SpaceX's Record IPO, Comcast's Breakup, and Rocket Lab's $8B Space Bet

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SpaceX IPO raises $85.7B setting all-time record, U.S. H1 share sales hit $251B, SpaceX joins Nasdaq-100 July 7th with $4.3B in forced buying expected, Comcast spins off NBCUniversal and Sky ending 15-year cable-media merger, Comcast shares surge 23% on announcement, Rocket Lab acquires Iridium for $8B to build vertically integrated space firm

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SpaceX sets $135 price for blockbuster IPO, upending Wall Street convention

www.reuters.com

SpaceX IPO raises total of $85.7 billion as underwriters exercise 'greenshoe' overallotment option

www.cnbc.com

SpaceX Pushes US Share Sales to Record $251 Billion at Midyear

www.bloomberg.com

SpaceX to join the Nasdaq-100 in a fast-tracked process that will drive huge ETF buying demand

www.cnbc.com

Comcast to split cable business from media in NBCUniversal, Sky spinoff | Reuters

www.reuters.com

Comcast soars 20% after announcing it will spin off media and tech wings into separate public companies | CNBC

www.cnbc.com

Comcast to Spin Off NBCUniversal, Ending a Long Union of Cable and Media | The New York Times

www.nytimes.com

Comcast to Split Into Two Companies via Spin-Off of NBCUniversal, Including Sky | The Hollywood Reporter

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Rocket Lab Official Press Release (PR Newswire)

www.prnewswire.com

Rocket Lab to Buy Iridium for $8 Billion in Challenge to SpaceX — Bloomberg

www.bloomberg.com

Rocket Lab to Acquire Iridium — SpaceNews

spacenews.com

M&A News: Rocket Lab Stock (RKLB) Soars on $8B Iridium Acquisition — TipRanks