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James Fontanella-Khan

US corporate finance and deals editor

James Fontanella-Khan is US corporate finance and deals editor at the Financial Times covering deals across America. Previously he worked on Lex and as a correspondent in Brussels, New Delhi and Mumbai. He started his career at the FT in London on the news desk in 2005. He graduated at Science Po, Paris.

Along with Arash Massoudi, he is the co-creator of the FT’s premium corporate finance briefing called Due Diligence. To receive the newsletter in your inbox Tuesday to Friday at 5am UK time, sign-up here.

Email James Fontanella-Khan @JFK_America  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
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    BlackRock and Microsoft plan $30bn fund to invest in AI infrastructure

    Nvidia and Abu Dhabi-backed MGX will join effort as energy-intensive tech strains power and data grids

  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Daily Telegraph
    US publisher joins pursuit of UK’s Telegraph newspaper

    Owner of right-leaning New York Sun has emerged as part of one of three groups bidding for London title

    The Daily Telegraph newspaper logo on a blue background at a newsstand in London with newspapers stacked in front.
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    US regulator signals doubts about proposed Circle K and 7-Eleven deal

    Merger of convenience store and petrol station chains would create one of the largest retail groups in America

    Circle K petrol station in Toronto
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    Private equity firms see opportunity in Canadian bid for 7-Eleven owner

    Groups look for ways to take part in deal for Japanese convenience store company

    A woman walks past a large Seven & i Holdings sign outside a 7-Eleven convenience store along a street in central Tokyo. The scene features a blurred motion of the woman, suggesting she is in a hurry, with bicycles and buildings in the background.
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Legal services
    US law firms offer staff $50,000 for referrals as talent wars rage

    Uptick in dealmaking triggers renewed competition for junior talent

    Aerial view of the City of London skyline, featuring prominent buildings such as the Walkie Talkie, the Gherkin, and other skyscrapers. The cloudy sky forms the backdrop, highlighting the dense concentration of financial and commercial buildings.
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    Paramount Global
    Edgar Bronfman Jr raises $5.5bn to sweeten last-minute Paramount bid

    Billionaire investor secures funding to improve $4.3bn offer to media scion Shari Redstone

    Marlon Brando in ‘The Godfather’
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    Canadian bid for 7-Eleven owner likely to face US antitrust scrutiny

    Tie-up between Couche-Tard and Japan’s Seven & i would create one of America’s largest retail chains

    A Circle K store
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    Carl Icahn
    Carl Icahn hit by SEC disclosure charges after short seller attack

    Activist and his company will pay $2mn to resolve probe launched after Hindenburg Research report

    Carl Icahn
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
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    How Starbucks toppled its top barista

    Months of secret talks between directors and investors preceded Laxman Narasimhan’s abrupt exit

    Montage of Laxman Narasimhan, Brian Niccol and Mellody Hobson and some starbucks drinks
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Food & Beverage
    Mars strikes $36bn deal to buy Pringles maker Kellanova

    US confectionery giant to pay $83.50 a share for snack rival

    A picture of a Pringles can with chips around it
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    Starbucks Corp
    Starbucks ousts chief and appoints Chipotle boss after activist pressure

    Shares in coffee chain jump after Laxman Narasimhan is replaced by Brian Niccol

    Montage of Brian Niccol and Laxman Narasimhan with a starbucks coffee cup
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    Media
    RedBird IMI whittles down shortlist for Telegraph sale

    European media group Mediahuis and Lord Maurice Saatchi set to fall out of auction

    Copies of The Daily Telegraph are displayed on a rack in a supermarket in London
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
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    Transcript: What’s up with Bill Ackman?

    Robert Armstrong talks to James Fontanella-Khan

  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
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    What’s up with Bill Ackman?

    Inside the unravelling of an IPO

  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Harris chooses Minnesota governor Tim Walz as running mate

    Democratic candidate hopes selection will appeal to working-class voters in swing states

    A montage of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in front of a blue background, the White House and a 2024 election logo
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    Warner Bros Discovery, Inc
    Warner Bros Discovery looks to avoid break-up with smaller asset sales

    Executives fear ‘years of legal challenges’ if TV and movie studio businesses are split

    The Warner Bros Discovery logo at Cannes
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Mars Inc
    Mars in talks to buy $22bn Pringles maker Kellanova

    A deal for the former Kellogg snacks business would be one of the largest this year

    Pringle’s crisps
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Carlyle Group LP
    Carlyle to sell power producer Cogentrix Energy in $3bn deal

    Private equity group Quantum Capital will buy owner of natural gas power plants

    A Cogentrix facility
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Big Law rallies around Harris’s presidential campaign

    Power brokers from firms including Paul Weiss and Cravath launch mass fundraising effort for vice-president

    Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff at an event
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Trump questions Harris’s racial identity at Black journalist conference

    Heckling of former US president at NABJ event underscores his uphill battle to woo Black voters

    Donald Trump speaks at the event in Chicago
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Unhedged podcast21 min listen
    Why Wall Street picked Kamala Harris

    What does big money see in the new US election contender?

  • Saturday, 27 July, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Harris campaign seeks ‘reset’ with crypto companies

    Vice-president’s team aims to improve relations after industry criticism of Biden administration

    Kamala Harris
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Bill Ackman
    Ackman postpones Pershing Square IPO after scaling back expectations

    Delay marks a setback for the billionaire hedge fund manager who hoped for one of the largest listings in history

    Bill Ackman
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Starbucks Corp
    Schultz opposes Starbucks settlement with activist investor Elliott

    Coffee chain’s three-time leader has publicly criticised its current management

    Howard Schultz in front of a Starbucks logo
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    News in-depthUS presidential election 2024
    Team Kamala: the people behind Harris’s White House run

    From Hollywood to Wall Street, the vice-president is backed by an array of advisers, strategists and donors

    Kamala Harris
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