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SportsPHOENIX, Ariz. — The Houston Rockets clawed all the way back from a 19-point first-half deficit Saturday night, but the trip home to Houston, Texas, comes after a 102-99 loss to the Phoenix Suns, who closed the game on a late burst from Devin Booker.…
From Merger Monday
Monday’s deal tape had a pattern. Nearly every buyer already owned a piece of what it was buying. Crédit Agricole holds 29.6% of Banco BPM and wants to reach about 45% by folding its Italian bank into the Milan lender, structured so that it never has to make a tender offer…
From Merger Monday
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has hired Mizuho Securities and BofA Securities to arrange its first yen-denominated bond sale since April, returning to a market where it has borrowed about twice a year to fund its Japanese investments. The planned benchmark offering of senior unsecured notes is expected in the near future, subject…
From Merger Monday
Onodrim Industries, an Amsterdam company that plans to buy and hold European defense and industrial suppliers, raised $300 million in a Series A round led by Lux Capital that values it at $1.3 billion, nine months after its seed financing. General Catalyst, Lakestar, Altimeter, Strike Capital, 137 Ventures, 8090 and Expeditions…
Politics
AUSTIN, Texas — Houston Democrat Senfronia Thompson told reporters at the Texas Capitol on Friday that she has lined up a majority of the Texas House behind her bid for speaker, putting the veteran lawmaker on track to lead the chamber when the next session opens in January. If she…
Politics
HOUSTON, Texas — Mayor John Whitmire signed a Friday executive order that resets when city officers may phone federal immigration agents, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pushed back the same afternoon, saying weaker local teamwork could put more federal officers on Houston streets. Under the revised Houston Police…
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