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Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns – but their growth has slowed as the universe aged

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The oil industry is booming. This West Texas small business worries it’s been left behind.

Before the pandemic, Ben Bilbrey worked with some of the largest oil companies. Now he’s waiting for the phone to ring.

The Texas Tribune

South Africa’s competition law has special conditions for company mergers: do they benefit society or hinder business?

Competition is a good thing. This is the common thread through global competition law, which aims to prevent monopolies – when one firm dominates a sector.

The Conversation

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Proper funding, not mergers, will solve universities crisis

Letter: Prof Roger Brown responds to suggestions that partnerships and mergers could benefit cash-strapped universities

The Guardian - UK

Scalpel taken to hospital 'back office bureaucracy'

A hospital overhaul will not force mergers but "back office bureaucracy" will be targeted by a new agency after a review found the system unfit for purpose.

AAP

Food giants are strangling Britain’s farmers and consumers. What’s the solution? Break them up

The UK has a huge problem with monopolies – yet taking conglomerates apart is not as hard as you might think, says Nicholas Shaxson, co-founder of the Balanced Economy Project

The Guardian - UK

How to improve our global food system

Here's why "it's damaging our health, our communities and the planet"

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The global food system is owned by an ever smaller number of companies – it’s damaging our health, our communities and the planet

Across the world, over 800 million people spend their days hungry. More than 2 billion have limited access to food. Yet today’s global food system produces enough to feed every person on the planet.

The Conversation

Supermassive black holes slowing growth

Black holes grew much faster billions of years ago, when the universe was younger

Salon

Venture firms need to emulate private equity, says Upfront Ventures partner Mark Suster

With IPOs and mergers still on hold, VCs may look to secondaries as their exit, Suster predicted at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference.

Fortune

Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns – but their growth has slowed as the universe has aged

Black holes are remarkable astronomical objects with gravity so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape them. The most gigantic ones, known as “supermassive” black holes, can weigh millions to billions times the mass of the Sun.

The Conversation

Quasars are 'cosmic signposts' pointing to rare supermassive black hole pairs

New research suggests that galaxies with quasars at their active hearts are seven times more likely to harbor elusive supermassive black hole binary paintings than other galaxies.

Space

China's new laws encourage chipmakers to merge instead of going public — policy shift comes after tens of thousands of Chinese semiconductor firms went out of business

Chinese semiconductor companies shift focus from IPOs to mergers and acquisitions as Chinese authorities are looking forward to building strong companies rather than a huge number of weak companies.

Tom’s Hardware

Neutron star collisions could briefly trap a bunch of cosmic ghosts

Neutron stars smashing together may create and trap ghost particles called neutrinos, and this discovery could help us better understand how elements like gold are forged.

Space

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12 billion years of black hole history, revealed through X-rays and simulations

New findings show the black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy had a late growth spurt.

Evening Standard

London faces more school closures and mergers as birth rate falls

Demands for places falls amid fears over birth rate

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Record-Breaking First Quarter For Oil And Gas Mergers

Permian Basin M&A activity hits record high in Q1 2024, signaling industry shifts and challenges.

Space

Do black holes hide the secrets of their ancestors?

Some black holes are so massive they were likely created as smaller black holes that merged. Maybe we can use such black hole "children" to learn about the black hole "ancestors."

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The Guardian - AU

Firms would have been less able to accelerate prices and inflation with proposed competition policy, Chalmers says

Treasurer says proposed reforms would mean ‘more confidence’ in mergers scrutinised by the ACCC

The Guardian - AU

Labor targets unfair company mergers in competition policy overhaul

‘Reforms that address the decline in competition can deliver big economic benefits,’ treasurer to tell ACCC

Axios

Antitrust enforcement gets bipartisan love — except for oil deals

Democrats and Republicans have locked hands to oppose mergers in other industries.

International Business Times

Triumphus Founder, Dr. Dave Hopson, Navigates Business Mergers With Expertise And Precision

By delving deep into every facet of a company's operations, from R&D to back-office procedures, Triumphus identifies inefficiencies and implements strategic optimizations.

Space

How are extreme "blue supergiant" stars born? Astronomers may finally know

Scientists have discovered that the hottest and brightest stars in the cosmos, blue supergiants, are created when two smaller stars spiral together and merge, new research suggests.

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Oil Mergers And Clean Fuels In Focus At Energy Conference

US CERAWeek energy conference in Houston to discuss oil mergers and clean fuels, shaping the future of the energy sector.

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