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Rohan Goswami

Rohan Goswami

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We’re in the ‘call me, maybe’ era of M&A

Deal talks used to be private. Now, they’re anything but secret.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via Reuters

FCC challenges ABC broadcast licenses

The move could strip ABC of its ability to broadcast to stations across the country following Jimmy Kimmel’s “expectant widow” monologue comments.
Brendan Carr.Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Semafor

Mark Cuban’s next target: Insurance companies

After taking on pharmacies with his discount-drug startup, the billionaire is taking on health insurers with a skunkworks project dubbed “The 10 Plan.”
Mark Cuban.

Saudi sovereign wealth fund to partner again with Live Nation

The $925 billion fund is tapping US operators to manage a new network of stadiums and concert halls.
A rendering of the planned King Salman International Stadium. Courtesy of Saudi Press Agency.

US nears government bailout deal for Spirit Airlines

Trump tries to sell affordability story with Spirit bailout.
A Spirit Airlines flight arrives at Arnold Palmer Regional AirportQuinn Glabicki/Reuters

Apprenticeships in the age of AI

Whatever junior workers survive the automation of the knowledge economy will be scaling a pyramid that is steeper and sharper-elbowed.
Lazard’s Peter Orszag. Lazard’s Peter Orszag. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Semafor.

US states flex their antitrust muscles

States are increasingly becoming the arbiters of antitrust, stepping into a void left by Trump’s Department of Justice.

Cloning woolly mammoths is cool. Can it be profitable?

Ben Lamm, CEO of bioengineering lab Colossal, says the money-making opportunity in thwarting extinction is “immeasurable.” Just don’t expect a Jurassic Park.

Philanthropist John Arnold is worried about prediction markets

America’s youngest billionaire-turned-philanthropist is making online betting his next big issue.

Bill Ackman tries again with $60B Universal Music Group bid

This is Ackman’s second run at Universal after the company rebuffed his 2021 bid.

Why Oura is running toward Washington oversight

“We’re already in the health care business,” Oura CEO Tom Hale said in the latest episode of Semafor’s Compound Interest show.

Musk lawsuits reassigned on judge bias allegations

Three lawsuits involving Elon Musk will be reassigned after the presiding judge appeared to endorse a LinkedIn post critical of the billionaire.

Are tiny homes the cure for America’s housing woes?

“We love it as an asset class,” says the CEO of the prefab homebuilder that spun out of Airbnb.

‘Tipping point’: NFL’s streaming shift could put league’s antitrust shield at risk, FCC’s Carr says

The NFL’s move to shift live sports from broadcast channels to streaming services has become a flashpoint in Washington.

JetBlue explores potential merger partners

The unprofitable airline has tapped advisers to scenario-plan how a merger with United, Alaska, or Southwest might fare in Trump’s Washington, people familiar with the matter said.

Prediction markets eye self-regulation

Kalshi and rival Polymarket are racing to police themselves before the government does it for them.

Is the panic in private markets a contagion or a kingmaker?

Wall Street’s push to manage money for everyday households is facing an existential test of confidence.

Senate Democrats demand FCC probe in Warner Bros. deal

Paramount bested Netflix with a $111 billion bid for Warner Bros. earlier this month, $24 billion of which comes from Abu Dhabi, Qatari, and Saudi sovereign wealth funds.