Lauren Thomas
Lead M&A and Activism Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
M&A and Activism Reporter @WSJ. Previously @CNBC. Tar Heel. DMs open. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Lauren Thomas |John Keilman
A major Harley-Davidson HOG -4.30%decrease; red down pointing triangle shareholder is preparing to launch a fight to shake up the motorcycle maker’s board and quickly replace its chief executive in the face of deteriorating sales, according to people familiar with the matter.
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1 week ago |
jp.wsj.com | Lauren Thomas |John Keilman
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1 week ago |
jp.wsj.com | Lauren Thomas |Alexander Saeedy |Peter Rudegeair
xAIとの統合はX再建に向けた取り組みを締めくくった 1月、米金融大手モルガン・スタンレーのニューヨーク・オフィスに投資家の一団が集まり、ソーシャルメディア企業X（旧ツイッター）の売り込みを聞いていた。彼らはかつてウォール街が敬遠した債権を手に入れようと躍起になっていた。このイベントでは携帯電話の使用が禁止され、Xのリンダ・ヤッカリーノ最高経営責任者（CEO）らが短い発言を終えて退席するまで、聴衆は着席し続けるよう指示された。質問は受け付けられなかった。 銀行は30億ドル（約4360億円）相当の債権を額面1ドル当たり95セントで売る予定だったが、結局100億ドル以上をもっと高い価格で売ることになった。これは、Xのオーナーであるイーロン・マスク氏がドナルド・トランプ大統領と親密なことも大きく働いて、Xが広告主を呼び戻す能力があることを証明するものだった。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Lauren Thomas |Alexander Saeedy |Peter Rudegeair
Also underpinning the debt sale was the possibility that X would one day merge with a hotter, ascendant company, Musk’s xAI. In private meetings with Wall Street, X executives said there was a good chance that the social-media platform might eventually merge with Musk’s artificial-intelligence company, which makes the Grok chatbot. The billionaire has said he never lost money for investors, but for a long time it looked like he was going to with X.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Lauren Thomas |Alexander Saeedy |Peter Rudegeair
xAI merger capped social-media company’s yearslong turnaround pushA crowd of investors gathered at Morgan Stanley’s New York office to hear X’s sales pitch, eager to get a piece of debt that Wall Street had once shunned. Cellphones were a no-go at the January event and the audience was told to stay seated until X Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino and others had left the room after brief remarks—and without taking audience questions.
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