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The End is Near For Activision Blizzard – InsideArbitrage Friday Wrap

  • October 13, 2023

FRIDAY WRAP

Our list of curated tweets for the current week

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Special Situations

Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal has been approved by UK regulators


More good news for Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard


ExxonMobil confirms it's buying US shale company Pioneer in an all-stock transaction valued at $59.5 billion


National Western Life Group to merge with Prosperity Life Group in a $1.9b all-cash deal


Genetron Health Entered into Definitive Merger Agreement for Going Private Transaction


Kontron To Acquire Bsquare For $1.90 Per Share


Broadcom's purchase of VMware expected to get China approval soon


California AG says he may sue to stop Kroger from buying Albertsons


At Oct 12 iRobot $IRBT special meeting stockholders approved the amended #merger agreement with Amazon.


$nwli added some below 479.


$MANU Jim Ratcliffe Leads Race to Invest in Manchester United


Adding some $cpri. No insight into if HSR expired, did a pull and refile or got a second extension.


PGT Innovations rejects acquisition offer from Miter Brands at $33/share


LL FLOORING CONFIRMS NON-BINDING PROPOSAL FROM LIVE VENTURES


On $DG management change

 


Apogee Enterprises increased the existing share repurchase authorization by 2 mln shares


Paypal $PYPL Share Repurchase Machine


Lockheed Martin Corporation $LMT authorized an additional $6 billion share repurchase program


Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. this week unveiled its strategic growth plans, emphasizing sustainable profitability and innovation


$LW increases the company’s share repurchase authorization to $500M


Investing

Still thinking about that Todd Combs interview from earlier this week.


If you paid 20 times for a business that was compounding the economic value per share;


Birkenstock IPO’d today at a ~$8B valuation


Birkenstock’s shares opened trading 11% below their price in the company’s $1.48 billion initial public offering


Everyone ogling over openAI 1B revenue should remember the vast majority is from dad in Redmond.


Walmart customers taking GLP-1 drugs are spending more in total with Walmart, even as their food spend is down slightly.


The U.S. Economy

2nd month in a row of elevated core inflation (3.9% annual rate in Sep), following 2 good months