{"id":185438,"date":"2021-01-24T12:31:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T12:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/?p=185438"},"modified":"2021-05-05T07:41:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T07:41:59","slug":"what-is-a-spac-special-purpose-acquisition-companies-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/what-is-a-spac-special-purpose-acquisition-companies-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a SPAC? Special Purpose Acquisition Companies Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is a SPAC? 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