ARM Holdings Plc, the British computer-chip designer owned by SoftBank Group Corp., has agreed to buy U.S.-based data analytics firm Treasure Data Inc., people familiar with the matter said. Treasure Data may fetch...
JPMorgan Sees `Massive Amounts’ of Cash Feeding M&A in Nordics
There’s a lot of cash swishing about in the Nordic region and that leaves plenty of potential for more mergers and acquisitions, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. “There’s massive amounts of dry powder both on the...
Fosun Billionaire Backs China’s Foreign M&A Clampdown
Billionaire Guo Guangchang, whose Fosun International Ltd. is under scrutiny by Chinese authorities over its foreign mergers and acquisitions, said the government’s clampdown on outbound investments is necessary to take...
Europe Turns to Europe for Deals as U.S. and Asia M&A Slips
European companies are turning to their backyards for growth via mergers and acquisitions. The volume of deals in Europe in the first half of the year reached about $250 billion, more than 70 percent higher than...
From Oil Gushers to Golf Balls: Saudi Aramco Bets on Chemicals
Under a tent in the Saudi desert, Ziad Al-Labban’s showing off his vision for the world’s largest oil supplier — and it looks like an Ikea store. Al-Labban has spent his career helping Saudi Aramco meet about 10...
Toyota Says It Sold Entire Stake in Tesla in 2016
Toyota Motor Corp. has sold its stakes in Californian electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc., a spokeswoman for Japan’s largest carmaker said Saturday. The sale marks the end of collaboration between the two companies, for...
SNC-Lavalin Steps Up Deal Push With $2.6 Billion Atkins Bid
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is holding talks to buy WS Atkins Plc of the U.K. for 2.08 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) as Canada’s biggest engineering and construction company looks to expand its global reach with a record...
OnDeck Capital Holders Hoping for a Sale May Have to Wait
On Deck Capital Inc. jumped as much as 11 percent on Thursday after a report that the New York-based online lender is an acquisition target of closely held rival Kabbage Inc. How realistic is a deal? Not very. That...
The Latest Acquisition Targets Are Indie Beauty Brands
More than half a century ago, Revlon founder Charles Revson famously described the true business of cosmetics makers: “We sell hope.” Today the same could be said about what the large, established beauty houses see in...
More Gaming Industry Deals on the Cards as GVC Eyes Takeovers
A wave of online gaming takeovers is set to continue this year as companies are driven to deals by increased regulation and taxation, according to the head of one of the industry’s leading consolidators. “I wouldn’t...
ADM Eyes Egypt Buy as Pound Float Seen Boosting M&A Interest
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.’s Swiss unit is seeking to buy a stake in Egyptian sweeteners-maker National Co. for Maize Products, an early sign that the Arab country’s currency float has made some local companies more...
Gold Miners Burned by Bad Deals Are Again Rushing to M&A
It’s been a dirty word in the gold-mining industry for the last three years, but now companies can’t stop saying it: growth. Top executives are on the hunt for mergers and acquisitions, and focusing on exploration as...
