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techcrunch.com - TechCrunch Events - All your M&A questions will be answered at Disrupt 2026
All your M&A questions will be answered at Disrupt 2026
TechCrunch

The year keeps moving swiftly, and so is all of our planning for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ! We have an exciting new panel in store for founders in need of merger and acquisition advice … but first, we have a limited-time ticket offer to…

globenewswire.com - F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd - Roche enters into a definitive merger agreement to acquire PathAI to transform AI-driven diagnostics
Roche enters into a definitive merger agreement to acquire PathAI to transform AI-driven diagnostics
GlobeNewswire

PathAI's best-in-class Image Management System (IMS) with advanced AI analysis and workflow capabilities will complement Roche's digital pathology portfolio to drive laboratory efficiency Combining Roche's strong position in companion diagnostics…

fortune.com - Nick Lichtenberg - I litigated the JetBlue-Spirit merger. A few thoughts on the future of antitrust in the airline industry
I litigated the JetBlue-Spirit merger. A few thoughts on the future of antitrust in the airline industry
Fortune

Spirit Airlines' collapse, like its launch more than three decades ago, will impact consumers and the airline industry—and the Antitrust Division's airline-enforcement program—for years to come. Spirit's limited leg space and…

deadline.com - Jake Kanter - Channel 4 CEO Priya Dogra Rails Against Mooted BBC Merger, Saying It Would Be 'Loss To Society'
Channel 4 CEO Priya Dogra Rails Against Mooted BBC Merger, Saying It Would Be 'Loss To Society'
Deadline

Priya Dogra has used her first public address as Channel 4 ‘s new CEO to pour cold water on the idea that the UK network should merge with the BBC to compete with YouTube and Netflix. In a fireside chat at the Creative Cities Convention in…

redstate.com - Ward Clark - Strange Bedfellows Combine to Attempt to Block New Media Merger
Strange Bedfellows Combine to Attempt to Block New Media Merger
redstate.com

Whoever said conservatives and progressives can't work together on a common purpose? Here's what I mean by that. Nexstar is a big local television station group based in Irving, Texas. They have recently acquired a competitor, that being Tegna, now…

bloomberg.com - Michael Hytha - Searchlight Capital's Zinterhofer Sees Bifurcated M&A Market
Searchlight Capital's Zinterhofer Sees Bifurcated M&A Market
Bloomberg

Searchlight Capital Partners founding partner Eric Zinterhofer said he thinks dealmaking has bifurcated, with multiple buyers competing for good assets at high prices while less-viable companies are kept off the market. Acquisitions have shifted in…

wsj.com - Health Care Roundup: Market Talk
Health Care Roundup: Market Talk
Wall Street Journal

The latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0647 GMT – Sanofi needs mergers and acquisitions to overcome several late-stage pipelines…

pitchfork.com - Boutayna Chokrane - Asake: M$NEY
Asake: M$NEY
Pitchfork

After three years under Olamide's YBNL Nation, the label that catapulted Asake into global stardom, the Nigerian pop star declined to renew his contract and founded his own independent label, Giran Republic. The timing felt right for a reinvention.

mirror.co.uk - Alice Sjoberg - B&M shoppers spot new cake that's 'even cuter' than Colin the Caterpillar
B&M shoppers spot new cake that's 'even cuter' than Colin the Caterpillar
The Mirror

B&M shoppers are clamouring to get their hands on the store's latest cake, which many are claiming is 'even cuter' than Colin the Caterpillar and other caterpillar cakes. Supermarket caterpillar cakes have become an essential feature of…

mirror.co.uk - Ethan Evans - Elegant' B&M £5 light will 'give your garden a modern chic look
Elegant' B&M £5 light will 'give your garden a modern chic look
The Mirror

Revamp your outdoor space with an 'elegant' light that B&M claims will bring a 'modern chic look' for a mere £5. The budget retailer, which operates more than 700 branches throughout the UK and Ireland, has expanded its increasingly popular…

marketwatch.com - GD Culture Forms Special Committee to Review Acquisition Proposal
GD Culture Forms Special Committee to Review Acquisition Proposal
MarketWatch

GD Culture said it formed a special committee to review the acquisition proposal it recently received. The virtual content generation company said Wednesday that the committee consists of three disinterested directors named Lei Zhang, Yun Zhang and…

washingtonexaminer.com - David Zimmermann - Former Frontier CEO says merger could have saved Spirit Airlines
Former Frontier CEO says merger could have saved Spirit Airlines
Washington Examiner

“Everyone knows I wanted to merge with Spirit,” Biffle told Forbes in an article published on Wednesday. “We made an offer. But JetBlue came in and made what was believed to be the higher offer. Spirit could have survived if…

seekingalpha.com - SA Transcripts - AMETEK, Inc. (AME) M&A Call Transcript
AMETEK, Inc. (AME) M&A Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha

AMETEK, Inc. (AME) M&A Call May 6, 2026 8:00 AM EDT Kevin Coleman - VP of Investor Relations & Treasurer David Zapico - Chairman of the Board & CEO Dalip Puri - Executive VP & CFO Matt Summerville - D.A. Davidson & Co., Research Division Andrew…

newsweek.com - Dan Gooding - How 'premier' law firms became a decade-long spy ring
How 'premier' law firms became a decade-long spy ring
Newsweek

The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday that it had charged 30 people allegedly linked with a decade-long insider trading scheme involving high-profile law firms. According to two complaints unsealed on Wednesday, the group stole and used…

bloomberg.com - Myriam Balezou - UBS CEO Ermotti Sees Acquisition as an Option for US Growth
UBS CEO Ermotti Sees Acquisition as an Option for US Growth
Bloomberg

UBS Group AG Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti said the firm “cannot rule out” an acquisition when looking at growth paths for its business in the Americas. “We may want to do an acquisition. I don't know about any big…

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