(Reuters) - Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman is planning an initial public offering for his investment firm Pershing Square Capital Management as soon as next year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. As a precursor to a public listing, Ackman is selling a stake in Pershing Square to investors in a funding round expected to value the firm at...

WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - The presidential campaigns of Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump know what they want to talk about in their high-stakes television debate next month, and now they're trying to convince news network CNN to play ball. President Biden and former President Trump, his predecessor in office, meet in Atlanta on June 27 for the...

May 31 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Friday: ** Britain's competition regulator said it had started a probe into Nationwide Building Society's proposed 2.9 billion pound ($3.7 billion) all-cash deal to buy Virgin Money UK ( CYBBF ). ** Spanish retailer group Dia said it agreed to sell its business...

(Reuters) - Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group ( DJT ) dropped 8% in premarket trading on Friday after a jury found former U.S. president Donald Trump guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the 2016 election. The Republican presidential candidate for this year's election owns a majority stake in...