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Autonomy’s Price Tag: $5.3B Radar, $21.5B Delivery Routes From Merger Monday

Autonomy’s Price Tag: $5.3B Radar, $21.5B Delivery Routes

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 maker Echodyne for $5.3 billion. Zipline raised $1.5 billion at $21.5 billion to push drone delivery from dozens of sites toward hundreds.…

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Buncombe Voters Approve $70 Million Housing, Parks Bonds

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 officials say will cost the median homeowner a few dozen dollars a year. Unofficial returns showed the $40 million housing question passing with…

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SS&C Prices $1.05 Billion Convertible Notes in Refinancing

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 extend its bank facilities into 2031. The 2.75% convertible senior notes due Dec. 1, 2031, were increased from a planned $1 billion and…

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