Vista Equity Partners Agrees to Buy Software Maker Pluralsight

The deal values Pluralsight at $20.26 a share, or $3.5 billion including debt, the companies said. 


 
Huntington Bancshares Agrees to Merge With TCF Financial

The all-stock deal is the latest in a recent string of regional-bank tie-ups and values TCF at nearly $6 billion. 


 
China's Live Hog Futures to Start Trading in January

China's first live-hog futures have been approved by the nation's securities regulator to debut on the Dalian Commodity Exchange on Jan. 8, offering traders and pork companies a vital hedging tool in the world's top pork market 


 
Elliott Management Has Significant Stake in Public Storage

Representatives of Elliott and Public Storage have had multiple discussions in recent weeks about changes that could be made at the company, according to people familiar with the matter. 


 
Affirm Delays Its IPO

Fintech startup Affirm is postponing its initial public offering, the second company in as many days to pull back from the red-hot IPO market. 


 
Vaccine Boosts Fed Confidence That Worst Outcomes Can Be Avoided

As Fed officials meet for the last time this year, the emergency authorization of a coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is a potential game-changer that could reduce uncertainty for households, businesses and policy makers. 


 
Reclusive Billionaire's Bond Bets Backfire

Bond trader Mark Coombs built a nearly $100 billion investment franchise through his investment firm Ashmore Group, but now it is under attack as competitors short its stock and clients like Goldman Sachs exit after trading losses. 


 
Soilbuild REIT Gets Takeover Offer From Blackstone Consortium

A consortium of Blackstone and the founders of Soilbuild Business Space REIT have made an offer to buy the Singapore-listed trust, valuing it at US$523.8 million. 


 
German Audit Regulator Traded Wirecard Shares During Probe

The head of an agency overseeing auditors said he bought and sold shares of the payments firm in the months before its collapse, the second time a German regulator disclosed staff traded shares of Wirecard while it was being investigated. 


 
Tech IPO Bonanza Yields Riches for Venture-Capital Firms

The initial public offerings this week of DoorDash and Airbnb cap a string of listings that have helped make this the most lucrative year on record for IPOs in terms of money raised, showering returns on some of the biggest names in tech investing.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

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