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This week, Kristen and Jen dive straight into the finance headlines with a M&A story: Perplexity, an AI startup valued at $18 billion, has made a $34 billion all-cash bid for Google Chrome. Kristen unpacks why this is virtually unprecedented in dealmaking, explaining how the size mismatch, lack of financing capacity, and Chrome’s not-for-sal ... Show More
Jun 10
Spotify Executive: How to Become a $100B Company When Everyone Expects Your Product Free
Send us Fan Mail We've done the finance of Industry, the finance of Succession, the finance of Belle Burden's Strangers — but we've never done the finance of CREATORS. So when Spotify invited us to their Investor Day, we knew we had to sit down and ask the question every aspiring ... Show More
41m 23s
Aug 2025
Will Perplexity Buy Google Chrome?
In this episode, Jamie and Jaeden discuss Perplexity's unsolicited $34.5 billion offer to acquire Google Chrome amidst Google's legal troubles related to antitrust issues. They explore the implications of this bold move, the competitive landscape of AI browsers, and the financial ... Show More
10m 41s
Dec 2024
The Deal Room: Investment Banking & Attempted Murder
In this episode, Anthony Cheung and Stephen Barnett discuss the latest news in finance, including Nvidia's cash management and potential M&A strategies, BlackRock's aggressive acquisitions in private markets, ongoing antitrust challenges facing Google, the approval of Vodafone an ... Show More
33m 38s
Mar 2025
SOTS 2nd Hour: Prepping For The Fed, Google’s Biggest Acquisition EVER, and Time To Look Overseas? 3/18/25
<p>Stocks kicking off the morning in the red – David Faber, Michael Santoli, and Sara Eisen broke down the latest on the Fed front and where rates could be headed tomorrow. Why T. Rowe Price CIO Sébastien Page says to bet on international equities here over the SPX – plus, what C ... Show More
42m 52s
May 2019
FCC Chief Gives Nod on T-Mobile Deal, Canva’s Future of Publishing, The Problem With Game Theory
Nabila Ahmed, Bloomberg News M&A Reporter, and Bloomberg Intelligence Telecom Analyst Matthew Kanterman discuss the FCC giving the okay for T-Mobile, Sprint deal. Melanie Perkins, CEO of Canva, talks about new funding for the online design platform. Andy Browne, Editorial Directo ... Show More
33m 49s
Jun 2021
Financials: A Fintech IPO to Watch and a Very Complex SPAC Deal
In this week's installment of Industry Focus: Financials, host Jason Moser and Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP, take a closer look at recent fintech IPO Flywire (NASDAQ:FLYW) and why it could be a smart stock for investors to keep on their radar. Plus, we recently received ... Show More
30m 38s
Sep 2019
Microsoft's Hike, GM's Strike
Microsoft hikes its dividend and buys back stock. Apple launches its subscription gaming service. Airbnb announces plans for an IPO. And FedEx delivers disappointment. Analysts Aaron Bush, Emily Flippen, and Ron Gross discuss these stories and the latest from Datadog, General Mil ... Show More
42m 10s
<p>In this week's episode, we unpack the following four stories in the world of corporate finance.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Will new SEC rules mean that SPACs (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies) can be more than a bubble-market phenomenon?</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>The IPO mar ... Show More
