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Brown Health projects deficit of $64 million for FY2027
The organization has planned cost-cutting measures, including a buyout program and executive restructuring.
Bumble’s buyout, Netflix’s shake-up, Reese Witherspoon’s do-over, and a wild week in business
Bumble is going private, Reese Witherspoon is buying back Hello Sunshine, and a Netflix shake-up. Here's what happened while we were at the MPW Summit.
OU football head coach contracts details: What is Brent Venables' buyout?
OU football head coach Brent Venables’ contract extension details were released Friday morning, which the OU Daily obtained.
Ubisoft plans cuts at German studios, adding to wave of workforce reductions
Ubisoft is planning to reduce its workforce in Germany, where it operates a trio of studios, by about 100 workers, Game File has learned. The company wants to offer employees buyouts to, should enough people accept, avoid having to lay anyone off. “In Germany, we initiated discussions with the Works Council last week regarding a proposed voluntary departure plan across Ubisoft Dusseldorf, Ubisoft Berlin & Ubisoft Mainz,” a company rep told Game File. A “works council” is a union-like group representing employees. “The voluntary plan is the primary measure being proposed to support the intended organizational changes,” the Ubisoft rep added. The company declined to confirm the scale of the potential headcount cut. Of the impacted studios, Mainz might be the best known to the public. It leads development of the Anno series and shipped the well-reviewed strategy game Anno 117: Pax Romana in November 2025. Berlin and Dusseldorf operate as support studios within Ubisoft’s creative network. Berlin recently supported the development of Rainbow Six Siege and the Rayman Legends Retold remake. Dusseldorf also contributed to those projects, as well as The Settlers and Ubisoft-branded escape rooms. Dusseldorf is the biggest of the three studios, with some 400+ workers, compared to just over 100 at the other two, a source familiar with the reductions and the teams told Game File. More than half of these new reductions of about 100 people are expected to happen at Dusseldorf. The planned cuts were announced at a town hall for the German studios on Tuesday of last week. In an email follow-up, the studio group’s managing director, Benedikt Grindel, said the cuts were intended to “best position our German studios for the future... with a clearer focus on their role, capabilities and organizational setup needed for the work ahead.” The email was an echo of the past. In January 2025, Grindel had emailed the Ubisoft developers in his region (or studio “zone”) to explain that a round of 185 cuts at the time, including about 65 at Dusseldorf, were “essential to improve our operational efficiency and ensure the long-term sustainability of our studios, the zone and the company.” A half-decade of continued job cuts Ubisoft has been aggressively cutting its headcount for years. At the end of September 2022, it had 20,729 workers. By the end of March 2026, that total was down to 16,590. Studio management is trying to trim costs as it grapples with a changing industry and a drought of releases, let alone hits. The company announced earlier this year that it had reduced its costs since 2022 by “nearly €325 million” ($362m) and planned to lower them through 2028 by another €180 million ($200m). In June the company said it was closing down its Winnipeg and Belgrade studios and cutting roles in its Barcelona team. Even commercial and creative success hasn’t spared studios from this ongoing company-wide contraction. As Game File was nailing down details around the proposed cuts in Germany, Ubisoft management was informing workers of cuts in its Singapore studio, which shipped a hit remake of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag this past July. Some 70 positions in Singapore are being eliminated “to align the studio with upcoming production needs,” per a company rep’s statement to Game File. In early 2024, a large team in the Singapore studio launched the multiplayer pirate game Skull & Bones. It performed poorly but has been supported with regular content updates since. Many of Ubisoft’s studios around the world are heavily subsidized via regional grants and tax breaks. Singapore had been among them for years, but received no such local assistance in the 12 months ending this past March. News of the Singapore cuts broke today alongside word that Ubisoft is also proposing the closure of RedLynx, pending negotiations with officials. The Finnish studio behind the motorbike series Trials was founded in 2000 and sold to Ubisoft in 2011. As reported by VGC (and corroborated by Game File), Ubisoft management told employees it could not come up with a new, sustainable assignment for RedLynx. The 2025 workforce at Ubisoft Dusseldorf were straight-up cuts. This time, Ubisoft is hoping the reductions at its trio of German studios will largely come from workers taking a payout to leave. The company offered such voluntary dismissals at its Massive Entertainment studio (The Division) a year ago. For the German studios’ buyouts this time around, Ubisoft and the Works Council had discussed a formula that’d pay a worker’s monthly salary multiplied by 1.5 and by the number of years they’ve worked at the company, according to Game File sources. The formula is still subject to negotiations with the Works Council and has not yet been part of an official offer to workers. It could be adjusted up or down, and it could be supplemented with additional bonuses. Asked about the floated payout formula, a Ubisoft rep told Game File, “The terms of a potential voluntary departure program remain subject to negotiation with employee representatives. No final agreement has been reached, and we won’t comment on specific proposals while discussions are ongoing.” Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Item 2: Epic’s AI adventures Epic Games (Fortnite, the Unreal engine) is all-in on using AI to try to transform the way it makes video games and game-making tools. It’s leaders appear to be undeterred by any resistance among gamers and some game developers around generative AI—and instead emboldened by advances, particularly in AI-assisted programming. A recap of the last three days: On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Epic management told workers last week that development of an upcoming game combining Star Wars and Marvel characters would be “AI first.” Employees would be expected to use AI models such as Claude to code the game. A manager told Epic’s developers there would be “[n]o more hand-written code” and that art for the game would be “generated with full AI workflows,” per the outlet. Just ahead of that story running, Epic founder Tim Sweeney tweeted: “We have a huge pivot underway here at Epic, moving developers around to retool for maximum AI acceleration. The aim isn’t to do the same stuff with fewer people, but to enable everyone here to build MORE and BETTER stuff, and to bring the benefits to all teams using Unreal.” In a follow-up, Sweeney predicted that most game development processes would be at least three times faster a year from now than they were in January 2026, thanks to AI. To a person on X who told him he was failing to read the room, Sweeney said: “Much of the room wants it to be 2016 again, but it’s not. Our job, as the provider of tools and technology to much of the industry, is to design for the present that is and the future that will soon be.” On Wednesday, Epic announced it was releasing a faster launcher for its Epic Games Store marketplace. It did so by stating in a blog post as clear as could be that the launcher is an AI-enabled, vibe-coded project: Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look. Programming is hard? That was unexpected phrasing from a company founded by a legendarily great programmer. Back in 2011, Sweeney told me that he’d picked up programming quickly as a kid and rejoiced at the power it gave him. “I could look at any program that anybody else had written and, with enough effort, build something cooler.” Item 3: The Xbox Labs experiment (and one of the people behind it) Microsoft’s Xbox division, which is flooding the zone with announcements lately, yesterday revealed a new internal tech-tinkering team called Xbox Labs. In the words of Xbox boss Asha Sharma Labs is “a small group of game makers, engineers and scientists whose job is to turn emerging ideas into things our players and developers can experience.” Conventional wisdom coming out of the announcement is that Labs is a team that’ll focus on ideas driven by generative AI. In her announcement, Sharma cited some of the dizzying achievements in tech and gaming over the past month as AI agents and other AI tools have been deployed to swiftly figure out how popular games work, then rebuild them and mix them up. She mentioned seeing ”games rapidly decompiled and rebuilt to run on hardware they were never originally designed to support” and said “[p]erhaps more surprisingly, we’ve seen many of the biggest games in the world have been remixed into the source code of another.” (Minecraft plus Elden Ring, for example, or Fortnite + Super Monkey Ball + Overwatch + Diablo + others.) Sharma also cited the work of Windows PC games being ported to run in browsers, a seeming reference to a recent AI-assisted fan port of Halo. Or perhaps Call of Duty or GTA. Sharma didn’t use the specific term “AI” in her memo, but she came close, citing AI “agents” and their potential for game-making tools that Labs could help craft: I think XBOX has an important role to play here. Coding became the first major workload for agents because they can write, run, and test software. Games share many of those same properties, and people spend more than 72 billion hours a year playing XBOX games, roughly five times the estimated time spent writing code worldwide. We’ve spent 25 years learning how to make great games, and I want our game makers to help shape what these new technologies make possible. As we learn, we’ll share the tools we build with developers across the industry, just as we always have. When I asked an Xbox rep if Labs was an AI-centric team, they said genAI was not the focus, describing it as having a broader mandate for using new tech in new ways in gaming. As an example, they pointed to Xbox’s recently launched disc-to-digital gaming usage rights program. Microsoft didn’t specifically name anyone involved full-time in Xbox Labs yesterday, but on social media and LinkedIn, I spotted Adrian Mato IDing himself as leading the creatio of tools at Labs and talking up the launch. Mato first caught my attention in late September, when he said on X that he was “starting to build a new team at Xbox focused on products and tools for how games get built and distributed as agentic tools become more capable.” At the time, he framed AI-based tools as a supplement to traditional game dev tools. “I don’t think we need to replace them,” he said. Since then, he’s publicly shown interest in AI and in games. He’s recently spent some of his X feed marveling at the power of AI agents and praising the lighting in the latest Gears of War. Following the Labs announcement yesterday, he enthused about the Xbox Labs’ stylish landing page. He wrote: “We built some fun tools to art-direct shaders in real time, experimented with interactive ASCII art, and sprinkled in lots of tiny details. “Move your mouse to leave a colorful trail that reveals the original footage, or interact with the video to trigger bursts of particles. “A lot of love went into making it all feel just right. “More to come”
Mike Norvell's buyout with the FSU Seminoles
The FSU Seminoles are now 3-3 after losing to Louisville. Here is Mike Norvell's buyout if they fire him.
Starz Entertainment: Price Increases, Sub Growth, And Distribution Deals
Starz Entertainment (STRZ) stock is up 100%+ YTD as guidance rises, deleveraging continues, and buyout chatter grows. See here for more details.
Amid bleak financial forecast, Brown Health announces buyouts, executive layoffs
Brown University Health announced a series of cost-cutting measures Thursday on the first day of its fiscal year, including executive layoffs and non-clinical buyouts. The hospital operator projects a $64 million deficit due mostly to federal budget cuts.
Coaches on the hot seat: USC's Lincoln Riley may be in trouble despite massive buyout number
Protect College Sports? Senate just protected bad coaches instead
Shane Beamer, Brent Venables can relax. College football buyouts are safe in Protect College Sports Act.
Lincoln Riley buyout: How USC’s finish could dictate his future
Lincoln Riley is now facing a scorching hot seat.
Mike Locksley buyout, contract details as Maryland Terrapins coach
Could the end be near for Maryland coach Mike Locksley?
What is Shane Beamer's buyout as South Carolina football coach?
Here is South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer's contract, salary and buyout
After shareholders approve Fertitta buyout, what is next for Caesars employees?
Caesars Entertainment shareholders have approved a $17.6 billion buyout by Fertitta Entertainment, a move that would take the gaming company private and place i
Paramount reaches deal with states to settle their case challenging Warner buyout, AP source says
A person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press that Skydance-owned Paramount has reached a settlement with a group of state attorneys general that had sued to challenge the company’s...
Platinum Exits De Wave Group
Beverly Hills-based buyout shop Platinum Equity has sold a yacht and cruise outfitter to Italian private equity firm Renaissance Partners. Neither
Dealroom.co | Great Hill Partners: middle-market growth buyouts across software, financial services, healthcare, consumer and business services
What's the deal?Great Hill Partners is a Boston- and London-base…
How much would it cost FSU to fire Mike Norvell?
FSU head coach Mike Norvell has one of the biggest buyouts in college football. Here is what it would cost to fire him after the Alabama loss.
What is Dave Doeren’s buyout as NC State football coach
Following N.C. State football's stunning loss at Vanderbilt, here's contract info on coach Dave Doeren, including his buyout.
Kevin Love’s Jazz Tenure Became More Significant Than Anyone Expected
What began as a brief trade stop transformed into a vital mentorship role, as the veteran champion traded buyout rumors for a lasting impact on Utah’s future.
FC Cincinnati waive defender Matt Miazga
By MLSsoccer staffTRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: WaivedFC Cincinnati have waived defender Matt Miazga and utilized a buyout of a guaranteed contract, the club announced Monday evening. The 31-year-old cent...
France to reduce corporate tax surcharge and ease employee buyouts in 2027 budget, PM says
France plans to reduce, but not abolish, the exceptional corporate tax surcharge imposed on very large companies in its 2027 budget, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said in a letter to executives on Wednesday, pledging tax stability to support growth.
Does Klay Thompson Move Impact Mavs' Updated NBA Power Rankings?
Bleacher Report kept the Dallas Mavericks 19th in its latest NBA power rankings after the Klay Thompson buyout, with a play-in berth viewed as realistic.
What is Mike Norvell's buyout with FSU?
FSU head coach Mike Norvell has one of the biggest buyouts in college football. Here is what it would cost to fire him after the SMU loss.
Stellar Entertainment founders complete management buyout succession
Stellar Entertainment founders complete management buyout succession
Iris exits Generali's Redion platform in a management-led buyout
The buyout separates identity protection from Generali's newly unified Redion platform, just three months after that platform launched
Medtronic invests up to $80M in medtech company Pi-Cardia with a potential buyout on the table
Less than a year after investing heavily in Minnesota-based Anteris Technologies, Medtronic has announced a new strategic investment in Pi-Cardia. The TAVR technology at the heart of this investment is Pi-Cardia's FDA-approved ShortCut device.
Caesars sets shareholder meeting for Fertitta Entertainment buyout vote
Caesars Entertainment has scheduled a meeting for next month for shareholders to vote on Fertitta Entertainment's $17.6 billion buyout offer.
‘They might get’ – WNBA fans aren’t loving the Atlanta Dream signing DeWanna Bonner after buyout
Two-time WNBA champion and veteran star DeWanna Bonner has left the Phoenix Mercury after a buyout. She has since signed with the Atlanta Dream, and fans feel some type of way about it.
Caesars Entertainment sets shareholder vote on Fertitta buyout
Caesars Entertainment shareholders will gather inside a conference room at the Eldorado Resort in Reno next month to vote on whether to accept a $17.6 billion b
Klay Thompson, 36, on joining the Heat: 'a redemption season'
The 36-year-old guard agreed to a buyout with the Mavericks in order to sign with the Heat.
What Dallas Mavericks, Klay Thompson Buyout Means for Organization
The Dallas Mavericks are very clearly heading into a new era.From hiring Masai Ujiri as the franchise’s lead executive, to moving on from Jason Kidd to Dusty May as head coach – there’s little secret that Dallas is turning a new leaf.This much is continuing to be true with the franchise’s announcement that Klay Thompson […] The post What Dallas Mavericks, Klay Thompson Buyout Means for Organization appeared first on HEAVY.
‘We would rather eat rocks and drink gasoline than be split up’: Compulsion Games has completed its buyout from Xbox
The South of Midnight studio now officially owns all its IP…
Compulsion Games pulls off management buyout and separates from Xbox
Compulsion Games, the maker of compelling gamers like South of Midnight, has pulled off a management buyout and is now separated from Xbox.
Sporting KC agrees to mutual contract termination with midfielder Manu Garcia
Sporting Kansas City announced today that the club has mutually agreed to terminate the contract of midfielder Manu Garcia. The club has also exercised a buyout of Garcia’s guaranteed contract, and Garcia will no longer occupy a Designated Player spot on Sporting’s roster. Garcia joined Sporting KC ahead of the
Mavs reportedly clarify Klay Thompson stance amid Lakers, Heat interest
Dallas reportedly rejects Klay Thompson buyout talks amid Lakers and Heat interest, choosing to seek a trade for his $17.46M expiring contract instead.
Community Ambulance sues Dignity Health over alleged corporate cover-up
Community Ambulance has filed a federal lawsuit against Dignity Health, alleging the hospital system concealed a corporate change of control to prevent the ambulance operator from exercising a contractual buyout option.
Naval parts supplier Goodwin explores sale of defence business
London-listed supplier to UK and US nuclear submarines has received bids from buyout firms
Sanofi suspends chronic lung disease phase 2 study, tied to ‘strategic business reasons’
Sanofi halted a phase 2 trial testing a monoclonal antibody, SAR445399, in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, Fierce Biotech has learned. The trial, which began only back in April, was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to measure the reduction in mucus plug score following treatment with SAR445399 compared with placebo in adults aged 18 to 80 years with NCFB, a chronic lung disease. The trial was officially reported as halted on July 29, the day before Sanofi’s second-quarter earnings call. The decision to pause the trial was made “as part of a company-wide portfolio review for strategic business reasons,” and not due to safety concerns, a Sanofi spokesperson told Fierce. The move to pause the NCFB trial comes during a trying time for Sanofi following a year filled with a series of trial fails. In February, the French pharma ousted CEO Paul Hudson and appointed Merck KGaA leader Belén Garijo, M.D., Ph.D., to steer the ship. Since then, Garijo has been doing a deep dive on correcting the company’s strewn R&D and clinical strategies. On July 24, Sanofi scrapped amlitelimab for atopic dermatitis, despite its lore as being a potential $5 billion blockbuster. During its second-quarter report, the company abandoned two more assets, balinatunfib and itepekimab, following failed trial results in psoriasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respectively. SAR445399, only first revealed by Sanofi in 2023, is an anti-interleukin-1 receptor 3 monoclonal antibody developed to block the interleukin 1, 33, and 36 cytokine pathways. These pathways can be important in chronic immune-related dermatologic diseases, such as atopic dermatitis and hidradenitis suppurativa, as well as respiratory conditions, such as NCFB. Related Sanofi’s new CEO ‘looking deeply’ at late-stage pipeline as clinical clearout continues NCFB affects roughly half a million people in the U.S., with a global incidence of greater than one million cases. In August 2025, Insmed received FDA approval for Brinsupri, a DPP1 inhibitor targeting neutrophil activation, for treatment of NCFB in adults and kids ages 12 and older. The British biotech Infex Therapeutics showed promising NCFB phase 2a data using their monoclonal antibody, INFEX702, which acts by disabling Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacteria known to be a major pathogen of NCFB. Sanofi is currently running a separate phase 2 study testing SAR445399 as a potential treatment for the inflammatory skin condition hidradenitis suppurativa.
Video Game Giant Electronic Arts Closes $55 Billion Go-Private Sale of Its Business
CHICAGO (AP) — Video game giant Electronic Arts officially has new owners. The California-based maker of popular titles like “Battlefield” and “The Sims” announced Tuesday that it closed the $55 billion sale of its business to Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF, investment firm Silver Lake ...
Fertitta Entertainment’s buyout of Caesars progresses
Fertitta’s $17.6B all-cash Caesars deal advances after a Nevada Gaming Board hearing.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope reportedly reuniting with LeBron James on Sixers after Grizzlies buyout
The two won a title together with the Lakers in 2020.
BREAKING: Lakers NBA Champion Reportedly Expected To Sign With 76ers
On Friday night, Chris Haynes of NBA on Prime reported the news that Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and the Memphis Grizzlies are working on a buyout.He would then join the Philadelphia 76ers as a free agent.The 33-year-old is coming off a season where he had averages of 8.4 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists per contest while […] The post BREAKING: Lakers NBA Champion Reportedly Expected To Sign With 76ers appeared first on HEAVY.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope reportedly negotiating buyout with Grizzlies, intends to reunite with LeBron James on Sixers
The two won a title together with the Lakers in 2020.
Paramount agrees to delay closing its Warner Bros buyout for months
The agreement came Friday
Could Jimbo Fisher Coach Again at Florida State?
Despite a record-shattering buyout, the former national champion craves a return to the sidelines. Could a struggling program reunite with its winningest coach to reclaim lost glory?
Exclusive | Buyout Firm Truelink Nears $1 Billion Deal for Coffee Syrup Maker
Lyons Magnus specializes in fruit-based ingredients and beverages, from flavored syrups for coffee drinks to fruit purees for smoothies.
Chicago punts parking meter vote as buyout fight takes another twist
The Finance Committee declines to act as opposition grows, a Johnson ally floats a new public buyout plan, and the future of the controversial transfer becomes increasingly uncertain.
New York area lawmakers rally behind longtime head of WTC Health Program
The program has grappled with staffing shortages over the past year amid the federal layoffs and buyouts.
Caesars vs. Six Flags: Which Leisure Entertainment Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026?
One faces a $17.6 billion buyout with mounting losses; the other is trimming assets post-merger while bleeding cash.
Halon Entertainment completes management buyout
The company, which works across film, television, games, immersive entertainment and advertising, said the move follows a joint decision by Halon and NEP Group that independence would allow the business to focus entirely on its clients, employees and long-term growth.
Will Sunshine Health see job cuts tied to parent Centene reductions?
Healthcare giant Centene is offering voluntary buyouts to staff, raising questions about its Florida subsidiary.
Major private payer encouraging employees to leave willingly
The largest Medicaid-specialized managed care organization in the U.S. is offering buyout packages to most of its 60,000 or so staff workers.
Health Insurer Centene, Looking To Cut Costs, Offers Companywide Buyouts
Obamacare insurer Centene offering employees buyouts to cut costs after Trump and GOP Congress didn't renew subsidies
Centene to offer buyouts to some employees as health insurer cuts costs
The health insurer Centene did not indicate how many employees it offered buyouts to, or how much it is aiming to reduce its workforce.
Management of Oatly’s China Business Is Said to Consider Buyout
Executives overseeing Oatly Group AB’s Chinese operations are considering buying out the business, people familiar with the situation said.
Tate & Lyle accepts Ingredion’s $3.6B buyout bid
It’s the latest in a series of deals in the industry.
Politics: What’s Life Like For The Government Employees Still Working?
More than 300,000 federal workers have left government service since the start of the second Trump administration.Some were laid off by the administration. Some took buyouts. Some walked out. The cuts hit every major agency — from the State Department to the Justice Department.That doesn’t mean things have been easy for those still working for the government. Last week, the Office of Personnel Management proposed requiring all federal employees to sign non-disclosure agreements that would prevent them from sharing internal government information.We sit down to talk about how those cuts are affecting the workers who remained.Find more of our programs online. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.
Casino M&A: Caesars Entertainment agrees to buyout offer from Feritta Entertainment
Caesars Entertainment to be acquired by Fertitta in a $17.6B all-cash deal at $31/share (49% premium).
Sun Pharma, Coforge: Indian businesses go shopping abroad as growth slows at home
India Inc spent $18bn on global buyouts in 2025 and the deal value could cross $15bn in the first half of 2026.
Novartis says Avidity's science could apply beyond muscular dystrophies
Novartis eyes Alzheimer's and Parkinson's as it looks to expand the AOC platform acquired in its $12 billion Avidity Biosciences buyout.
InPost says FedEx-led $9 billion buyout offer to run from May 26 to July 27
Polish parcel locker company Inpost said on Friday that the €7.8 billion ($9 billion) buyout offer from a consortium made up of FedEx , Advent International and other InPost investors would run from May 26 to July 27.
Microsoft buyout offer prompts career reflection at age 47
Marisela Cerda received a buyout offer from Microsoft after nearly 25 years at the company. At 47, she hadn't started to consider when she'd retire.
Caesars Entertainment drops as investors wait for M&A update
Caesars (CZR) stock drops 8% as investors await updates on a potential Fertitta buyout at $32/share.
Microsoft internal document shows buyout offers to US employees
Microsoft offered buyouts to thousands of US employees to cut costs amid AI infrastructure spending plans. The offers include cash and insurance.
The Spurs are back, plus the unicorn recipe for firing a coach
The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! I’m thinking about Chonkers this morning. Coming up: 🤠 Spurs look unstoppable 👀 Escaping the buyout trap 🙏 RIP, Ted Turner We had multiple playoff games again in both the NBA and NHL last night. They can be divided into two sections: interesting games and interesting results. Follow me here, starting with results: NBA: Spurs 133, Timberwolves 95. Boring game, as San Antonio was up 20 in the second quarter. Interesting...
John Ternus could borrow from Microsoft’s playbook to reinvigorate Apple
Microsoft recently announced something rather interesting – a voluntary employee buyout. In short, if your age and tenure at the...
Microsoft offers buyouts to thousands of US employees
Microsoft is offering buyouts to employees whose years of service and age adds up to 70 or more.
Caesars Entertainment Seems Headed Toward A Deal
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. buyout talks: markets imply 87% deal odds near $32, ~10% upside vs downside risk. Click for this CZR stock update.
Our latest list of Chicago’s largest private companies has a newcomer near the top
Last year's private equity buyout made drugstore giant Walgreens the Chicago area's second-largest privately held company. This year's list is also missing one of its regulars.
Brian Kelly lands new job following LSU firing
Former Tigers coach finds a new gig and keeps his eight-figure buyout.
The Brief: Retiring business owners exiting to their employees
Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Ownership Economy For retiring business owners, employee buyout options can go head-to-head with private equity. ...
For retiring business owners, employee buyout options can go head-to-head with private equity
Tax and financing advantages embedded in employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs, can allow sellers to defer capital gains taxes.
NBC 5 hires former Sun-Times film critic Richard Roeper as entertainment reporter
One year after taking a buyout and leaving the Chicago Sun-Times, longtime film and TV critic Richard Roeper has landed a new media home at NBC 5 Chicago.
PlayStation To "Enhance Gameplay Visuals" With Buyout Ahead Of PS6
SIE buys the developer of AI-based technology that can transform a photo into a "volumetric 3D experience."
Walgreens’ private equity owner plans to double pharmacy chain’s profits
Sycamore Partners, a New York-based buyout firm, wants to grow the retailer’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization to $4 billion.
Sysco goes all in on the ‘cash and carry’ food-service business with a $29 billion buyout
Sysco’s stock falls after announcing a $29.1 billion cash-and-stock deal to buy Jetro Restaurant Depot.
Hubert Davis buyout: What it would cost UNC to move on from coach after first-round NCAA Tournament exit
The Tar Heels' second straight first-round NCAA Tournament exit adds to growing questions about the program's direction
Caesars Entertainment (CZR) Climbs 11.8% on $7-Billion Buyout
Caesars Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:CZR) is one of the 10 Stocks Making Huge Moves Today. Caesars Entertainment jumped by 11.76 percent on Wednesday to finish at $29.07 apiece, as investors snapped up shares following developments on billionaire Tilman Fertitta’s planned acquisition of the company for $7 billion. According to Wall Street Journal, Fertitta is exclusively in […]
Caesars Entertainment Becomes A Straight Buyout Trade
Buyout hopes have driven Caesars Entertainment higher, with some help from a relief rally following Q4 earnings. Learn why CZR stock is a Hold.
Mavericks make surprising Tyus Jones roster decision
The Mavericks have decided to waive veteran guard Tyus Jones, allowing him to enter the buyout market and join a contending team.
Caesars Entertainment soars amid takeover talk; MGM and Wynn also higher
Caesars (CZR) stock jumps on takeover talk: Tilman Fertitta bid, possible management buyout, $16B enterprise value and sector impact.
Enhabit’s stock soars as home health firm gets buyout offer worth $1.1 billion
The Dallas-based company is part of a growing demand story for home-based health care.
Can Ssense 2.0 Work?
Ssense’s founders got buyout approval. What will the retailer’s next phase look like — and can they build back brand and consumer trust?
New careers, relocations and medical problems: How ex-federal workers’ lives have been upended since DOGE
CNN spoke with several former federal workers who were laid off or accepted buyouts amid DOGE’s aggressive and controversial cuts last year. They’ve had very different experiences since then.
Sony Pictures Television To Offer Targeted Buyouts
Sony Pictures Television is planning to offer buyouts to select executives in specific areas, sources tell Deadline.
Memorial Hermann offers voluntary buyouts amid industry-wide financial pressures
Houston’s largest health system says buyouts are part of a strategic plan to respond to industry-wide cost and funding challenges.
NBA buyout candidates: Khris Middleton, Mike Conley, Lonzo Ball among notable names
Here are five notable names who could change teams after the trade deadline
Best potential buyout candidates for Celtics after trade deadline
Which players could the Celtics pursue on the NBA's buyout market? Here are five interesting options.
MSG Offers Voluntary Buyouts in Search of ‘More Efficient’ Business
MSG is offering voluntary buyouts for a number of employees. The company says it is seeking a "more efficient and nimble organization."
Dallas PE Investor Parlays Bet on Sports Into $1 Billion Valuation
Arctos Partners, a trailblazer in NFL deals, is being acquired by buyout giant KKR
Deadline Hollywood
Media and entertainment is seeing a burst of dealmaking from M&A to spinoffs, AI investment and leveraged buyouts, setting the stage for a pivotal 2026. Read more below.
At this small buyout firm, talking about AI for cost-cutting is off-limits
Unlike their buyout peers, Tide Rock isn't looking to AI to cut costs. Instead, it's CEO told us, its using it to find new customers and deals.
Kentucky expected to fire Mark Stoops, moving on from program's all-time wins leader
Stoops is owed his full $38 million buyout, potentially making this one of the most expensive firings in college football history