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SportsCHICAGO, Ill. — Fans back home in Tampa, Florida, watched the Buccaneers claw back late on Sunday night, only to see the Chicago Bears steal a 27-24 win at Soldier Field when Cairo Santos split the uprights from 38 yards with no time left. Tampa…
SportsST. PAUL, Minn. — The Tampa Bay Lightning spent most of Saturday night chasing the Minnesota Wild, then won it in overtime when Nikita Kucherov ripped a power-play wrist shot from the slot 3:23 into the extra period for a 4-3 victory at Grand Casino…
Events
TAMPA, Fla. — A free animation showcase is spending its final day Sunday on the University of Tampa campus, after roughly 200 fans filled the Charlene A. Gordon Theater when the event opened Thursday night. Gregg Perkins leads the school’s film, animation and new media program and created the Tampa…
From Merger Monday
Monday’s deal tape had a pattern. Nearly every buyer already owned a piece of what it was buying. Crédit Agricole holds 29.6% of Banco BPM and wants to reach about 45% by folding its Italian bank into the Milan lender, structured so that it never has to make a tender offer…
From Merger Monday
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has hired Mizuho Securities and BofA Securities to arrange its first yen-denominated bond sale since April, returning to a market where it has borrowed about twice a year to fund its Japanese investments. The planned benchmark offering of senior unsecured notes is expected in the near future, subject…
From Merger Monday
Onodrim Industries, an Amsterdam company that plans to buy and hold European defense and industrial suppliers, raised $300 million in a Series A round led by Lux Capital that values it at $1.3 billion, nine months after its seed financing. General Catalyst, Lakestar, Altimeter, Strike Capital, 137 Ventures, 8090 and Expeditions…
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