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Open-weight AI companies are the Valley's hottest acquisition targets
Everyone's waiting for Nvidia to confirm this week's most interesting tech deal: A reported $13 billion acquisition of Hugging Face, a platform for sharing open weight AI models and benchmarks. Now best known as the target for a team of…
How M&T Bank Built A Technology Powerhouse In Buffalo
When Michael Wisler joined M&T Bank in 2018, technology was not central to the bank's competitive strategy. The institution had grown into one of the nation's largest regional banks by emphasizing disciplined execution, customer relationships and a…
Stripe-led group is reportedly abandoning its PayPal acquisition
Stripe and buyout firm Advent are no longer pursuing their acquisition of PayPal as was reported earlier this month, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. If it had gone through, the deal could have been could have been one of the biggest…
Lamar's Acquisition Prowess Outshines Realty Income (NASDAQ:LAMR)
Every REIT buys properties, but the way in which they go about it can separate the wheat from the chaff. Our analysis of acquisition execution reveals Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR) as an elite operator, while Realty Income (O) is on the weaker…
Margin Expansion and Acquisitions Drive The Marzetti Company's (MZTI) Long Term Growth
The London Company, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its 'Small-Mid Cap Strategy.' The letter can be downloaded here. U.S. equities rebounded sharply in Q2, with the Russell 3000 gaining 15.4%…
Mark Ruffalo accused of antisemitism by Hollywood insiders over Paramount merger remarks
Hollywood producers Haim Saban, Lawrence Bender and Teddy Schwarzman accused actor Mark Ruffalo of 'simple antisemitism' in an online statement issued by a group of nearly 1,000 industry insiders on Tuesday. They argued the actor invoked tropes…
Ripple's 'North Star' XRP Hits Nasdaq: SEC Greenlights Evernorth's Billion-Dollar Merger
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Evernorth's Form S-4 registration statement. The decision removes the main legal obstacle to its merger with special purpose acquisition company Armada Acquisition Corp. II and opens a…
LA Mayor Karen Bass The Latest Democrat To Wimp Out On Paramount Merger
The unpopular Paramount Warner Brothers merger should have been a perfect opportunity for Democrats to demonstrate they are finally serious about stuff like media consolidation, right wing propaganda, media reform, and antitrust after decades of…
Valiant divests O&M business to private equity firm
Find opportunities — and win them. Editor-in-Chief, Washington Technology Valiant Integrated Defense Services has sold its operations and maintenance division to the private equity firm Inspirit Equity. The now independent company will…
Wolf Theiss plots tech sector acquisition
The firm provided advice on the Austrian and Bulgarian law aspects of the acquisition. European law firm Wolf Theiss announced this week (24 August) that it has provided legal counsel to investment firm Oakley Capital on the Austrian and Bulgarian…
Autodesk's margins on track to improve despite MaintainX acquisition: analysts
Autodesk (ADSK) shares declined about 4% during pre-market trading on Friday, following second-quarter results that exceeded expectations, but concerns about the recent MaintainX acquisition might explain the stock drop, according to analysts.
Nvidia's Hugging Face Acquisition Is Logical, Ambitious, and Headed Straight Into a Minefield
Surprising news last night from the AI world: Nvidia has reportedly agreed to acquire Hugging Face for approximately $12.9 billion. While multi-billion-dollar AI acquisitions have become commonplace, a lot of people are scratching their heads over…
Japanese giant MUFG buys HESTA's superannuation administrator Grow Inc
Japan's MUFG, which two years ago paid $1.2 billion to pluck Link Group off the ASX boards, is set to acquire Sydney-born superannuation administration start-up Grow Inc after nearly a year of negotiations. MUFG's pension and market services…
This new M&S jacket looks just like Bottega - but costs less than £70
This summer the fashion department at M&S has been right by our sides, providing floaty summer dresses, office wear staples, and layers for cooler evenings, but as we head to autumn, some of its new arrivals have been proving popular –…
Army overhauls software acquisition to speed delivery
A new Army memo is overhauling how the service buys software, turning to private-sector expertise to deliver new tools to the force faster. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll's policy update, dated July 22 but published last week, all but abandons the…
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