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Zipline International Inc. raised $1.5 billion at a $21.5 billion post-money valuation, betting that retail and ride-hailing partners will turn drone delivery from a pilot project into a\u2026
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. priced an upsized $1.05 billion convertible note offering as the centerpiece of a broader refinancing that will retire $2 billion of higher-coupon bonds and\u2026
Shield AI Inc. agreed to acquire Echodyne Corp. in a transaction valued at $5.3 billion and raised $2.5 billion of equity and debt at a $28.8 billion valuation,\u2026
Fortescue Ltd. priced $1.5 billion of senior unsecured notes and immediately swapped the entire principal into offshore renminbi, locking in an effective interest cost of about 3.9% on\u2026
CesiumAstro Inc. closed a $730 million Series D round at a valuation above $4.5 billion and unveiled plans for Synchronicity, a 737-satellite constellation, after a successful Element-1 demonstration\u2026
Voters in Buncombe County, N.C., approved $70 million of new local bonds for affordable housing and open space, clearing the way for a municipal debt sale that county\u2026
Private markets put two very different price tags on flying machines in the same news cycle. Shield AI raised money at a $28.8 billion valuation to buy radar\u2026
Apple Inc. raised $7.5 billion in a seven-part investment-grade bond sale, drawing roughly $31 billion of investor orders and pricing its longest tranche tighter than recent deals from\u2026
ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc. launched a recommended public cash offer for Egetis Therapeutics AB, valuing the Swedish rare-disease company at about $560 million and adding Emcitate, the first approved\u2026
Alfa Laval AB agreed to buy NAVTOR AS, a Norwegian maritime software company, for about $700 million in cash, adding electronic navigation and vessel-performance tools to the Swedish\u2026