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Warner Bros. is blockbuster finale to $4.5 trillion M&A haul
Dealmakers are heading into the final weeks of 2025 on a $100 billion cliffhanger. Paramount Skydance Corp.'s hostile bid to snatch Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. from under the nose of Netflix Inc. encapsulates the themes that have shaped a banner…
South Korea rail merger could weaken strike safeguards
Dec. 15 (Asia Today) -- On Nov. 20, 2019-five days before the Korea-ASEAN Special Summit was set to open-Korail's railway union announced an open-ended strike. The demands were familiar in Korea's public-sector labor battles: more staffing, higher…
SPIE Global Services Energy supports Australia's energy transition with the acquisition of Worley Power Services
Cergy, December 16 2025 – SPIE, the independent European leader in multi-technical services in the areas of energy infrastructure and communications, announces the signing of an agreement to acquire Worley Power Services, a subsidiary of…
JPMorgan's Anu Aiyengar on Global M&A Trends in 2026
JPMorgan Global Head of Advisory and M&A Anu Aiyengar speaks about global M&A trends in 2026 on Bloomberg Surveillance with Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz and Damian Sassower. (Source: Bloomberg)…
Texas A&M's moment has finally arrived - can the Aggies deliver on the big stage?
R.C. Slocum has seen enough college football in his 81 years to know what a stadium typically looks like when the home team is down 30-3 at the half. At most places, “you'd see a mass exodus from the stands,” said Slocum, looking back…
Biotech Share Sales in US Deliver Biggest Quarter Since 2021
US-listed biotechnology and pharmaceutical company share sales are staging a late-year revival, as mergers and acquisitions in the industry boost valuations and stoke additional demand. With more than $4.2 billion raised last week alone, sales of…
VEON's Kyivstar Invests in Renewable Energy in Ukraine with Acquisition in Solar Power Company
Dubai and Kyiv, December 16, 2025: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), announces that Kyivstar (Nasdaq: KYIV; KYIVW), Ukraine's leading digital operator, has acquired 100% of LLC SUNVIN 11, adding 12.9 MW of solar generation capacity to its energy resilience…
Inbank completed the acquisition of a full-service car rental company Mobire Group
The Estonian and Lithuanian Competition Authorities have approved the transaction whereby AS Inbank's subsidiary AS Inbank Holdings acquired an additional 33% stake in Mobire Group OÜ, thereby becoming the sole owner of the company. Under the…
M&S Yorkshire pudding poll attempts to settle Christmas dinner debate
M&S asked 2,000 customers whether Yorkshires belong at Christmas dinner READ MORE: How to make the perfect Yorkshire puddings, according to scientists (who claim they must be 4 inches tall!) Yorkshire puddings are almost universally cherished, but…
Elizabeth Warren Urges DOJ and FCC to Scrutinize $6.2 Billion Nexstar-Tegna Merger
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has taken aim at Nexstar and Tegna's $6.2 billion merger, warning in a new letter that the combined entity would “likely raise prices for consumers, accelerate job losses, and weaken the independence and news coverage…
Nvidia bulks up open source offerings with an acquisition and new open AI models
Nvidia continues to expand its footprint in open source AI on two fronts: an acquisition and a new model release. The semiconductor giant announced Monday it acquired SchedMD, the leading developer of popular open source workload management system…
AI megadeals, IPO green shoots, and a middle-market squeeze: The new M&A reality for CFOs
Good morning. M&A made a comeback this year, but growth is lagging in the middle market. PwC's U.S. Deals 2026 Outlook, released this morning, credits the AI boom and a revitalized private equity (PE) activity for the market achieving 10,333 deals…
The Wall St rainmakers scrapping for a piece of Warner Bros deal
New York | Some of Wall Street's biggest rainmakers are vying for a windfall as the Paramount-Netflix bidding war for Warner Bros Discovery reaches a climax, capping a blockbuster year for mergers and acquisitions. Centerview's Blair Effron…
POSCO Future M to build LFP plant for ESS batteries
POSCO Future M has decided to build a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) plant dedicated to supplying cathode materials for batteries used in energy storage systems (ESS). The battery materials unit of POSCO Group said Tuesday that its board of directors…
H.I.G. Capital Completes Acquisition of Shore Excursions Group
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16, 2025 /CNW/ -- H.I.G. Capital ('H.I.G.'), a leading global alternative investment firm with $71 billion of capital under management, is pleased to announce that one of its affiliates has completed the acquisition of Shore…
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