Video game union workers rally against $55B private acquisition of EA Hacker News Saudi Arabia’s acquisition of Electronic Arts faces pushback from game developers, petition calls on FTC to ‘scrutinize this deal closely’ PC Gamer EA employees and UVW-CWA slam Saudi-led EA buyout, call for regulatory scrutiny Game Developer Unionized EA staffers are not happy about that proposed Saudi-backed acquisition Engadget Private Equity’s EA …
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Vast gearing up to launch its Haven-1 private space station in 2026
Vast is moving into the final stages of building its Haven-1 private space station, readying for launch in 2026, in a move that could open up a new era in human spaceflight. In the past couple of weeks, the California-based startup has completed the final weld on the primary structure of Haven-1, followed by painting. Next steps include integrating the …
Read More »A new private moon lander rises: Impulse Space throws its hat into the lunar ring
A new private moon lander could take flight just a few years from now. Impulse Space — a commercial space company founded by Tom Mueller, the first employee the billionaire Elon Musk ever hired at SpaceX — announced on Tuesday (Oct. 14) that it plans to build a robotic moon lander to help open the lunar frontier. “To echo President …
Read More »Video game union workers rally against $55bn Saudi-backed private acquisition of EA, with formal petition to regulators
EA employees and the Communications Workers of America union have issued a statement against the proposed private acquisition of the company, claiming they were not represented in the negotiations and any jobs lost as a result would “be a choice, not a necessity, made to pad investors’ pockets”. The acquisition of EA by a group of private investors was announced …
Read More »Jamie Dimon issues private credit warning: ‘When you see one cockroach, there are probably more’
Executives at JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Citi all used their earnings calls yesterday to assure investors that the bankruptcy of auto parts supplier First Brands—which had borrowed more than $10 billion—did not mean that the private credit market is systemically weak. But JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon also warned that if or when an economic downturn comes, investors should expect more …
Read More »U.S. working on $20 billion private facility for Argentina, Bessent says – Axios
U.S. working on $20 billion private facility for Argentina, Bessent says Axios Trump Helped Argentina Face an Economic Meltdown. It Came At a Cost. The New York Times U.S. support for Argentina could hit $40 billion NBC News What to know about the Trump administration’s $20B bailout for Argentina ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos US buys more Argentine pesos, working …
Read More »Banks and Private Credit Clash After Dimon’s Cockroach Barb
(Bloomberg) — On Wall Street, everyone’s a friendly rival until the losses start. A pair of blowups in the credit market have sparked a war of words over whether banks or private credit firms are better positioned to weather a broader downturn. Most Read from Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon used his bank’s losses from …
Read More »Banks and Private Credit Clash After Dimon’s Cockroach Barb – Bloomberg.com
Banks and Private Credit Clash After Dimon’s Cockroach Barb Bloomberg.com Jamie Dimon says auto company bankruptcies reveal ‘early signs’ of excess in corporate lending CNBC Top US financiers sound alarm on lending standards Financial Times JPMorgan’s Dimon on Tricolor losses: ‘It is not our finest moment’ Yahoo Finance ‘When you see one cockroach, there’s probably more’: Jamie Dimon warns of more credit trouble ahead Business …
Read More »Sources: USC, Michigan question proposed Big Ten private capital deal
Dan WetzelOct 14, 2025, 07:11 PM ET Close Dan Wetzel is a senior writer focused on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling. The Big Ten’s proposed $2 billion-plus private capital deal is facing headwinds after a joint meeting Tuesday afternoon between trustees at Michigan and USC led to unified questions about the plan, multiple sources who were on the …
Read More »JP Morgan boss says more ‘cockroaches’ will emerge after private credit sector failures | JP Morgan
The boss of JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon, has warned over further losses linked to the private credit sector, saying more “cockroaches” could emerge after the collapse of the sub-prime auto lender Tricolor and the car parts supplier First Brands. The bank said on Tuesday that although it had no exposure to First Brands, which sells car parts across the US, …
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