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forbes.com - Bhaskar Ahuja - Insurance Is Quietly Reshaping Small M&A-Most Buyers Haven't Caught Up
Insurance Is Quietly Reshaping Small M&A-Most Buyers Haven't Caught Up
Forbes

Bhaskar Ahuja is CIO & CFO at TEOL Capital, leading acquisitions, capital strategy and value creation across key sectors. ​For years, sophisticated dealmaking has relied on a simple principle: Trust, but verify and ensure. In mergers and…

cnbc.com - Yun Li - Goldman says the M&A boom has room to run, flags new takeover candidates
Goldman says the M&A boom has room to run, flags new takeover candidates
CNBC

Goldman Sachs is telling investors to look beyond the recent surge in takeover activity and focus on companies that could still become acquisition targets, arguing the market has yet to fully price in the accelerating merger cycle. Announced U.S.

afr.com - Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood, Emma Rapaport, Angira Bharadwaj - Gold hotshot Forrestania battles unruly investor at M&A target Zenith
Gold hotshot Forrestania battles unruly investor at M&A target Zenith
Australian Financial Review

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.

forbes.com - Chelsea Tobin - Why Podcast Guesting Is A Powerful Customer Acquisition Strategy
Why Podcast Guesting Is A Powerful Customer Acquisition Strategy
Forbes

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The podcast industry is no longer niche, with projections exceeding $130 billion by 2030 and 55% of Americans now listening monthly. This…

globenewswire.com - Lakefront Biotherapeutics - Acquisition of Own Shares
Acquisition of Own Shares
GlobeNewswire

Mechelen, Belgium; July 21, 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 13, 2026…

washingtonexaminer.com - Ashley Baker - The merger isn't killing Hollywood. Hollywood already did that
The merger isn't killing Hollywood. Hollywood already did that
Washington Examiner

According to the 12 Democratic state attorneys general who sued this week to block Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the theatrical movie business is “a big business, and it is thriving.” That…

globenewswire.com - BOUYGUES - Equans announces acquisition of a majority stake in an Australian company CV Services PTY
Equans announces acquisition of a majority stake in an Australian company CV Services PTY
GlobeNewswire

Equans announces acquisition of a majority stake in an Australian company CV Services PTY. With this acquisition, Equans reaffirms its bolt-on growth strategy in high-potential geographies and strengthens its position in the Australian market.CV…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - B&M European Value Retail climbs Wednesday, outperforms market
B&M European Value Retail climbs Wednesday, outperforms market
MarketWatch

B&M European Value Retail S.A. BME shares rose 2.50% to £2.14 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 1.24% to 10,716.97. B&M European Value Retail S.A.

bbc.co.uk - Alec Doyle - Flintshire parents demand true cost of huge super-school merger
Flintshire parents demand true cost of huge super-school merger
BBC

Parents say a council has until the end of the day to show where it will find at least £55m needed to replace four schools with a new Catholic super-school. Families of pupils at the under-threat St David's Catholic Primary School in Mold…

bbc.co.uk - Alec Doyle - Flintshire parents demand true cost of huge super-school merger
Flintshire parents demand true cost of huge super-school merger
BBC

Alec Doyle Local Democracy Reporting Service Parents say a council has until the end of the day to show where it will find at least £55m needed to replace four schools with a new Catholic super-school. Families of pupils at the under-threat…

marketwatch.com - Kone Confirms Guidance Despite Costs of TK Elevator Acquisition
Kone Confirms Guidance Despite Costs of TK Elevator Acquisition
MarketWatch

The company announced in April plans to buy TK Elevator for around 20 billion euros ($22.80 billion) in a deal that would create the world's biggest elevator maker by sales. Costs related to the deal totaled 24.3 million euros in the second…

variety.com - Gene Maddaus - European Commission Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
European Commission Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
Variety

The European Commission approved the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday, removing one of the few remaining obstacles to closing the $111 billion deal. As a condition of the approval, Paramount has already agreed to…

collider.com - Michael Hein - Paramount's Warner Bros. Merger Is Officially in Serious Trouble
Paramount's Warner Bros. Merger Is Officially in Serious Trouble
Collider

For the last decade or two, fans have watched the changing landscape of Hollywood with more interest than usual. Not only has the streaming era thrown the entire business for a loop, it has pushed companies into mergers, acquisitions, and re-brands…

newswire.ca - Origin Merchant Partners - Origin Merchant Partners Combines with Boston and New York-based Consensus to Build North America's Leading Independent Consumer & Retail M&A Practice
Origin Merchant Partners Combines with Boston and New York-based Consensus to Build North America's Leading Independent Consumer & Retail M&A Practice
CNW

TORONTO, July 22, 2026 /CNW/ -- Origin Merchant Partners ('Origin'), a leading independent investment bank, announced today that it has entered into a strategic acquisition of Consensus, a U.S.-based consumer-focused investment banking firm with…

businessinsider.com - James Faris - Inside Paramount and WBD, employees are on edge as David Ellison's mega-merger hits resistance
Inside Paramount and WBD, employees are on edge as David Ellison's mega-merger hits resistance
Business Insider

Employees at Paramount Skydance are wrestling with whether the planned mega-merger with Warner Bros. Discovery would put them on the chopping block or help save their jobs. 'I'm definitely worried about impending layoffs post-merger,' a Paramount…

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