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fromEngadget
16 hours ago

EA reportedly plans to go private with help from Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia

Electronic Arts is close to reaching a $50 billion deal that will turn it into a privately held company, according to The Wall Street Journal. The video game company filed for an IPO way back in 1990 and has been public ever since, but now a group of investors are in talks with the company to take it private. Those investors reportedly include private equity firm Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, whose largest source of funding is also Saudi's PIF.
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fromTechCrunch
1 day ago

Electronic Arts will reportedly be acquired for $50B | TechCrunch

Electronic Arts is nearing a $50 billion sale to investors including Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, likely the largest leveraged buyout.
fromESPN.com
1 month ago

Striker moves are prompting more striker moves: Here's how top Premier League clubs net out

This summer, everyone wanted a striker. First, Chelsea signed Liam Delap from Ipswich Town and João Pedro from Brighton. Then Arsenal signed Viktor Gyökeres from Sporting CP, and Liverpool signed Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt. Then Liverpool tried to sign Alexander Isak from Newcastle, before he publicly stated he no longer wants to play for Newcastle. Except, Newcastle were about to sign Ekitike, a strikingly similar player to Isak, until Liverpool jumped in.
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