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Merger activity increased significantly last week with six new deals announced and eight deals completed. There were 17 deals announced in the month of March, with a total value of $64.55 billion. Nielsen Holdings (NYSE: NLSN)

Four U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission citing concerns about Microsoft Corp’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ:ATVI), the Wall Street Journal reports. The Senators voiced concerns over undermining employees’ calls for accountability over alleged misconduct at the videogame giant. The deal could aggravate the barrage of sexual abuse, harassment, and…

The Russian billionaire’s role in negotiations surprised some, but observers say Abramovich is a skilled middleman.

Almost 5,000 civilians — including 210 children — have died in Mariupol since Russia's invasion began, according to a spokesman for the city's mayor, with the UN also saying there could be "thousands of deaths" in the besieged city.

The Justice Department supported American Innovation and Choice Online Act and similar legislation banning large digital platforms from favoring their products and services over competitors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The DOJ saw the rise of dominant platforms like Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google jeopardizing open markets and competition. Amazon, Google, Apple…

The Chelsea owner experienced the symptoms after a meeting in Kyiv earlier this month.

The 55-year-old billionaire who is selling Chelsea was left with red eyes and peeling skin, according to report in Wall Street Journal

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) fired some employees and terminated partnerships concerning bribery allegations in its sales efforts in the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal reports. A former Microsoft manager Yasser Elabd, who worked throughout the Middle East and Africa from 1998 to 2018, made the allegations public after being fired. Elabd alleged that Microsoft…

Sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning earlier this month after a meeting in Kyiv, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.