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SportsOKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Oklahoma City Thunder smothered the Washington Wizards on Saturday night, winning 114-75 at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City and holding their visitors to the fewest points any NBA team has scored this season. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander needed only three quarters to…
From Merger Monday
Monday’s deal tape had a pattern. Nearly every buyer already owned a piece of what it was buying. Crédit Agricole holds 29.6% of Banco BPM and wants to reach about 45% by folding its Italian bank into the Milan lender, structured so that it never has to make a tender offer…
From Merger Monday
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has hired Mizuho Securities and BofA Securities to arrange its first yen-denominated bond sale since April, returning to a market where it has borrowed about twice a year to fund its Japanese investments. The planned benchmark offering of senior unsecured notes is expected in the near future, subject…
From Merger Monday
Onodrim Industries, an Amsterdam company that plans to buy and hold European defense and industrial suppliers, raised $300 million in a Series A round led by Lux Capital that values it at $1.3 billion, nine months after its seed financing. General Catalyst, Lakestar, Altimeter, Strike Capital, 137 Ventures, 8090 and Expeditions…
Politics
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Former state Senate leader Kay Floyd has stepped into the contest for Oklahoma City's open Ward 6 council seat. She submitted campaign-finance paperwork and said she is running, which lifts the lineup to four people. With statewide midterms finished, attention in the city shifts to four…
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