Lauren Hirsch
Reporter at The New York Times
Reporter at DealBook
Reporter for the @NYTimes. Formerly @CNBC @Reuters. @Cornell alum & @TuckSchool MBA. [email protected]
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4 days ago |
nytimes.com | Lauren Hirsch |Tiffany Hsu
The Federal Trade Commission has paved the way for the advertising giants Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group to complete a long-awaited $13.5 billion merger, after the companies agreed that they would not boycott media platforms because of the platforms’ political content. The agreement, detailed in a consent decree that the F.T.C. announced on Monday, is an unusual move by one of the nation’s principal antitrust regulators.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Lauren Hirsch
Nippon Steel has completed its acquisition of U.S. Steel, the companies said on Wednesday, more than a year after it was first announced. Soon after Nippon announced its plans to acquire U.S. Steel in December 2023, the company, based in Pennsylvania, a swing state in the presidential election, became part of a game of political football. The powerful United Steelworkers union pushed back against the deal, and President Joseph R. Biden blocked it over national security concerns.
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1 week ago |
seattletimes.com | Ana Swanson |Lauren Hirsch
WASHINGTON — To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan’s Nippon Steel agreed to an unusual arrangement, granting the White House a “golden share” that gives the government an extraordinary amount of influence over a U.S. company.
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1 week ago |
spokesman.com | Ana Swanson |Lauren Hirsch
WASHINGTON — To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan’s Nippon Steel agreed to an unusual arrangement, granting the White House a “golden share” that gives the government an extraordinary amount of influence over a U.S. company.
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1 week ago |
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Lauren Hirsch
TrendingYale University is attempting to sell off a substantial portion of its private equity holdings, potentially up to $6 billion, due to concerns about federal funding and disappointing returns. The university, a long-time proponent of private equity investments, is reportedly selling these assets at a slight discount after its endowment underperformed in the past year.
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The companies announced U.S. Steel/Nippon “partnership” in a very vaguely worded press release. Not much more clarity on the golden share. For sensitive deals, will 8-Ks become the real press releases to disclose actual deal terms?
RT @arappeport: What’s the Deal? Nippon’s Bid for U.S. Steel Becomes a Merger Mystery. w/ @LaurenSHirsch https://t.co/2rYD4RPqWo
RT @BenMullin: scoop: the FTC is in talks to approve a huge advertising merger on the eve of Cannes. The catch? It could prohibit the compa…