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PayPal’s board is evaluating the bid but thinks it undervalues the company while new leadership attempts a turnaround, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
A team of roughly a dozen Blackstone dealmakers and executives focused on readying Jersey Mike’s for an IPO over the past year and a half, another person familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
D&M is in talks with the Pentagon to help finance it, according to a person familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
South Africa's Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration, during its regular public update on the country's approach to migration management on Sunday, also confirmed that the matter was being investigated.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The alternative, for Deutsche Bank, was to submit the matter to a panel of three Wall Street banks, randomly selected, to determine what these triple-A CDOs were actually worth.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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