Posted inHospitals Layoffs and Job Reductions Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Private Equity Serious Medical Errors Rose After Private Equity Firms Bought Hospitals A new study shows an increase in the rate of inpatient complications, including infections and falls, though patients were no more likely to die. Posted by By Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz
Posted inBristol Myers Squibb Company Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Food and Drug Administration Karuna Therapeutics Inc Mental Health and Disorders Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Bristol Myers to Acquire the Drugmaker Karuna for $14 Billion The deal is a bet on the growing market for psychiatric and neurological drugs. Posted by By Lauren Hirsch
Posted inAdvertising and Marketing CBS Corporation Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Movies National Amusements Inc Paramount Pictures Redstone, Shari Television Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming Warner Bros Discovery Why Is Shari Redstone, Ruler of a Vast Media Kingdom, Weighing a Sale? She fought to keep control of her family’s media empire. Now she’s considering an exit as financial pressures mount. Posted by By Benjamin Mullin
Posted inCable Television Comedy Central Discovery Channel ESPN internal-storyline-no Malone, John C Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Movies NBCUniversal Netflix Inc Paramount Plus Television Warner Bros Discovery Why a Warner Bros.-Paramount Does (and Doesn’t) Makes Sense A potential merger could bolster their streaming businesses and negotiating power with cable operators. But their crushing debt load could be a turn-off. Posted by By Andrew Ross Sorkin Ravi Mattu Bernhard Warner Sarah Kessler