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James Fontanella-Khan

US corporate finance and deals editor

James Fontanella-Khan is US corporate finance and deals editor at the Financial Times covering deals across America. Previously he worked on Lex and as a correspondent in Brussels, New Delhi and Mumbai. He started his career at the FT in London on the news desk in 2005. He graduated at Science Po, Paris.

Along with Arash Massoudi, he is the co-creator of the FT’s premium corporate finance briefing called Due Diligence. To receive the newsletter in your inbox Tuesday to Friday at 5am UK time, sign-up here.

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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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    Unrest at Goldman challenges Solomon’s fragile peace

    Pay, appointments and exits revive tensions over chief who seemed to have strengthened his position

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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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    Florida firm’s new Hyperion venture to be led by former Newcrest chief executive

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    Bank’s Discover Financial takeover proposal faces an ‘aggressive sheriff’ in US antitrust regulators

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  • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
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    Prices of some items did not fall as much as anticipated, claims world’s largest retailer

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  • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
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    Capital One agrees to buy Discover Financial for $35bn

    Takeover set to unite two of the US’s largest credit card companies and reshape industry

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  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
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    Investor behind high-profile media and sport takeovers says he has ‘no tolerance for political behaviour’

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  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    All3Media
    RedBird IMI agrees £1.15bn deal for TV and film producer All3Media

    Investment group beats several other suitors including Sony for maker of ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ and ‘Fleabag’

    US media executive Jeff Zucker
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
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    Diamondback Energy agrees to buy Endeavor in $26bn US oil deal

    Acquisition among ‘last major outstanding M&A puzzle pieces’ in the booming Permian Basin

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    Plus, Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank rides massive Arm gains and hedge funds eye stock returns in Korea

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  • Friday, 2 February, 2024
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    Interest from Skydance and other bidders could split shareholders in studio behind ‘The Godfather’

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  • Friday, 2 February, 2024
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    Elon Musk gets squeezed in Delaware Premium content

    Plus, another Swiss bank gets hit with losses and Chevron loses its lustre with investors

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  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
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    Private equity takes over golf Premium content

    Plus, what Elon Musk’s $56bn pay reversal means for Tesla and a telecoms game of cat and mouse in Italy

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  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
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    Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein plans to buy Baltimore Orioles baseball team

    Investor group behind $1.73bn deal would also include Ares Management CEO Michael Arougheti

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  • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
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    BofA’s Orwellian return to office tactics Premium content

    Plus, trade unions are copying activist investors to take-on corporate America and Ackman returns to dealmaking, finally

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  • Wednesday, 24 January, 2024
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    Succession watch at LVMH Premium content

    Plus, Citi’s plans to expand in China and how Argus became an oil-focused media empire

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  • Saturday, 13 January, 2024
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    Banks hope for M&A revival despite the geopolitics

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  • Thursday, 11 January, 2024
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    Plus, pharma dealmakers make a comeback in San Francisco confab and private equity ‘whitelists’ challenged

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  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
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    The tech unicorn engulfed in a trading scandal Premium content

    Plus, Sony gets cold feet on an Indian mega-deal and Blackstone pitches billion-dollar buyouts to millionaires

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  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
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    Enterprise tech company moves to bulk up networking offering in sign of momentum for dealmaking

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  • Tuesday, 9 January, 2024
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  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
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    Chesapeake and Southwestern in talks to form largest US gas producer

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  • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
    Media
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  • Tuesday, 12 December, 2023
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    Warren Buffett-backed group beats rivals in race for sought-after private oil producer

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