Second Opinion

In Second Opinion, TechShop shuts down and declares bankruptcy, oil and gas producer SandRidge Energy is buying rival Bonaza Creek in a deal valued at $746 million and CFPB chief Cordray, an Obama appointee, is resigning.

Match Group is still in talks to acquire Bumble for $450 million. Senate Republicans will include a repeal of the Obamacare coverage mandate in their tax plan. India’s Bharti Airtel sells $508 million stake in tower arm Bharti Infratel. Android Pay launches in Brazil, its first Latin American market. Hurricane-struck Americans spent nearly $300 million […]

Second Opinion closes out the week with news that Toutiao buys lip-syncing app Musical.ly, Alibaba sales surge $5 billion in the first 15 minutes on Singles Day and an Alabama politician invokes Joseph and Mary to defend Roy Moore against sexual assault allegations on a 14 year old girl decades ago.

In Second Opinion, Third Point acquires a stake in U.S. mall owner Macerich, Facebook is launching a 30-city "community boost" tour in 2018 and five women accuse comic Louis C.K of sexual misconduct.

In Second Opinion, Panera Bread says it's acquiring bakery and cafe chain Au Bon Pain, Tencent buys a minority stake in Snap and U.S. regulators are demanding that AT&T sell CNN if it wants its deal to acquire Time Warner to be approved.

In Second Opinion, Bridgewater allegedly paid off an employee after she had a relationship with a top executive, First Round Capital hires its first female GP and the Manhattan DA is reportedly seeking to indict Harvey Weinstein on rape charges as early as next week.

In Second Opinion, Broadcom is offering to buy Qualcomm for over $100 billion, WeWork is launching a grade school for budding entrepreneurs and 21st Century Fox is in talks to sell most of their company to Disney.

Second Opinion closes out the week with news that Broadcom is planning a bid for rival Qualcomm, crowds line up at Apple stores to buy the new $1,000 iPhone X and a federal government report says that humans are responsible for global warming.

In Second Opinion, the GOP unveils a tax plan that will cap mortgage and property tax deductions, the Justice Department contemplates filing a lawsuit challenging AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner Inc and bitcoin blasts past $7,000 per coin to reach another record high in 2017.

In Second Opinion, executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google testify before the Senate on Russia ad spending in the 2016 U.S. election, Samsung shakes up its leadership and the FDA says that eating too much black licorice is harmful to your health. Happy Halloween!