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• Business10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Comcast Completes the Sale of Sky Deutschland to RTL Group

  Unterföhring, Bavaria, GermanyComcast

  

  Starts 05/31/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins84% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 84%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better127 days agoComcast's Q2 2026 release says the Sky Deutschland sale "was completed on May 31, 2026"; PPC^[1] Land reports RTL Group confirmed the closing on 1 June 2026.

  Comcast closed the sale of Sky's German-speaking business to RTL Group on 31 May 2026; RTL paid EUR 68 million upfront against the EUR 150 million originally stated, with a variable share-price-linked payment on top.

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• Business10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Comcast Plans to Spin Off NBCUniversal and Sky Into a Separate Company

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesComcast

  

  Starts 06/29/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better98 days agoComcast's Business Wire release is dated 29 June 2026 (6:00am EDT on Nasdaq's^[1] copy) and CNBC^[2] published the story the same morning ("Published Mon, Jun 29 2026").

  On 29 June 2026 Comcast announced a tax-free spin-off of NBCUniversal and Sky into an independent public company, expected in about a year, with Mike Cavanagh to run NBCUniversal and Michael Angelakis to become Comcast CEO.

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• Business10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Comcast Q2 2026: Peacock Turns Its First Profit and Wireless Hits a Record

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesComcast

  

  Starts 07/23/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins84% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 84%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better74 days agoComcast's results release (Business Wire copy on Finviz^[1]) covers the quarter ended 30 June 2026; Awful Announcing^[3] dated 23 July 2026 says Comcast announced the news on its Thursday earnings call, and Advanced Television^[2] followed on 24 July.

  Comcast's second-quarter 2026 results, reported on 23 July, showed revenue of US$29.9 billion, adjusted EPS of US$1.04, a first-ever quarterly profit for Peacock (EBITDA US$189 million) and 448,000 new wireless lines.

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• Business10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Comcast Completes the Versant Cable-Network Spin-Off

  New York City, New York, United StatesComcast

  

  Starts 01/02/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins86% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 86%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better276 days agoMyChesCo^[3] (15 Jan 2026) says the spin-off became effective at 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday 2 January 2026 with trading starting that Monday; Wikipedia's^[2] Versant article gives the same dates (distribution complete 2 Jan, trading 5 Jan).

  Comcast completed the spin-off of CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, E!, Syfy and Oxygen into the new public company Versant on 2 January 2026; it began trading on Nasdaq as VSNT on 5 January.

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• Business10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Comcast and GE Close the US$30 Billion NBCUniversal Joint Venture

  30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, New York, United StatesComcast

  

  Starts 01/28/2011CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better15.7 years agoMultichannel News (29 Jan 2011) says Comcast and GE "completed their $30 billion transaction on Jan. 28"; GE's release of 29 January says they "yesterday closed" it; Wikipedia^[2] gives 28 January 2011.

  On 28 January 2011 Comcast and General Electric closed their deal creating NBCUniversal, a joint venture 51% owned and managed by Comcast and 49% by GE, headquartered in New York.

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• Business09/25/2026@LuxuryDesk

  Sotheby's Closes $1 Billion Investment From Abu Dhabi's ADQ

  Breuer Building, 945, Madison Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10021, United StatesSotheby's

  

  Starts 10/30/2024CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.9 years agoThe Art Newspaper's^[1] story carries an update stating 'On 30 October 2024, Sotheby's confirmed that this deal had successfully closed', after having reported the transaction as 'expected to close before the end of the year' when announced on 9 August 2024.

  Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ completed a deal to buy newly issued Sotheby's shares alongside fresh capital from majority owner Patrick Drahi, together about $1 billion, mostly used to cut the auction house's debt.

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• Business09/25/2026@TechDesk

  Alphawave Shareholders Approve Qualcomm's Takeover

  Linklaters, 1, Silk Street, Barbican, City of London, Greater London, England, EC2Y 8HQ, United KingdomQualcomm

  

  Starts 08/05/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.2 years agoThe Alphawave RNS dated 5 August 2025 says the Court Meeting and General Meeting were 'held earlier today at the offices of Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London'.^[1]

  At the court meeting and general meeting in London, Alphawave shareholders backed Qualcomm's $2.4 billion takeover scheme with 99.97% of the votes cast, and the UK cleared the deal on national-security grounds the same day.

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• Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk

  Verizon Wins $3.2 Billion of AWS-3 Spectrum in FCC Auction 113

  Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street Northeast, NoMa, Washington, DC 20554, United StatesVerizon

  

  Starts 06/26/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins91% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 91%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better101 days agoPublic notice DA 26-633, "Released: June 26, 2026", announces the Auction 113 winning bidders; it says bidding concluded on June 23, 2026.^[1]

  Verizon, bidding as Cellco Partnership, won 82 of the 200 AWS-3 licenses in FCC Auction 113 for $3.16 billion, the bulk of the $3.57 billion the auction raised from seven winning bidders.

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• Fashion09/25/2026@FashionDesk

  Vinted's Valuation Nearly Doubles to €8 Billion in New Share Sale

  Uptown Park, 13, Švitrigailos g., Naujamiestis, Naujamiesčio seniūnija, Vilnius, Vilniaus miesto savivaldybė, Vilniaus apskritis, 03228, LietuvaVinted

  

  Starts 04/28/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better160 days agoThe Fashion Law's^[1] April 28, 2026 article reports Vinted 'has landed a valuation of 8 billion euros ... in a secondary share sale' of '880 million euros', led by EQT, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Schroders Capital.

  Vinted completed an €880 million secondary share sale led by EQT, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Schroders Capital, lifting its valuation to €8 billion, a 60% jump from the €5 billion it fetched 18 months earlier.

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• Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk

  Babcock & Wilcox Closes $230 Million Stock Offering

  1200, East Market Street, East End, Goodyear Heights, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, 44305, United StatesBabcock & Wilcox

  

  Starts 05/18/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better140 days agoStated as done in the release datelined "AKRON, Ohio – May 18, 2026", which "announced today the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering"; the 8-K says "The Offering was consummated on May 18, 2026."^[1]

  B&W sold 12.4 million new shares at $18.50 each, raising about $230 million with the underwriters' extra shares, and Applied Digital bought about 540,500 of them. The money is meant to expand steam turbine and boiler production for AI data centre power plants.

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• Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk

  Salesforce's $25 Billion Accelerated Share Repurchase Settles

  Salesforce Tower, 415, Mission Street, Rincon Hill, San Francisco, California, 94105, United StatesSalesforce

  

  Starts 10/31/2026ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 26 daysEstimated: the Q2 FY2027 release says "Final settlement of the company's $25 billion ASR is expected in October 2026", so the pin takes the month's last day; the March release had said "the third or fourth quarter of Salesforce's FY27".^[1]

  Final settlement of Salesforce's record $25 billion accelerated share repurchase, when the banks deliver the last of the shares beyond the 103 million received up front in March.

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• Law09/25/2026@LawDesk

  Tribunal Approves First 'Drop Hands' End to Which?'s Qualcomm Claim

  KPMG, 8, Salisbury Square, West Smithfield, Blackfriars, City of London, Greater London, England, EC4Y 8AP, United KingdomQualcomm

  

  Starts 06/10/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better117 days agoThe tribunal's judgment page reads 'Neutral Citation Number [2026] CAT 50 Published 10/06/2026'.^[1]

  The Competition Appeal Tribunal approved a settlement that ends Which?'s GBP 480 million class action against Qualcomm with no payment, finding the claim no longer had a realistic prospect of success.

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