Nio has hired 8 banks for the planned U.S. IPO. According to sources with knowledge of the matter, Nio, a Chinese electric vehicle startup has hired 8 banks, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for its planned U.S. stock market listing this year, worth up to $2 billion. The eight banks are, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs,…
Dell is exploring options vis-a-vis VMWare which includes asset divestitures, VMWare’s IPO as well as a merger. Sources familiar with the matter at hand have disclosed, VMWare Inc, a business software provider and Dell Technologies Inc, a U.S. computer maker, have decided to explore options that could include a potential merger of both companies. Dell…
Dell’s board is set to meet later this month to discuss these options. As per a source familiar with the matter at hand, Dell Technologies Inc is weighing its strategic options which includes merging with its majority-owned VMware Inc which is listed in the New York Stock Exchange as well as an initial public offering…
SoftBank’s Vision Fund has invested $561 million in Auto1. On Monday, Auto1, a German used-car dealing platform stated that having received an investment of $561 million (460 million euro) from Japan’s SoftBank, the pressure to tap revenues through an initial public offering (IPO) for its pan-European growth plans, has eased significantly. The SoftBank Group, invested…
In its lawsuit Wixen Music Publishing has alleged that Spotify has made available thousands of songs to its users without getting a direct or a compulsory license from it which allows it to either distribute or reproduce the songs. Wixen Music Publishing Inc has sued Spotify, a music streaming company for allegedly using thousands of…
Ahead of its launch, Spotify and the music group of China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd have aligned their interests for future negotiations with music labels. On Friday, a report by the Wall Street Journal stated China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd and Sweden’s Spotify AB are in talks to swap stakes of up to 10% of each other’s…
While confirming AXA sticking to it’s financial targets for 2016-2020, CEO, Thomas Buberl, has unveiled an intrinsic operating model that simplifies and refocuses the firms resources so as to boost shareholder’s value. On Tuesday, French insurer AXA confirmed that it was on on the path to meet its key 2020s financial targets thus extending the…
Aramco’s IPO is central to Saudi Arabia’s strategic plan on diversifying its economy. On Monday, the CEO of Saudi Arabia’s Aramco disclosed that it plans on spending around $300 billion over ten years in upstream oil and gas projects. “This is mainly upstream, onshore, offshore and joint ventures in the kingdom and out of the…
With a market presence across the EU and Latin America, the tech startup has managed to significantly trim its losses and if its revenues continue on this trend, it is set to post a profit in this financial year. On Thursday, mobile payment solutions company iZettle disclosed, with its revenue surging significantly this year and…
Although the music streaming company is keeping its cards close to its chest, a source however has disclosed its upcoming plans. Although Spotify disclosed on Friday that it has no immediate plans for an IPO, as per a source familiar with the matter at hand, the music streaming service is likely to come out with…
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