Those companies that rebuffed suitors offering premiums in the 10th straight year of market expansion may find themselves easy pickings when activist campaigns return in full force.

Activist investor Phil Goldstein of Bulldog Investors believes a recent SEC decision upholding closed-end fund Dividend & Income's right to ignore a shareholder proposal poses a broader threat to investor rights.

Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. III responded to unusally strong investor interest by upsizing its IPO from $600 million to $720 million.

The online travel group raised $1.2 billion through a sale of preferred stock to Apollo and Silver Lake. Expedia is also raising $2 billion in debt.

Kristy Waterman has led the company through its Chapter 11 restructuring and asset sales, as well as the Covid-19 pandemic.

Uncertainty posed by the pandemic is reshaping negotiations, upending timelines, altering strategies and killing transactions.

Parent Alpha Entertainment looks to set a July 6 bid deadline ahead of a July 8 auction for the football league's assets.

The company returned an emergency loan after raising $140 million and setting up a $75 million ATM.