seeks finance/M&A reporter in Canada
Reuters Canada is looking for a dynamic correspondent to cover its financial services sector, which includes some of the world’s top banks as well as prolific dealmakers such as top-ranked global pension funds which are investing in everything from technology to infrastructure and energy project across the world. Canada’s struggling energy sector and mining industry […]
Moody’s leads in bidding for Dealreporter, Mergermarket parent
Credit rating agency Fitch has pulled out of the bidding for financial media firm Acuris, leaving rival Moody’s as one of the strongest contenders to win the more than $1.30 billion deal, reports Pamela Barbaglia of Reuters. Barbaglia writes, “The U.S. ratings agency is now vying with ION Trading – a software provider for electronic trading, pricing […]
WSJ names new M&A reporter, new JPMorgan reporter, new Heard columnist
Wall Street Journal financial editor Charles Forelle sent out the following announcement on Tuesday afternoon: Hi all, It’s so awesome to see our great people take exciting jobs and to welcome new great people to the Journal family. I am thrilled to tell you about these moves: Cara Lombardo is the new M&A reporter. Cara joined the […]
Mergermarkt hires Jiang as a reporter in Charlottesville
Mergermarket has hired Ethel Jiang to be a reporter in its Charlottesville, Virginia, office. She will cover deals in the Southeast and starts this week. Jiang has been a fellow at Business Insider’s Markets Insider site for the past eight months, writing three to six posts a day covering the latest stock movements, fun facts […]
Coverage: Centene is buying Wellcare for $15.3 billion
Health insurer Centene Corp. agreed to buy competitor WellCare Health Plans Inc. for around $15.3 billion, creating a giant in the business of managing government health programs. Anna Wilde Mathews and Allison Prang of The Wall Street Journal had the news: The move comes after the Trump administration recently renewed talk of striking down the Affordable Care Act. Centene is the […]
MLex seeks senior M&A reporter in DC
MLex is looking for a seasoned journalist to lead its mergers coverage in the U.S. The beat is to cover regulatory risk in mergers in the US, in particular covering DOJ and FTC reviews of major deals, but also seeking to get ahead of the procedural story through deep-dive analyses of the markets and case […]
News Corp, Axel Springer expected to bid for Mergermarket parent
Wall Street Journal parent News Corp. and Business Insider parent Axel Springer are among those expected to enter a bidding war to acquire Acuris, the owner of Mergermarket and Dealreporter, as an auction gets officially under way this week, reports Javier Espinoza and James Fontanella-Khan of The Financial Times. Espinoza and Fontanella-Khan report, “Acuris is considered an attractive asset […]
Tilak, Reuters’ M&A and corporate governance reporter in Canada, leaving to freelance
John Tilak, the Canadian M&A and corporate governance reporter for Reuters based in Toronto, is leaving the news organization to focus on freelancing. His last day is March 11. “In terms of next steps, I will focus on some freelance projects,” said Tilak in an email. “This would include writing, editing and providing media consulting […]
FT acquires controlling stake in Dutch-based tech news and events company
The Financial Times has acquired a controlling stake in TNW (The Next Web), an events and media company with a focus on new technology and startups in Europe, for an undisclosed amount. The move complements the FT’s recent investment in Sifted, a new media and data platform targeting Europe’s innovators and entrepreneurs, and the expansion […]
Coverage: Court rules in favor of AT&T/Time Warner deal
AT&T Inc. emerged victorious on Tuesday over the Trump administration’s drawn-out attempts to block its $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner as the U.S. Justice Department said it would not fight an appeals court ruling approving the deal. Diane Bartz and David Shepardson of Reuters had the news: The acquisition had been closely watched in political circles after […]
