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Silver Lake nears deal for First Advantage -sources

Private equity firm Silver Lake is nearing a deal to acquire First Advantage that could value the background checks provider at more than $1.5 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Silver Lake declined to comment. First Advantage and its owner, Symphony Technology Group (STG), did not respond to requests for comment. …read more […]

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Hedge funds were short bitcoin going into this downturn, CFTC report show

Some hedge funders out there appear to have made a strong bet shorting the bitcoin market over the past week, data from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission shows. The post Hedge funds were short bitcoin going into this downturn, CFTC report show appeared first on The Block. …read more […]

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Japanese hotel group Unizo gets six new buyout offers

Japanese hotel operator Unizo Holdings said on Sunday it had received six more buyout offers at a price competitive with an existing $1.6 billion bid proposed by Blackstone Group. Unizo said it had received offers from four overseas investment funds and one Japanese fund as well as one domestic company, without naming the bidders. Unizo said none of the offers would meet its demands. …read more […]

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Amazon to open store on China's Pinduoduo marketplace on Nov. 25 – source

Amazon.com Inc will open a store on Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo on Monday, a source familiar with the matter said, in a sign of how the U.S. firm’s China strategy is evolving after it shut its own online store in the country. Amazon closed its Chinese marketplace in July, having found it difficult to gain traction in the face of intense competition from entrenched, home-grown rivals like Alibaba Group Holding’s Tmall marketplace and JD.com. It said at the time it would increase its focus on selling goods from abroad to Chinese buyers via its global platform. …read more […]