Shares of Electronic Arts jumped 15% on Friday after a report that the company is finalizing a deal to go private at a $50 billion valuation. The company is known for publishing major game titles tied to the NBA, NFL and pro soccer as well as first-person shooter games like Battlefield. A consortium of investors including Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and Jared Kushner’s investment firm Affinity Partners would be stakeholders in the newly private entity. The deal would be the largest ...

(Bloomberg) -- Electronic Arts Inc. is in talks to be taken private by a consortium led by Silver Lake Management and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, according to a person familiar with the matter. The video-game maker, known for popular titles such as Madden NFL, The Sims and Battlefield, could announce a deal as soon as next week, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential information. Shares of Redwood City, California-based Electronic Arts were up 14% to $192.26 at ...

By Milana Vinn and Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) -Electronic Arts, the videogame publisher behind titles such as "FC" and "Battlefield", is in advanced talks to go private at a valuation of roughly $50 billion, according to sources familiar with the matter. A group of investors including private equity firm Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners could unveil a deal for the publisher as soon as next week, the sources said on Friday. If it goes through, the dea ...

get back to business uh here. Uh Marll, we mentioned a bigname company joining the buyback parade. They just did.$5 billion announced this morning. Um you don't own this name, but you do own uh Lamb and KA Corp. And there has been a long list of companies that have announced buybacks over the last couple of months, but you take this one first and we'll go from there. Long list of companies buying back their stock except Berkshire Hathaway.That's the one that we're still waiting for. I know we're talking abo ...

BREAKING: Core CPI Steady, Jobless Claims Highest Since Oct. 2021 Video game metrics for August provide positive data points for Roblox (RBLX) stock, a Wall Street analyst said Thursday. "August is typically a slow month for the gaming industry outside of sports titles, but don't tell that to Roblox, whose player counts and major experiences continue to grow like a weed," Raymond James analyst Andrew Marok said in a client note. Roblox player counts have hit triple-digit year-over-year growth rates, he said ...

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