Pranav Kiran

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Capital intensity will reprogram Big Tech values

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Pranav Kiran |Liam Proud |Jeffrey Goldfarb

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Big Tech is attempting the mother of all pivots. Although startups from Twitter to Instagram are renowned for remaking their businesses on the fly, none compares to the scale of the transformations underway at...
Capital One's deal disquiet puts rage in arbitrage

1 month ago | today.westlaw.com | Pranav Kiran |Jonathan Guilford |Stephen Gandel

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Merger arbitrageurs overplayed their Trump card. Hedge funds that bet on pending deals rapidly narrowed the gap between Discover Financial Services' share price and the value of a $35 billion takeover offer from...
Paul Weiss rewrites art of the deal under duress

1 month ago | today.westlaw.com | Pranav Kiran |Jennifer Saba |Jeffrey Goldfarb |Stephen Gandel

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - A good law firm knows how to close a deal. By that measure alone, the venerable corporate legal adviser Paul, Weiss has availed itself admirably in a clash with U.S. President Donald Trump. Attorneys caving into a...
Citi bonuses provide helpful how-not-to guide

1 month ago | today.westlaw.com | Pranav Kiran |Jonathan Guilford |Stephen Gandel

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Citigroup's latest innovation: pay without performance. On Tuesday, the third-largest U.S. bank said that top employees eligible to receive bonuses for cleaning up the error-prone lender's endemic issues would see...
Warring golf leagues could use a backroom deal

2 months ago | today.westlaw.com | Pranav Kiran |Jennifer Saba |Jonathan Guilford

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund-backed LIV Golf are stuck in a sand trap. The warring professional leagues announced a shock merger plan nearly two years ago. Yet negotiations have yet to make...
Trump trustbusters flash a clear M&A signal

Jan 31, 2025 | today.westlaw.com | Pranav Kiran |Jennifer Saba |Jonathan Guilford

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Everyone from the boss of Goldman Sachs to starry-eyed investors expects corporate matchmakers to enjoy a renaissance under President Donald Trump. After all, his predecessor's trustbusters subjected mergers to...
Congestion fees are practically a free lunch

Jan 24, 2025 | today.westlaw.com | Pranav Kiran |Robert Cyran |Jeffrey Goldfarb

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - The Big Apple is finally putting some ancient economic theory to good use. A new $9 fee on almost everyone driving into the busiest parts of Manhattan represents a welcome, albeit belated and inadvertent, homage to...
UnitedHealth lacks antidote for chronic anger

Jan 15, 2025 | today.westlaw.com | Pranav Kiran |Robert Cyran |Jeffrey Goldfarb

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - UnitedHealth Chief Executive Andrew Witty stated the obvious when he wrote last month that no one would design a healthcare system like the one in the United States. He neglected to detail how the medical goliath he...
Constellation mega-deal delicately orbits AI sun

Jan 10, 2025 | today.westlaw.com | Pranav Kiran |Robert Cyran |Jeffrey Goldfarb

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Reverse polarity is flowing into the electricity business. Exelon spun off Constellation Energy back in 2022 when prospects for nuclear power were dim, but artificial intelligence brightened them again. With such...
US Steel spat strengthens case for deal guardrails

Jan 7, 2025 | today.westlaw.com | Pranav Kiran |Peter Larsen |Jonathan Guilford

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - The steelmaker and suitor Nippon Steel are suing the government over President Biden's decision to nix their $15 bln tie-up. Overturning the ruling is a long shot, despite signs of transactional politicking. But...