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Ubisoft shares surged on Friday after the French video game publisher announced a deal to spin out some of its best-selling franchises.
From CNBC
Ubisoft said the new unit would be valued at around 4 billion euros and will bring together its popular "Assassin's Creed", "Far Cry" and "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six" franchises.
From Reuters
Yet what should have been a crowning achievement turned into a painful stock-market drubbing in the months that followed.
From Bloomberg L.P.

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