San Francisco Giants Sells Stake to Private Equity Firm Sixth Street

One of Major League Baseball’s biggest franchises sells 10 percent of the team to Sixth Street Partners.

The New York Times - 9h

Private equity wants a larger piece of the $12.5 trillion workplace retirement plan market

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CNBC - Mar. 11

Private equity could lift UK property out of the bargain basement

There is not much to impede the assault by nimble buyout firms

Financial Times - Mar. 10

China’s Geely sells Saxo Bank stake to Swiss private bank

Eight-year joint venture was a bet on Chinese capital markets opening up to the west

Financial Times - Mar. 10

Tesla stake is no longer Elon Musk’s most valuable asset amid stock market sell-off

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The Guardian - 3h

Wipeouts on Wall Street

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Financial Times - Mar. 11

Lynch: The PGA Tour doesn’t own a major. For private equity, that’s a big problem

Now that private equity is in the game, a debate that was once a tedious mix of politics and peevishness has real commercial meaning.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Tennessee Titans add a QB, sign San Francisco 49ers' Brandon Allen to a one-year deal

The Tennessee Titans added a quarterback to the roster on Thursday, signing San Francisco 49ers backup Brandon Allen to a one-year deal.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

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CBS Sports - Mar. 11

Putin lets western investors sell some Russian shares ahead of Trump talks

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Financial Times - 1d

Chinese investors privately take stakes in Musk’s companies

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Financial Times - Mar. 9

Private equity is heading for a shake-up, experts say: 'This market actually is a good reset'

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CNBC - 4d

NFC West update: Free agency moves for San Francisco 49ers

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Yahoo Sports - 2d

Vikings acquire RB Jordan Mason from 49ers and give him a new 2-year deal, AP source says

Two people familiar with the deal confirmed the trade that sends a 2026 sixth-round pick to San Francisco on Saturday night. There is also a pick swap in 2025 with the Niners flipping the 187th ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Cadillac expects one of every three vehicle sales to be EVs in 2025

SAN FRANCISCO — Cadillac expects roughly one of every three vehicles it sells in the U.S. this year to be all-electric models, as the automaker continues to expand its EV lineup despite ...

NBC News - 3h

Black Panther artist's painting of jazz legend catches eye of Spike Lee

Sitting in the window of the Artfunk gallery on Jackson Street in San Francisco is a painting of jazz legend John Coltrane. While most people walking by will see the image of a great musician, ...

CBS News - Mar. 3

China criticises Hong Kong firm’s sale of majority stake in Panama ports

Commentary urged CK Hutchison to ‘think twice’ about ‘what position and side they are on’ in sale to US investors. Business live – latest updates China has criticised the sale of the business ...

The Guardian - 4d

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission targets law firms over DEI practices

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sent letters to 20 top law firms demanding information about their employment practices, a sign it plans to target their diversity, equity and ...

The Hill - 5h

Winners and losers from the Wall Street sell-off

‘Ignored stocks’ outperform as Big Tech and banks slide

Financial Times - 6d

Packers free agency: Green Bay invests in protecting Jordan Love by signing one of top interior OL, per report

Aaron Banks is coming over from San Francisco

CBS Sports - Mar. 10

NL West preview: Can the Dodgers win a record number of games this year? | Baseball Bar-B-Cast

The division preview pods roll on as Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman preview the NL West. Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman breakdown the 2025 season outlook for the Colorado Rockies, San Francisco ...

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Falcons signing edge rusher Leonard Floyd hours after 49ers release with San Francisco descending into rebuild

Floyd's 8.5 sacks in 2024 were just behind Nick Bosa's 49ers team-high of nine, which is why Atlanta just scooped him up

CBS Sports - Mar. 11

Indian billionaire Mittal weighs up increasing his BT stake

Bharti founder has privately suggested he could expand his position in UK telecoms group

Financial Times - 16h

Wall Street sell-off amid economic uncertainty, Trump weighs in on looming government shutdown

Wall Street is looking to rebound on Tuesday after recession fears and confusion about President Trump's tariffs caused a market plunge on Monday. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking on Capitol Hill ...

CBS News - Mar. 11

Wall Street Sinks as Recession Fears Loom

Last week’s steep sell-off resumed, with all three major U.S. indexes suffering sharp declines.

Inc. - Mar. 10

With Steelers hot on Kyle Juszczyk's trail, the 49ers came through

Lions, Raiders also were in the mix, but it came down to Pittsburgh and San Francisco.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Why this Wall Street strategist says investors should stick with U.S. stocks despite recession fears

Oppenheimer’s John Stoltzfus, the most bullish strategist on Wall Street with a target for the S&P 500 to hit 7,100 by the end of 2025, is standing firm, even as other strategists have cut their ...

MarketWatch - 4d

Trading giant Jane Street seeks to double London office footprint

New York-based group in talks for up to 500,000 sq ft of City space

Financial Times - 4d

Bitcoin falls to November low under $80,000 on heightened recession fears

Bitcoin slipped under the $80,000 level on Monday, dragged by the continued selling pressure in the equities market.

CNBC - Mar. 10

Meta Tries to Stop Sarah Wynn-Williams From Further Selling Scathing Memoir

An arbitrator has prevented the employee from promoting her book and disparaging the company until private arbitration concludes.

The New York Times - 1d

From sleeping in doorways to reporting on homelessness: the journalist chronicling an American crisis

Kevin Fagan, who spent decades at the San Francisco Chronicle, argues in a new book that ‘atrociously unforgivable’ US poverty must be addressed. The veteran journalist Kevin Fagan spent decades ...

The Guardian - 5d

Stock market opens low following Wall Street's worst day in years

The stock market opened in the red as a major sell off continues prompted by fears of a recession and uncertainty from President Donald Trump's tariffs. NBC News' Brian Cheung reports on what could ...

NBC News - Mar. 11

‘It’s been a scary ride’: My family has $800K in stocks. We lost 2 years of market gains in a few weeks. Do we sell — or buy?

“I’m considering encouraging my family to liquidate part of their real-estate holdings to further invest in equities.”

MarketWatch - 3d

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