Liana Baker

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  • Ferrero SpA’s Nutella chocolate spread on sale at a newly opened Lidl Ltd store in Riga, Latvia, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. The euro area’s economic growth will pick up as obstacles to consumption and investment fade away, though geopolitics poses an increasing threat, according to the European Commission. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEconomy

    Ferrero nears $3 billion deal for WK Kellogg

    By Crystal Tse, Liana Baker, and others
  • Ben and Jerry's cofounders Jerry Greenfield and Ben CohenFinance

    Ben & Jerry’s founders discuss buying back ice cream brand

    By Liana Baker, Dasha Afanasieva, and others
  • Pat Gelsinger, CEO of US multinational corporation and technology company Intel, walks after the signing of an agreement between the German government and Intel at the Chancellery in Berlin on June 19, 2023. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)Leadership

    Intel CEO forced out after board grew frustrated with progress

    By Ian King, Liana Baker, and others
  • Intel CEO Pat GelsingerFinance

    Intel gets Apollo offer to invest up to $5 billion after Qualcomm approached about takeover

    By Liana Baker, Ryan Gould, and others
  • Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during a symposium on generative artificial intelligence (AI) at the University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Son last month said the Vision Fund, the world’s largest pool of tech capital, is hunting new investments after racking up billions of dollars of losses on its bets on AI. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Arm is halving its IPO ambitions to $4.87 billion but it will still be the world’s biggest of 2023

    By Ian King, Amy Or, and others
  • Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp. speaks during an interview on The David Rubenstein Show in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. Son is taking another run at his dream to create a U.S. mobile phone heavyweight, but a revived deal would be scrutinized by many of the same officials who batted down his last attempt. Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    SoftBank lines up Apple, Nvidia, Intel as strategic investors for Arm IPO as chipmaker rides A.I. wave

    By Amy Or, Ian King, and others
  • CNBC EVENTS — Pictured: Carl Icahn, Chairman, Icahn Enterprises, at the 2015 Delivering Alpha Conference on July 15, 2015 — (Photo by: Adam Jeffery/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)Finance

    Carl Icahn’s company stock fell 20% after saying that federal prosecutors are asking for more information following a short seller’s scathing report

    By Liana Baker, Swetha Gopinath, and others
  • Paul Singer, CEO of Elliott ManagementTech

    Activist investor Elliott Management takes big stake in Salesforce after software giant sheds workers, real estate

    By Liana Baker and Bloomberg
  • US actors Ryan ReynoldsFinance

    Ryan Reynolds-owned Mint Mobile eyed for acquisition by T-Mobile

    By Ed Hammond, Liana Baker, and others
  • Elon MuskTech

    Bankers look past Musk’s Twitter fickleness for future deals: ‘I would work for Elon Musk any day’

    By Liana Baker and Bloomberg
  • Broadcom buys VMware for $61 billionTech

    Broadcom splashes $61 billion for mega-acquisition of cloud giant VMware in record deal for a chipmaker

    By Dina Bass, Liana Baker, and others
  • Broadcom headquartersTech

    Broadcom in talks to acquire VMware in mega cloud software deal worth tens of billions

    By Liana Baker, Ed Hammond, and others
  • Mark Zuckerberg announcing the new name of the company and Meta logo are seen during Facebook Connect livestream displayed on a laptop screen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on October 28, 2021. Mark Zuckerberg announced during Facebook Connect event that the new name of Facebook company will be MetaTech

    Mark Zuckerberg’s stablecoin ambitions unravel with Diem sale talks

    By Liana Baker, Jesse Hamilton, and others
  • Mailchimp email marketing softwareTech

    Mailchimp founders cash out in $12 billion deal with Intuit

    By Liana Baker, Katie Roof, and others
  • NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 11: A BuzzFeed News logo adorns a wall inside BuzzFeed headquarters, December 11, 2018 in New York City. BuzzFeed is an American internet media and news company that was founded in 2006. According to a recent report in The New York Times, the company expects to surpass 300 million dollars in earnings for the 2018 fiscal year. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Finance

    BuzzFeed to go public with $1.5 billion SPAC deal

    By Liana Baker, John J. Edwards III, and others