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Acquisition of Own Shares
Mechelen, Belgium; July 28, 2026, 22.01 CET; regulated information Within the framework of the repurchase program announced on June 9, 2026, Lakefront Biotherapeutics NV (Euronext & NASDAQ: LKFT) ('Lakefront') announces that between July 20, 2026…
Skyworks Suspends Dividend as Closing of Qorvo Merger Nears
Skyworks will not pay any quarterly dividends as part of a new capital allocation framework. The company replaced its current stock buyback program with a new $2 billion share repurchase program. It will redirect capital previously allocated to…
Systematic Merger Arbitrage: Why A Rules-Based Approach Matters
The merger-and-acquisition environment has changed quite a bit over the past year or so. Robust deal flow, a supportive regulatory environment, and favorable deal outcomes have converged to create more attractive and wider-ranging opportunities.
Opinion | The Paramount-Warner Merger Could Save Hollywood
I have spent my career in entertainment. As a community, you won't find better people. But as a business, it is the most gloriously cutthroat industry on earth. That competitive spirit makes America the cultural center of the world and a domestic…
How SEO reduces blended customer acquisition costs
For every dollar you spend on SEO, how much do you get in return? Impressions, clicks, rankings, and query growth can show the results of SEO activity. But they don't tell executives what they need to understand: how much it costs to acquire a…
TFI weighs U.S. nonunion LTL acquisition - TT
The majority of TFI's LTL operations encompasses the unionized TForce Freight fleet in the United States. (TFI International) TFI International said July 27 it plans to expand U.S. nonunion less-than-truckload operations and is evaluating a roughly…
M&T Bank Corp. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Shares of M&T Bank Corp. MTB rose 1.74% to $252.61 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.21% to 7,428.78 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 1.03% to…
Union Pacific, NS revise application to clinch merger - TT
(Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern filed a revised merger application on July 27 with new customer protections to advance regulatory review of their proposed $72 billion deal. The changes address Surface…
Former Golden Globes owners sue Penske Media alleging fraud in acquisition of awards show
Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press, which founded and for decades owned the Golden Globe Awards, have sued Penske Media Corporation and others, alleging they engaged in fraud to acquire the valuable awards show in an attempt to create an…
UP, Norfolk Southern Sweeten Merger Proposal With New Customer Protections
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are offering new customer assurances in the companies' latest effort to show the Surface Transportation Board their proposed merger is in the public interest. In a filing with the STB Monday, the companies said…
Paramount Merger Gets Further Delayed, And Things Could Get Expensive
Just as Larry Ellison and Paramount executives had worried, the state antitrust challenge to their $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers has resulted in significant delays that could prove terminal. Two weeks ago California and eleven other…
Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing
Weeks before its expected acquisition by SpaceX closes, AI coding startup Cursor is making its biggest push into India yet, launching its first country-specific subscription as the company bets on one of the world's largest developer markets to…
The Dow jumps as the AI trade wobbles. Plus, a portfolio name goes on the M&A hunt
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. It's a mixed day on Wall Street. The S & P 500 and Dow Jones…
Not all cyber acquisitions are created equal: what to look for to make sense of the M&A noise
There is a lot of noise about cybersecurity startup acquisitions. It surely seems like everyone is getting acquired for at least $500M every month, and social media has been amplifying that big time. Companies seemingly get acquired for hundreds of…
POSCO Future M launches companywide AI overhaul
POSCO Future M is rolling out a companywide artificial intelligence (AI) transformation to boost manufacturing productivity, accelerate product development and strengthen its competitiveness in the global battery materials market. The battery…
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