PayPal Holdings Inc has offered to buy digital pinboard site Pinterest Inc for $45 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, a combination that could herald more financial technology and social media tie-ups in e-ecommerce.
French solar power group Photosol has hired BNP Paribas to launch a sales process that could be worth at least 500 million euros ($582.9 million), two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The U.S. markets functioned well during January's GameStop volatility, while short selling was not the main cause of the unprecedented rise in the 'meme stock,' according to a long-awaited Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) report.
India's Zee on Tuesday said top shareholder Invesco's opposition to a proposed merger of the TV network with Sony's India unit is hypocritical because the U.S. investment firm pitched a deal with similar terms earlier this year.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc reported a surge in third-quarter earnings on Friday, as Wall Street's biggest investment bank rode a record wave of dealmaking activity that has boosted profits at other large U.S. banks too.