PE HUB First Read

Former Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon is indicted on antitrust charges.

Barclays is pulling out of Africa after more than a century.

The Ivy League moves to eliminate tackling at football practices.

Slack Technologies is seeking funding for its business messaging app.

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus is stepping down for the second time in favor of industry veteran Frank Gibeau.

For years a Fox News analyst fooled the network into thinking he was an ex-CIA operative.

Facebook may pay up to six figures for some celebrities to use its live streaming service.

The Yankees’ new closer, Aroldis Chapman, was suspended for 30 games under the MLB’s new domestic violence policy.

Marketplace app Mercari nabs $75 million to become Japan’s first startup unicorn.

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is home.

Doosan Infracore to sell its machine tools business to MBK Partners for about $956 million, South Korean media reports.

SurveyMonkey will lay off 100 people as it retools its business.

Mobile ad-tech startup NativeX is acquired by Chinese advertising company Mobvista.

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