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M&G rises Friday, outperforms market
Shares of M&G PLC MNG advanced 1.20% to £3.47 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.64% to 10,816.56. M&G PLC closed 5.61% short of its 52-week high of…
Amendment of the Small Merger Guidelines: What dealmakers need to know
Shawn van der Meulen, Clare-Alice Vertue and Mavin Jonkers at Webber Wentzel. (Image: AI-enhanced) On 14 August 2026, the Competition Commission (Commission) gazetted draft amendments to its Guidelines on Small Merger Notification (Small Merger…
RoadOne expands Port of Charleston operations with acquisition
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics announced it has acquired Higgins Transport Service, a Charleston, South Carolina-based provider of port drayage and intermodal transportation services. The deal adds 15 drivers to RoadOne's Charleston operations along…
Ipsen completes acquisition of Kartos Therapeutics, strengthening late-stage Oncology pipeline
PARIS, FRANCE, 21 AUGUST 2026 - Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY) announced today it has completed the acquisition of Kartos Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company adding late-stage MDM2 inhibitor navtemadlin in Phase III clinical…
Mitratel Said to Ask Advisers to Submit Plans for Bersama Merger
Indonesian telecom tower company PT Dayamitra Telekomunikasi is a step closer to reviving a merger with rival PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Dayamitra, known as Mitratel, has asked financial…
Italy's Bank M&A Saga Turns Targets Into Buyers, and Vice Versa
This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to the Bloomberg Deals newsletter. Today, we're attempting to unravel a complex M&A tale in Italy's banking sector. Elsewhere, there's an update on Anthropic's IPO ambitions and news of private equity's…
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP Announces Sponsorship of Japan Go IPO Summit 2026
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP ('EGS'), a leading U.S. law firm in capital markets, corporate and securities transactions, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the Japan Go IPO Summit 2026, where EGS Partner Richard I. Anslow will attend and…
Life of M by Rachel Cusk review - is this story of a film star based on Natalie Portman?
M is a celebrated film actor. A star since childhood, now the face of a major fashion brand, she has been famous all her life. That her career closely resembles Natalie Portman's has been gleefully seized upon by the press, something Rachel Cusk…
Arizona GOP leader seeks hearing on taxpayer risk in Paramount merger case
“Protecting consumers should never mean handing taxpayers a surprise bill, and while the court has not ordered Arizona to post a bond, Kris Mayes needs to explain whether state money is at risk and how much,” Petersen said in a…
John Ternus as CEO could bring 'bigger acquisitions,' new product categories: analyst
Tim Cook is in his final weeks as Apple CEO, with John Ternus set to take over the top job on September 1. And per Bank of America analyst Wamsi Mohan, Ternus could usher in a bolder, riskier era at Apple. Apple's CEO transition is almost complete.
M&T Bank Corp. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors
Shares of M&T Bank Corp. MTB slid 2.58% to $238.25 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.87% to 7,641.16 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 1.32% to…
Steadfast Group signs on the dotted line for $7.7b bid
Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.
Cincinnati Open star orders M&M's to court mid-match and shares unusual reason
Flavio Cobolli ordered M&M's to the court in Cincinnati Flavio Cobolli made an unusual order in the middle of his quarter-final match at the Cincinnati Open on Thursday. The Italian lost the first set to Tommy Paul but recovered and raced into a…
The Israeli Right is fractured and needs a merger to save it
The Israeli Right does not have a voter problem. It has a leadership problem. Gilad Erdan and Yuli Edelstein have launched a new formation. Sharren Haskel has created Israel First. Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper have created Zionist Home. Ayelet…
HSBC pays US$67.5 mln in severance in 2025 to lay off 134 senior bankers, FT reports
HSBC (0005) paid a total of US$67.5 million (HK$527 million) in severance last year to lay off 134 of its highest-ranking ' risk takers' – the largest number of such senior bankers the group has cut in a single year since the 2008 financial…
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