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SportsBOSTON, Mass. — Montreal built a five-goal cushion and held on to beat the Bruins 5-2 in Boston on Thursday night, snapping Boston's four-game win streak and sliding past the Bruins for first place in the Atlantic Division. The Canadiens had come into the night…
From Merger Monday
UFORCE, a defense-technology company founded in Ukraine, raised $700 million in a Series A round that values it at $6 billion, one of the largest private financings yet for a maker of battlefield drones. Valor Equity Partners and Britain’s state-backed National Wealth Fund co-led the round. The U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund,…
From Merger Monday
For most of this year, the question in deal markets was whether there was enough money. This week the question was price, and the people with the money answered it. Take Hancock Whitney’s $3.2 billion all-stock purchase of Trustmark. The board agreed to an 18.6% premium. By the close, Hancock Whitney’s…
From Merger Monday
Kinder Morgan Inc. and Southern Co. are moving ahead with a roughly $7.6 billion natural gas pipeline that would run 470 miles from Middle Tennessee to central Georgia, one of the largest gas infrastructure projects proposed in the Southeast, as landowners along the route begin receiving notices. The Southeast Connector is…
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