Spirit Airlines Inc. and its would-be suitors extended a media offensive Wednesday, hoping to sway shareholder votes in the final hours of balloting on a potential takeover partner.

Hello, it’s Harry here. I’m just back from a short jaunt down south to Melbourne which is still on a high after emerging from one of the world’s longest lockdowns last year. The post-pandemic buzz is keeping transactions hopping even as markets decline.

Activision Blizzard Inc. subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment plans to acquire the studio Proletariat Inc. and bring on 100 of its workers, according to a report in VentureBeat. Those employees are expected to work on Blizzard’s online role-playing game World of Warcraft.

Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin-backed tech firm MicroStrategy Inc.bought another 480 coins worth about $10 million at the height of the crypto market collapse.

Two former Ascena Retail Group Inc. executives beat accusations of making misleading statements following the acquisition of Ann Taylor’s parent company, but a federal judge in New Jersey gave investors permission to fix up their complaint and try again.

BlackRock Inc. has amassed a stake of close to 10% in Commerzbank AG over the past three months, almost doubling its holding in a lender seen as a potential takeover target and as one of the biggest beneficiaries from higher interest rates in Europe.

Key trends have emerged in how the legal industry measures the value of legal technology since the pandemic began. Bloomberg Law survey results show consistent use of some metrics (time savings, user feedback), while others (costs, remote work capability) come and go with the times.