Coca-Cola has abandoned plans to sell its Costa Coffee chain after offers from private equity firms came in below expectations, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The U.S. beverage giant ended talks with...
AstraZeneca to acquire Modella AI to speed oncology drug research
AstraZeneca has agreed to buy Boston-based Modella AI, the companies said on Tuesday, as the drug industry increases its use of artificial intelligence to accelerate the discovery of new drugs. The companies did not...
UK’s Smith & Nephew to buy Integrity Orthopaedics for up to $450 million
British medical products maker Smith & Nephew will buy U.S.-based Integrity Orthopaedics in a deal that could be valued at up to $450 million, the company said on Monday. The deal comes a month after Smith &...
Allegiant to acquire Sun Country Airlines for $1.5 billion
Low-cost airline Allegiant will acquire Sun Country Airlines in a deal valued at about $1.5 billion, including debt, the companies said on Sunday. As part of the agreement, Sun Country shareholders will receive 0.1557...
Sino Biopharmaceutical buys drugmaker Hangzhou Hygieia Biomedical for up to $172 million
Hong Kong-listed Sino Biopharmaceutical said on Tuesday it would acquire China-based Hangzhou Hygieia Biomedical for up to 1.20 billion yuan ($172.04 million), as it looks to bolster its portfolio of chronic-disease...
Charles River to buy Cambodia-based monkey supplier for $510 million
Charles River Laboratories said on Monday it would buy one of its major suppliers of non-human primates for about $510 million as the contract research firm seeks greater control over procurement of the animals used in...
Australia’s Aware Super buys 31.3% stake in European Outlet Mall Venture platform
Australian pension fund Aware Super said on Tuesday that it had bought a 31.3% stake in the European Outlet Mall Venture (EOMV) platform, which owns and operates four outlet centres worth 2.6 billion euros ($3.03...
NIIF, KKR, Sembcorp vie to acquire Shell’s Sprng Energy in one of India’s biggest renewable M&A deals
India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), KKR and Sembcorp are locked in a tight race to acquire renewable energy supplier Sprng Energy from oil major Shell Plc, according to people in the know. Shell...
Board of Bartronics India approves acquisition of up to 51% in Shree Naga Narasimha
The board of Bartronics India at its meeting held on 08 January 2026 has approved the proposal for making an investment of up to Rs 3 crore in M/s Shree Naga Narasimha, in one or more tranches, for the acquisition of up...
Saudi’s SABIC sells assets in Europe, Americas worth $950 million
Saudi Arabia’s SABIC has agreed to sell its European petrochemical business and its Engineering Thermoplastics business in Europe and the Americas for a combined enterprise value of $950 million, as part of a...
Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount bid, sticks with Netflix
Warner Bros Discovery’s board unanimously turned down Paramount Skydance’s latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised $108.4 billion hostile bid amounted to a risky leveraged buyout that...
AbbVie denies media reports of talks to buy Revolution Medicines
AbbVie on Wednesday denied it was in talks to buy Revolution Medicines after the Wall Street Journal reported the drugmaker was in advanced discussions to acquire the cancer-drug developer. The company “is not in...
