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Rohan Goswami

Rohan Goswami

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Novo Nordisk lets Canadian patent expire

It is unclear whether the patent’s lapse was a bit of cunning corporate strategy or an expensive oversight.
Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London.Hollie Adams/Reuters

CEOs are stressed out

Corporate chiefs are using earnings calls as talk therapy.
People exit from the subway to Wall Street in New York.Chip East/Reuters

NextEra’s $67 billion deal pokes the AI bear

Regulators’ approval will test Americans’ anger against AI.
A general view of Vestas V-47 660 kilowatt wind turbines, part of the Indian Mesa Wind Farm owned by NextEra Energy ResourcesBing Guan/Reuters/File Photo

Companies jostle for AI stock bump

If you’re, say, a flailing sneaker company, you might issue a press release announcing you’re now in the GPU-leasing business.
A sign on the entrance to the Allbirds flagship store is seen in ManhattanShannon Stapleton/Reuters

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is wading into an international M&A deal

New York’s mayor wants to block the merger of Western Union and Intermex, arguing it’ll hurt some of the neediest New Yorkers.
REUTERS/Shannon StapletonREUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

More activists rush in to HPE

More activist investors have taken stakes in the tech company.
Antonio NeriBrendan McDermid/Reuters

The time for an eBay takeover was 10 years ago. Now, it’s better alone.

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen’s bid for the company is perplexing at a time when its stock and profit margins have been growing steadily.

Paramount seeks to calm California’s creatives — and a litigious attorney general

Paramount is racing to reassure Hollywood that its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, with its HBO streaming service, isn’t aimed at killing movie theaters.

Who wants to own big law? This guy.

Burford Capital CEO Chris Bogart has made a business out of turning legal claims into financial assets. He’s just getting started.

Brown-Forman, Pernod deal collapsed over family pride, not price

Heirs of the Kentucky whiskey empire, the smaller of the two companies, wanted more control over the combined company, people familiar with the matter said.

Novo Nordisk is big-game hunting

After losing out to Pfizer on Metsera, Novo Nordisk’s CFO told Semafor the company is hunting for even bigger deals.

Where is Ryan Cohen’s highly confident letter?

For something that is supposed to publicly inspire confidence, few people have seen it.

Gamestop CEO’s unsolicited bid for eBay looks DOA

Ryan Cohen didn’t help his case Monday, when he squandered what goodwill he had with the Street in a disastrous CNBC interview.

Bondholders took on Trump — and won again

Spirit Airlines’ failed government bailout shows the limits of Trump’s no-recourse business approach.

FCC’s Disney probe divides Republicans

The accusations of censorship from some Republicans suggest Brendan Carr misjudged the appetite for a crackdown on speech.

We’re in the ‘call me, maybe’ era of M&A

Deal talks used to be private. Now, they’re anything but secret.

FCC challenges ABC broadcast licenses

The move could strip ABC of its ability to broadcast to stations across the country following Jimmy Kimmel’s “expectant widow” monologue comments.

Mark Cuban’s next target: Insurance companies

After taking on pharmacies with his discount-drug startup, the billionaire is taking on health insurers with a skunkworks project dubbed “The 10 Plan.”