Monday, September 30

What you missed today

Author

Max
September 30, 2024

Good evening!

Imagine your company is set to complete a $53 billion merger, but the FTC will only approve it if you’re banned from the board.

Here are the 7 things you missed today:

1.  📵 Verizon Had A Major Outage Today

No, it’s not just you. Verizon confirmed an outage affecting some of its mobile phone customers today that disrupted calls, texts, and internet access. Roughly 100,000 service outages were reported at 11am ET, with Verizon working throughout the day to solve the issue.

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3. 📡 DirecTV Is Buying Dish For $1

Keep your enemies closer. DirecTV is buying its rival Dish Network to end decades of satellite merger discussions. As part of the deal, DirecTV will pay Dish’s owner EchoStar $1 in exchange for assuming its ~$1.56 billion of debt.

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5. 🎮 Epic Games Is Suing Google & Samsung

Getting deja vu. Four years ago, Epic sued Google (and won!) for running an illegal app store monopoly. Now, the Fortnite developer has filed a second antitrust lawsuit against Google and Samsung, accusing them of illegally conspiring to undermine third-party app stores.

6.  🛢️ FTC Approved Chevron-Hess $53Bn Merger – If CEO Is Banned

The Federal Trade Commission has banned Hess Corp CEO John Hess from Chevron’s board as a condition for the oil companies’ $53 billion merger to move forward. Why? Well, Hess may have encouraged OPEC reps to take action to support higher prices. Yikes.

7.  ✌️ Apple Backs Out Of OpenAI Support

Love a friend who flakes at the last minute. Turns out, that’s Apple. A new report from The Wall Street Journal claims that Apple has dropped out of OpenAI’s $6.5 billion investment round just before it closed. OpenAI is still expected to raise the funds, and Microsoft is expected to invest around $1 billion in the round.

Bonus. CEO Tip Of The Day

It’s just about time to start seriously planning revenue goals for FY25. If you’re struggling to figure it out, try out Jason Lemkin’s C plans (the C stands for “confidence”).

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