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Maksim Labkouski Alternative asset manager TPG Inc. (NASDAQ:TPG) has agreed to acquire a unit of software provider Forcepoint from P-E firm Francisco Partners for $2.45B, in a deal that could be announced as soon as Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. TPG reportedly is buying is Forcepoint’s government cybersecurity business, known as Forcepoint G2CI, which focuses on government and critical infrastructure customers, primarily U.S. government and federal agencies. Francisco Partners would retain a minority stake in the unit and continue to own and manage Forcepoint’s commercial cybersecurity business as a separate entity, according to the report. TPG (TPG) has…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices dipped in early Asian trade on Monday as investors tread cautiously ahead of fresh economic data from top consumers the United States and China this week, while expected crude supply cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia supported the market. futures fell 22 cents, or 0.3%, to $78.25 a barrel by 0107 GMT, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $73.57 a barrel, down 29 cents, or 0.4%. “Oil…
Info via Reuters without further details at this stage: More than a dozen Chinese mutual fund companies announce fee cuts on certain productsManagement and custodian fees to be cut in roughly 1,500 China mutual fund products starting Monday This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com. Source link
MADRID (Reuters) – At least 300 people who were travelling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands have disappeared, migrant aid group Walking Borders said on Sunday. Two boats, one carrying about 65 people and the other with between 50 and 60 on board, have been missing for 15 days since they left Senegal to try to reach Spain, Helena Maleno of Walking Borders told Reuters. A third boat left Senegal on June 27 with about 200 people aboard. The families of those on board have not heard from them since they left, Maleno said. All three…
Recommended by Daniel Dubrovsky Get Your Free Equities Forecast The second quarter brought with it a solid performance from the US Dollar as it outperformed most of its major counterparts. Notable gains were seen against the Japanese Yen and Australian Dollar. Meanwhile, the British Pound held its ground as the Euro was able to fend off pressure from the world’s most liquid currency.Financial markets began to focus back on hawkish expectations from the Federal Reserve. By the beginning of July, any hopes of a rate cut from the central bank this year were priced out. In fact, from June 1st…
iQoncept Despite a disappointing start to 2023, the healthcare sector has several promising industries waiting to outperform this year, Goldman Sachs said in a recent report after the bank concluded its annual healthcare conference in Dana Point, California, last month. The event, held for the 44th time with the participation of more than 200 companies, provides a snapshot of mid-year sentiment in the healthcare sector. Healthcare stocks in the S&P 500 have lost ~5% this year, becoming the third worst-performing sector in the benchmark index. According to Asad Haider, head of Goldman’s healthcare research, the sector recorded one of the…
© Reuters. (BTC) will suck in “all prosperity gains” in future and leave behind those who have no exposure as a result, a new prediction says. In a Twitter thread on July 8, investor Luke Broyles delivered a bold vision of how Bitcoin would become “society’s base money.”Bitcoin supply dynamics data. Source: Luke Broyles/TwitterBTC Regional Year-over-Year Supply Change annotated chart. Source: Glassnode/TwitterContinue Reading on Coin Telegraph Source link
Parradee Kietsirikul New U.S. guidelines proposed for regulators to review mergers and acquisitions have the potential to add months to a deal review, and companies and private equity firms may incur significant new costs. Last month, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice released a proposed revised Hart-Scott-Rodino filing process, that would require companies and investment firms to submit additional information that the agencies hadn’t previously requested, according to the proposed rules released on June 27. This would mark the first change to the HSR filing process since it started 45 years ago. It generally takes about one…
The investigative work of independent blockchain sleuth ZachXBT has been cited in a class-action lawsuit in Canada against Boneheads, an alleged $3.1 million nonfungible token (NFT) rug pull. Tweeting on July 7, ZachXBT highlighted that lawsuit as he reiterated accusations that the Boneheads team “quickly disappeared and spent the mint funds on BAYCs [Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs], luxury goods, and other items never fulfilling the roadmap.” Continue Reading on Coin Telegraph Source link
MON: Riksbank Minutes, Bank of Israel Announcement, Chinese Inflation (Jun), Norwegian CPI (Jun), Chinese New, Yuan Loans (Jun)TUE: EIA STEOWED: BoC Announcement, RBNZ Announcement, German CPI Final (Jun), UK Jobs Data (May/Jun), German ZEW Survey (Jul), US CPI (Jun)THU: ECB Minutes, BoK Announcement, OPEC MOMR, IEA OMR, EU-Japan summit, UK GDP (May), US PPI final Demand (Jun)FRI: US University of Michigan Prelim. (Jul), German Wholesale PriceNOTE: Previews are listed in day-orderRiksbank Minutes (Mon):June’s meeting saw a 25bp hike as expected and guidance for further tightening ahead alongside a step up in the pace of bond sales. All measures which were…