Hacker News with Generative AI: Mergers

Trump Enforcers Affirm Lina Khan's Approach to Antitrust (thebignewsletter.com)
Some big news today on the political antitrust front. The most consequential antitrust power struggle you’ve never heard of has been won… by the good guys. The short story is the Trump administration just said they will enforce antitrust law to stop harmful mergers using the guidelines that Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter helped create in 2023.

Politics, Antitrust, Law, Mergers, Government

7 points by toomuchtodo 2 days ago | 0 comments

300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals (arstechnica.com)
After closing a $69 billion deal to buy virtualization technology company VMware a year ago, Broadcom wasted no time ushering in big changes to the ways customers and partners buy and sell VMware offerings—and many of those clients aren't happy.

Business, Technology, Acquisitions, Mergers, Competition

44 points by rntn 113 days ago | 16 comments

Video game maker Activision Blizzard laying off California workers (siliconvalley.com)
Video game maker Activision Blizzard Inc. will soon lay off nearly 400 people in its in mobile gaming divisions in Santa Monica and Irvine, eliminating redundancies among its staff following last year’s $75.4 billion merger with software giant Microsoft Corp.

Video Games, Layoffs, Mergers, California

7 points by thunderbong 146 days ago | 0 comments

Two amusement park giants just merged. Rollercoaster fans are nervous (cnn.com)

Amusement Parks, Mergers, Business

8 points by cainxinth 229 days ago | 2 comments