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Summary

• [12/09/2020 22:59] 1. UK electric vehicle startup Arrival picks Charlotte for its North American headquarters [Link]
• [12/09/2020 12:19] 2. Analysis: Investors push back on blank-check company insiders' payout bonanza - Reuters India [Link]
• [12/09/2020 12:13] 3. Analysis-Investors push back on blank-check company insiders' payout bonanza - Reuters UK [Link]
• [12/09/2020 20:24] 4. UPDATE 1-Investors push back on blank-check company insiders' payout bonanza - Reuters India [Link]
• [12/07/2020 21:45] 5. Breakingviews - Blackstone’s SPAC foray puts price on convenience - Reuters [Link]
• [12/07/2020 21:41] 6. Breakingviews - Blackstone’s SPAC foray puts price on convenience - Reuters India [Link]
• [12/07/2020 20:26] 7. Simpson Thacher, Weil lead on $9 bln Paysafe blank check deal - Reuters [Link]
• [12/07/2020 12:41] 8. Paysafe to go public via $9 billion deal with Bill Foley-backed SPAC - Reuters Canada [Link]
• [12/07/2020 12:40] 9. Paysafe to go public via $9 billion deal with Bill Foley-backed SPAC - Reuters [Link]
• [12/09/2020 12:54] 10. HydraFacial to go public via $1.1 billion deal with former Allergan CEO-backed SPAC - Reuters India [Link]
• [12/10/2020 22:15] 11. Davis Polk, Cooley take the lead in SPAC-meets-cannabis Weedmaps deal - Reuters [Link]
• [12/11/2020 12:03] 12. SoftBank-backed sensor maker Innoviz to go public in SPAC deal with $1.4 bln valuation - Reuters [Link]
• [12/11/2020 13:08] 13. Electric commercial vehicle maker to go public in SPAC deal with $1.4 billion valuation - Reuters UK [Link]
• [12/07/2020 12:26] 14. Paysafe to go public via merger with Bill Foley-backed SPAC - Reuters UK [Link]
• [12/11/2020 12:35] 15. Electric commercial vehicle maker to go public in SPAC deal with $1.4 billion valuation - Reuters [Link]
• [12/11/2020 12:00] 16. SoftBank-backed sensor maker Innoviz to go public in SPAC deal with $1.4 bln valuation - Reuters UK [Link]
• [12/11/2020 12:48] 17. SoftBank-backed sensor maker Innoviz to go public in SPAC deal with $1.4 billion valuation - Reuters India [Link]
• [12/10/2020 12:50] 18. UPDATE 1-Cannabis review site Weedmaps to go public at $1.5 bln valuation - Reuters India [Link]
• [12/10/2020 12:49] 19. UPDATE 1-Cannabis review site Weedmaps to go public at $1.5 bln valuation - Reuters [Link]
• [12/07/2020 19:03] 20. Exclusive: Online lender SoFi explores deal to go public - sources - Reuters [Link]
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1. UK electric vehicle startup Arrival picks Charlotte for its North American headquarters

published : 12/09/2020 22:59
Arrival, the UK electric vehicle startup that plans to become a publicly traded company through a merger with  special purpose acquisition company CIIG Merger Corp., has picked Charlotte for its Nort… [+1530 chars] More...

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2. Analysis: Investors push back on blank-check company insiders' payout bonanza - Reuters India

published : 12/09/2020 12:19
(Reuters) - Investors are pressuring some blank-check acquisition companies to scale back wildly lucrative payouts to their bosses that are weighing on shareholder returns, threatening to tamp down W… [+7284 chars] More...

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3. Analysis-Investors push back on blank-check company insiders' payout bonanza - Reuters UK

published : 12/09/2020 12:13
(Reuters) - Investors are pressuring some blank-check acquisition companies to scale back wildly lucrative payouts to their bosses that are weighing on shareholder returns, threatening to tamp down W… [+7284 chars] More...

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4. UPDATE 1-Investors push back on blank-check company insiders' payout bonanza - Reuters India

published : 12/09/2020 20:24
(Reuters) - Investors are pressuring some blank-check acquisition companies to scale back wildly lucrative payouts to their bosses that are weighing on shareholder returns, threatening to tamp down W… [+7284 chars] More...

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5. Breakingviews - Blackstone’s SPAC foray puts price on convenience - Reuters

published : 12/07/2020 21:45
A Paysafe booth is shown on the exhibit hall floor during the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Blacksto… [+2687 chars] More...

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6. Breakingviews - Blackstone’s SPAC foray puts price on convenience - Reuters India

published : 12/07/2020 21:41
A Paysafe booth is shown on the exhibit hall floor during the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Blacksto… [+2687 chars] More...

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7. Simpson Thacher, Weil lead on $9 bln Paysafe blank check deal - Reuters

published : 12/07/2020 20:26
In the latest big SPAC deal of 2020, Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II has tapped Weil, Gotshal & Manges as a legal advisor in its merger with online payment company Paysafe, which is represen… [+188 chars] More...

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8. Paysafe to go public via $9 billion deal with Bill Foley-backed SPAC - Reuters Canada

published : 12/07/2020 12:41
By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: Jun 21, 2017; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley arrives on the red carpet before the 2017 NHL Awards and Expansion Draft at T-Mobile Arena. Manda… [+1322 chars] More...

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9. Paysafe to go public via $9 billion deal with Bill Foley-backed SPAC - Reuters

published : 12/07/2020 12:40
By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: Jun 21, 2017; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley arrives on the red carpet before the 2017 NHL Awards and Expansion Draft at T-Mobile Arena. Manda… [+1322 chars] More...

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10. HydraFacial to go public via $1.1 billion deal with former Allergan CEO-backed SPAC - Reuters India

published : 12/09/2020 12:54
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) - A blank-check acquisition firm cofounded by the former chief executive officer of Allergan, Brent Saunders, will merge with beauty company HydraFacial in a deal valued a… [+907 chars] More...

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11. Davis Polk, Cooley take the lead in SPAC-meets-cannabis Weedmaps deal - Reuters

published : 12/10/2020 22:15
Combining three of 2020s dankest business trends - cannabis, SPACs and tech - Cooley and Davis Polk & Wardwell got the legal work on cannabis sales locator Weedmaps deal to go public through a bl… [+314 chars] More...

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12. SoftBank-backed sensor maker Innoviz to go public in SPAC deal with $1.4 bln valuation - Reuters

published : 12/11/2020 12:03
DETROIT, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Innoviz Technologies, which makes sensors for self-driving vehicles and is backed by SoftBank, said on Friday it will go public through a reverse merger with blank-check c… [+1663 chars] More...

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13. Electric commercial vehicle maker to go public in SPAC deal with $1.4 billion valuation - Reuters UK

published : 12/11/2020 13:08
DETROIT (Reuters) - Electric Last Mile Solutions (ELMS) said on Friday it has agreed to go public through a reverse merger with blank-check company Forum Merger III Corp in a deal that values the U.S… [+2072 chars] More...

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14. Paysafe to go public via merger with Bill Foley-backed SPAC - Reuters UK

published : 12/07/2020 12:26
By Reuters Staff FILE PHOTO: Jun 21, 2017; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley arrives on the red carpet before the 2017 NHL Awards and Expansion Draft at T-Mobile Arena. Manda… [+437 chars] More...

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15. Electric commercial vehicle maker to go public in SPAC deal with $1.4 billion valuation - Reuters

published : 12/11/2020 12:35
DETROIT (Reuters) - Electric Last Mile Solutions (ELMS) said on Friday it has agreed to go public through a reverse merger with blank-check company Forum Merger III Corp in a deal that values the U.S… [+2072 chars] More...

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16. SoftBank-backed sensor maker Innoviz to go public in SPAC deal with $1.4 bln valuation - Reuters UK

published : 12/11/2020 12:00
DETROIT, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Innoviz Technologies, which makes sensors for self-driving vehicles and is backed by SoftBank, said on Friday it will go public through a reverse merger with blank-check c… [+1663 chars] More...

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17. SoftBank-backed sensor maker Innoviz to go public in SPAC deal with $1.4 billion valuation - Reuters India

published : 12/11/2020 12:48
DETROIT (Reuters) - Innoviz Technologies, which makes sensors for self-driving vehicles and is backed by SoftBank, said on Friday it will go public through a reverse merger with blank-check company C… [+1594 chars] More...

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18. UPDATE 1-Cannabis review site Weedmaps to go public at $1.5 bln valuation - Reuters India

published : 12/10/2020 12:50
By Reuters Staff (Adds details on merger, background) Dec 10 (Reuters) - Cannabis user-review site Weedmaps parent will go public at a $1.5 billion valuation through a merger with a blank-check fir… [+1717 chars] More...

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19. UPDATE 1-Cannabis review site Weedmaps to go public at $1.5 bln valuation - Reuters

published : 12/10/2020 12:49
By Reuters Staff (Adds details on merger, background) Dec 10 (Reuters) - Cannabis user-review site Weedmaps parent will go public at a $1.5 billion valuation through a merger with a blank-check fir… [+1717 chars] More...

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20. Exclusive: Online lender SoFi explores deal to go public - sources - Reuters

published : 12/07/2020 19:03
FILE PHOTO: Anthony Noto, then-chief financial officer of Twitter, holds his phone during the first day of the annual Allen and Co. media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho July 8, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Bl… [+2173 chars] More...