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SEC-FDA Data Pact Tightens the Disclosure Test for Life-Sciences Companies

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Food and Drug Administration have created a new channel for sharing nonpublic information, a seemingly procedural agreement that could materially sharpen scrutiny of disclosures by listed drug, biotechnology, medical-device and other FDA-regulated companies. The agencies announced the memorandum of understanding on

Business & Deals

Apollo’s Atlantic Aviation Deal Reprices Private-Jet Infrastructure

Apollo and KKR have put a nearly $10 billion valuation on Atlantic Aviation, turning a private-market stake sale into a striking benchmark for the infrastructure behind business aviation. Apollo-managed funds acquired what the firms described Thursday as a significant interest in Atlantic, while KKR-managed funds remain a

Technology

SoftBank’s Record Retail Bond Turns Its AI Ambition Into a Funding-Cost Test

SoftBank Group is preparing its largest corporate bond issue on record, a 1 trillion yen offering that shows how rapidly the Japanese technology investor’s artificial-intelligence ambitions are reshaping its financing needs. The seven-year unsecured bonds will be marketed mainly to individual investors, with a provisional annual coupon