Text size William Ackman Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for The New York Times A special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, sponsored by Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management, made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday in the largest initial public offering of blank checks. The offering …
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Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, the largest “blank check” company, went public on Wednesday, with more than $ 4 billion in his kitty to acquire a still-undetermined company, and has two years to choose a . Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd. PSTH.UT, + 7.97% is a special purpose acquisition …
Read More »Ant may be the biggest IPO in history, but it will overlook the US.
Text size Jack Ma Phillippe Lopez / AFP via Getty Images The US stock exchanges will not boast of what could be the largest initial public offering in history. Chinese financial technology giant Ant Group Co., which owns the mobile payment network Alipay, plans a dual listing in Hong Kong …
Read More »Amazon shares rise when Goldman sets new high street price target
Text size Ina Fassbender / AFP via Getty Images Shares of Amazon.com were trading strongly higher on Monday in a pair of bullish analyst notes as Wall Street raises expectations ahead of the company’s earnings report to be released on July 30. The company is an obvious beneficiary of both …
Read More »Nikola Stock could have a wild week ahead
Text size Courtesy of Nikola. Investors must prepare for volatile week of stock trading by heavy-duty fuel cell truck pioneer Nikola. Stock guarantees, issued in some of the transactions that eventually brought the company to the public markets, can now be exercised. Shares slumped on the news on Friday, but …
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