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Biz editor at Axios. Boston-ish. Strong social media preferences, loosely held. GetProRata.axios.com

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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I don't know if AI is going to destroy humanity. Neither do you. But here's what I do know: It's very difficult to have a sober conversation about this when there's so much money at stake. www.axios.com/2026/09/11/d...
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Dollars and doomers in the AI safety debate
It's hard to have a sober conversation when there's so much money at stake.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Bernie Sanders unveils AI "tax" plan www.axios.com/2026/06/18/b...
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Bernie Sanders unveils AI "tax" plan
The U.S. government would get a 50% stake in some of America's largest companies.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Founders Fund invested $20 million into SpaceX 18 years ago, and kept investing. Its stake could be valued north of $60 billion. An exclusive Q&A with partner Scott Nolan, and early SpaceX employee, ahead of the IPO. www.axios.com/2026/05/28/s...
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Exclusive: Founders Fund partner Scott Nolan talks SpaceX
Axios interviewed Scott Nolan, an early SpaceX employee who later became a Founders Fund partner.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Today's @Axios Pro Rata newsletter: Platner's field of dumb, Lilly's big vax buy, new details on the govt quantum deals & much more: www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Axios Pro Rata
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 09/04/2026
Hall of fame FT correction
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Full episode just dropped! An explainer for those who don't really understand what #PredictionMarkets or Kalshi are, and a deeper dive for those who get it but have concerns. Plus, Trump fam connections, what they really think about Polymarket, and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=86oa...
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Kalshi founders on prediction markets, the Trump family, and insider trading | The Axios Show
YouTube video by Axios
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
We know that OpenAI and Anthropic want to go public. The question is why: www.axios.com/2026/04/03/a...
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Why Anthropic and OpenAI want to go public
"Stay private longer" doesn't apply here.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Private equity's next step into 401(k)s www.axios.com/2026/03/31/p...
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Private equity's next step into 401(k)s
Pay more attention to the actual rule than to the press release.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
What we know, and still don't know, about Jeff Bezos' big plans to apply AI to manufacturing www.axios.com/2026/03/20/j...
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Jeff Bezos wants to change manufacturing with AI
Project Prometheus is about what happens before the factory floor, not replacing those on it.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The White House won't answer questions about a $10 billion payment that was apparently required to secure the TikTok sale. Neither will the buyers nor TikTok itself. It's unprecedented. And officially undisclosed. U.S. investors and biz leaders should want answers. www.axios.com/2026/03/18/t...
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New questions arise over TikTok sale
The $10 billion "fee" is unprecedented. And officially undisclosed.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Today's newsletter: The Dept of Whoa vs. Anthropic www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Trump spoke for 108 minutes on Tuesday night. Mentioned AI only twice. Less than 2% of his wordcount. Elected officials are largely ignoring a revolution that will change all Americans' lives and jobs, well beyond electricity prices. www.axios.com/2026/02/26/t...
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Trump goes quiet on AI
Washington D.C. is ignoring the revolution.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Teachers unions think Apollo may have misled folks back in 2021 about its Epstein ties. Published this 2+ hours ago. Still no comment from Dechert, which did the investigation. www.axios.com/2026/02/17/e...
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Teachers unions push for investigation into Apollo's Epstein ties
Two teachers unions sent a letter to the SEC, asking for an investigation into Apollo's past statements.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This could be the biggest week for IPOs in five years www.axios.com/2026/02/04/i...
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IPOs are having their biggest week in years
Pay more attention to the long-term performance than the short-term pop.
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Axios @axios.com · 02/02/2026
Elon Musk is making one of the most audacious moves in the history of business and tech, @danprimack.bsky.social writes.
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Elon Musk's grand vision comes into focus with SpaceX-xAI deal
Elon Musk is making one of the most audacious moves in the history of business.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Elon Musk's grand vision comes into focus with SpaceX-xAI deal www.axios.com/2026/02/02/e...
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Elon Musk's grand vision comes into focus with SpaceX-xAI deal
Elon Musk is making one of the most audacious moves in the history of business.
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Axios @axios.com · 02/02/2026
It's impossible to know how many blue-collar jobs could be rendered irrelevant, or how soon, @danprimack.bsky.social writes.
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Investors are betting on robots to replace blue collar workers
Building AI brains for blue-collar jobs
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
So much talk about how AI could disrupt white-collar work. Not nearly enough on how it also could take blue-collar jobs. www.axios.com/2026/02/02/b...
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Investors are betting on robots to replace blue collar workers
Building AI brains for blue-collar jobs
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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California easily maintains its startup crown, despite naysayers
California startups raised 62% of all U.S. venture capital dollars in 2025.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
U.S. stocks performed worse during the first year of President Trump's second term than during the same period of his first term. The S&P 500 also underperformed the first year of the Biden and Obama presidencies. www.axios.com/2026/01/21/t...
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Trump 2.0 stock market underperforms Trump 1.0
The S&P 500 also performed worse than during Biden or Obama's first years in office.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Trump takes on private equity with new housing plan www.axios.com/2026/01/08/t...
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Trump housing plan likely won't help the affordability crisis that much
Brookings estimates that only around 3% of America's single-family homes are owned by "large institutional investors."
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Subtracting Maduro doesn't automatically add American-style capitalism to Venezuela, let alone American capitalists. www.axios.com/2026/01/07/a...
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How America is getting ahead of itself on Venezuela
Maduro's Chavismo government remains in place, as do its ties to China, and is cracking down on dissent.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
"This is ground zero for the thorny politics of income inequality, which will become more pervasive as the AI revolution mints more billionaires and costs "normies" their jobs." www.axios.com/2026/01/05/c...
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The political peril of California's billionaire tax
Silicon Valley's congressman is facing a revolt from some of his richest constituents.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Been a bunch of chatter about how Groq employees make out in the Nvidia deal. Made some calls to find out. In short, very very well. Even if not fully vested. www.axios.com/2025/12/28/n...
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Scoop: Nvidia deal a big win for Groq employees and investors
Social media has been full of questions about what the unusual arrangement means for Groq employees.
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Axios @axios.com · 08/12/2025
NEW: Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
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Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Cliffhanger... www.axios.com/2025/12/05/p...
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Paramount could go hostile for Warner Bros Discovery after losing to Netflix
Hollywood's big deal might not be done just yet.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Chicago folks: I've got a pair of front-row tickets to tonight's live taping of NPR's "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me." Want 'em? They go to whoever pledges to donate the most to Chicago's Food Bank. Email your blind bid to dan@axios.com.
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jonathan friedman @jonathanfriedman.com · 25/11/2025
Thinking about this @inafried.bsky.social @danprimack.bsky.social piece as Gemini takes the top spot on the App Store…
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Google, the sleeping AI giant, awakens
Google is proving that it hasn't lost its AI edge.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Private equity exec sentenced to 7 years in prison for fraud. Trump commutes sentence. He serves just 12 days. surprise fact: PE exec's defense attny once was Florida prosecutor who helped cut the plea deal w/ Epstein. www.axios.com/2025/12/03/t...
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Trump lets private equity exec out of prison early
David Gentile served just 12 days of a 7-year sentence for fraud.
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Axios @axios.com · 18/11/2025
Exclusive: Elon Musk's SpaceX has a "bigger chance of being the most valuable company" than OpenAI, Sequoia Capital's Roelof Botha told @danprimack.bsky.social at Axios' BFD event today.
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Exclusive: Roelof Botha bets on SpaceX over OpenAI as the most valuable tech company
He said SpaceX's industry dominance sets it apart from competitors.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
My @axios.com BFD conversation with @polymarket.bsky.social CEO Shayne Coplan www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3kJ...
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Polymarket’s Shayne Coplan & Axios’ Dan Primack
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Axios @axios.com · 20/11/2025
Almost all efforts to stem the tide of Big Tech have failed, leaving politicians with few deliverables beyond viral videos of CEOs being berated during congressional hearings, writes @danprimack.bsky.social.
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Big Tech vanquishes Washington
Meta this week won a landmark antitrust case that had been brought by the FTC.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Harvard's financial are out. Donations up. Endowment performance up. Federal funding way down. www.axios.com/2025/10/16/t...
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Harvard posts biggest operating loss in 14 years as Trump cuts bite
The Trump administration's efforts to cut Harvard's funding took a toll, even though a judge has reinstated much of the money.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
💰 Axios BFD returns to NYC on November 18. Guests include: Sequoia Capital's Roelof Botha, Coinbase president/COO Emilie Choi, Coatue founder Philippe Laffont, Emma Grede, Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue, and more! Join us: axiosbfdsummitnewyork2025.splashthat.com
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Axios BFD Summit: New York 2025
Axios BFD is our annual summit spotlighting the power players behind the year’s biggest deals in tech, finance, private equity, M&A, and more led by Axios business editor Dan Primack.The people on stage aren’t just talking about market moves — they’re making them. Through sharp interviews and candid conversations, we get inside the strategies shaping valuations, exits, and the future of dealmaking. Join us November 18th in New York City to hear insights from real 'BFDs'.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Digging into the largest private equity deal ever www.axios.com/2025/09/29/e...
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Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund helping to take Electronic Arts private for $55 billion
This might be just as much about geopolitics as it is about cashflow from the next iteration of Madden NFL.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Private equity Patriots www.axios.com/2025/09/25/b...
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Bob Kraft to sell minority stake in New England Patriots at $9B valuation
This is the first time that Kraft has sold part of the team since he acquired it more than 30 years ago.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Today's Axios Pro Rata newsletter on the Kimmel situation
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The TikTok ban hits this Wednesday. Trump is likely to kick the can again, even if that's against both the spirit and letter of the law. Congress -- including GOP senators who yelled about national security -- could force the issue, but won't. www.axios.com/2025/09/12/t...
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TikTok ban deadline is fast approaching, but Trump still not expected to enforce it
Trump is likely to kick the can down the road again.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The TikTok ban deadline is next Wednesday www.axios.com/2025/09/12/t...
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TikTok ban deadline is fast approaching, but Trump still not expected to enforce it
Trump is likely to kick the can down the road again.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
There's something surprising in Giorgio Armani's will www.axios.com/2025/09/12/g...
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Giorgio Armani's will puts fashion brand on the block
The Italian company could get a French owner.
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Axios @axios.com · 10/09/2025
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Axios he wants the U.S. to get a cut of university patent revenue. That could disrupt the entire startup ecosystem, @danprimack.bsky.social writes.
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Lutnick wants U.S. to profit from university patents, which could reshape VC math
This could disrupt the startup ecosystem, particularly in biotech
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
When Trump told Google's CEO Sundar Pichai that Biden had begun the antitrust case, Pichai didn't bother to correct him. Why anger a new friend? www.axios.com/2025/09/08/t...
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Trump takes it easy on Big Tech
The Google situation seems instructive.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
The widow of the late San Diego Padres owner would like to sell her piece of his private equity firm on the open market, per sources. Firm management, including her brother-in-law, has no plans to let that happen. www.axios.com/2025/08/29/s...
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A battle over the late San Diego Padres owner's private equity firm
Seidler Equity Partners focuses on midmarket deals and is investing out of a $1.25 billion fund.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Trump's wind farm stops could chill U.S. infrastructure investment www.axios.com/2025/08/27/t...
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Trump's energy moves could chill U.S. infrastructure investment
Investors won't put big money into ground that can shift so capriciously.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Scoop: Donald Trump Jr.'s VC firm bets on Polymarket www.axios.com/2025/08/26/t...
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Scoop: Donald Trump Jr.'s VC firm invests in Polymarket
1789 Capital invested double-digit millions of dollars into Polymarket
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Exclusive: Serial tech entrepreneur Ethan Agarwal enters the CA governor's race www.axios.com/2025/08/25/t...
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Exclusive: Tech entrepreneur Ethan Agarwal joins California gov race
Silicon Valley has entered the chat.
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Axios @axios.com · 15/08/2025
All of this is a far cry from what happened during Trump 1.0.
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Trump is moving fast on private equity in 401(k) plans
It's been a busy week.
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The private equity executive order is signed. Now what? www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Axios Pro Rata
Dive into the world of dealmakers across VC, PE and M&A
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The jobs data "rigging" theory gets even sillier when you look at the reports in question. The cult of revisionism: www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Axios Pro Rata
Dive into the world of dealmakers across VC, PE and M&A
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Dan Primack @danprimack.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Skydance this week is expected to complete its $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global, following a 20-month process that was cinched via political appeasement. The big question is what comes next. www.axios.com/2025/07/29/s...
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What comes next for Skydance after the Paramount deal
The FCC may be "watching," but it lost most of its leverage after signing off on the merger.
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