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techcrunch.com - Kate Park - Go eyes robotaxis and acquisitions after Japan's biggest IPO of 2026. Here's why it matters
Go eyes robotaxis and acquisitions after Japan's biggest IPO of 2026. Here's why it matters
TechCrunch

Go's IPO — Japan's biggest so far this year — has done more than provide a much-needed boost to the country's languishing listing season. It has also supplied the taxi-hailing app with the capital required to address an existential…

bbc.co.uk - Ros Tappenden - Parents in Dorset meet to fight school merger plans
Parents in Dorset meet to fight school merger plans
BBC

Parents of children at a school that has been earmarked for closure are 'beyond furious' and have met to discuss how they can fight the plans. Multi-academy trust Coastal Learning Partnership (CLP) is consulting on proposals to merge St George's in…

techradar.com - Murali Thiagarajan - AI exposes the M&A integration gaps that governance must fix
AI exposes the M&A integration gaps that governance must fix
TechRadar

AI doesn't make integration intelligent by design. It just makes the gaps harder to ignore. In mergers and acquisitions, technology doesn't rescue a poorly prepared integration, it exposes whether two companies were ever ready to operate as one.

seekingalpha.com - SA Transcripts - MDA Space Ltd. (MDA:CA) M&A Call Transcript
MDA Space Ltd. (MDA:CA) M&A Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha

MDA Space Ltd. (MDA:CA) M&A Call June 19, 2026 8:30 AM EDT Jim Floros - Vice President of Investor Relations Guillaume Lavoie - Chief Financial Officer Konark Gupta - Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, Research Division Aravinda Galappatthige -…

seekingalpha.com - The Value Investor - Deluxe: An Interesting M&A-Led Transformation Story (NYSE:DLX)
Deluxe: An Interesting M&A-Led Transformation Story (NYSE:DLX)
Seeking Alpha

Deluxe is acquiring Celero Commerce for $625M to accelerate its shift from declining print to payments and data solutions. Deluxe faces high leverage post-acquisition, with pro forma net debt rising to $2.0B and leverage near 4x EBITDA, raising…

thehindu.com - Defection as merger: On politics, the wave of defections
Defection as merger: On politics, the wave of defections
The Hindu

There is something deeply troubling about the wave of defections sweeping India's elected representatives, Members of Parliament chief among them. In the latest episode, six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs are seeking to join the Eknath Shinde faction of the…

koreatimes.co.kr - Ko Dong-hwan - Public power generation firms' proposed merger sparks debate
Public power generation firms' proposed merger sparks debate
The Korea Times

A third-party analysis proposing that the government merge Korea's five state-run power generation companies to streamline structural inefficiency is prompting debates, with civic groups arguing Friday that the merger would still fail to…

businessinsurance.com - Australia clears Zurich's Beazley acquisition
Australia clears Zurich's Beazley acquisition
Business Insurance

Swiss company Zurich Insurance Group AG's buyout of London-listed Beazley plc has been cleared by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Insurance News reported. The competition watchdog concluded that Zurich and Beazley are not close…

spacenews.com - Jeff Foust - MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies to gain foothold in U.S. market
MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies to gain foothold in U.S. market
SpaceNews: The space industry's source

WASHINGTON — MDA Space is buying smallsat manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) for $620 million, giving the Canadian company greater access to the lucrative U.S. government market. MDA Space announced June 19 that it would buy BCT…

deadline.com - Dominic Patten - Paramount-WBD Merger Will Mean Job Cuts, Lawsuits: L.A. County Report
Paramount-WBD Merger Will Mean Job Cuts, Lawsuits: L.A. County Report
Deadline

With worrying numbers about potential L.A. job losses and other economic impacts resulting from a Paramount -Warner Bos Discovery merger, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has just put its thumb on the scale of a possible state attorneys…

deadline.com - Ted Johnson - Senators Call On FCC To Prevent Paramount-WBD Merger From Closing
Senators Call On FCC To Prevent Paramount-WBD Merger From Closing
Deadline

Three Democratic senators are calling on the FCC to bar the Paramount – Warner Bros. Discovery merger from closing until an agency review of foreign ownership is pending. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Sen. Elizabeth…

breitbart.com - Amy Furr - MAHA: M&M's Maker Removes Artificial Dyes, Ditches Blue and Brown Candies to Go All Natural
MAHA: M&M's Maker Removes Artificial Dyes, Ditches Blue and Brown Candies to Go All Natural
Breitbart

Creators of the iconic candy brand M&M's have been working to remove artificial dyes, but sweet lovers may not find the colors blue and brown in the upgraded Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) version. The Mars brand has been working to reinvent the…

variety.com - Todd Spangler - Democratic Senators Urge FCC to Block Closing of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Until Review of Deal's Foreign Investment Concludes
Democratic Senators Urge FCC to Block Closing of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Until Review of Deal's Foreign Investment Concludes
Variety

Three Democratic U.S. senators are urging the FCC to prevent Paramount Skydance from closing its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until the government's national security review of the foreign investors in the deal has run its…

stokesentinel.co.uk - Live: Car crashes into Stoke-on-Trent B&M
Live: Car crashes into Stoke-on-Trent B&M
The Sentinel

A car has crashed into a B&M store. Pictures from the scene show an overturned car against the wall of Burslem B&M, on Waterloo Road. The collision was reported to The Sentinel at 9.05pm tonight. A Sentinel reader said: 'There were two ambulances…

federalnewsnetwork.com - Anastasia Obis - Senate lawmakers bring back acquisition reforms dropped from final 2026 NDAA
Senate lawmakers bring back acquisition reforms dropped from final 2026 NDAA
Federal News Network

The fiscal 2026 defense policy bill contained some significant reforms to defense acquisition processes — congressional leaders said the legislation would deliver “the most significant acquisition reforms in a generation.” But…

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