Cash-strapped Hong Kong developer Lai Sun Development has agreed to sell its 50% interest in an office tower in the city’s central financial district to e-commerce giant JD.com for HK$3.5 billion ($450 million). The...
Activist investor Jana Partners pushes Alkami Technology to explore sale, Bloomberg News reports
Activist investor Jana Partners has urged Alkami Technology, a fintech provider for banks and credit unions, to explore a sale to a rival or private equity firm, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The company was...
IBM nears roughly $11 billion deal for Confluent: Report
IBM is in advanced talks to acquire data-infrastructure company Confluent for about $11 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, in a move aimed at boosting Big Blue’s ability to capture growing demand...
Boeing closes Spirit AeroSystems purchase in major supply chain realignment
Boeing said on Monday it has closed its $4.7 billion takeover of Spirit AeroSystems, re-acquiring the bulk of the world’s largest independent wing and fuselage maker. The U.S. planemaker’s European rival...
Mirum to buy Bluejay for up to $820 million in bet on liver-disease drug
Mirum Pharmaceuticals said on Monday it will buy Bluejay Therapeutics in a deal worth up to $820 million, adding a late-stage experimental drug for a severe liver disease. The deal will give the company worldwide rights...
L’Oreal to increase stake in skin care firm Galderma to 20%
L’Oreal will double its stake in Swiss skin care firm Galderma to 20%, it said on Monday, potentially earning the French company a bigger cut of profits from the booming market for injectable cosmetics like lip...
Putin clears deals with Rosneft and Shell’s joint-venture stake in Caspian Pipeline Consortium
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on Monday clearing potential deals with Rosneft and Shell’s joint-venture stake in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which exports oil mainly from Kazakhstan. The...
Antero to buy HG Energy’s gas producing assets in $2.8 billion deal
Antero Resources said on Monday it would buy assets from privately held HG Energy in a deal valued at $2.8 billion, as the U.S. natural gas producer looks to expand its footprint. Separately, Antero Midstream, which...
Canada’s Transcontinental to sell its packaging unit in $1.61 billion deal
Transcontinental said on Monday it would sell its packaging unit to ProAmpac Holdings in a C$2.22 billion ($1.61 billion) deal, including debt, sending the Canadian firm’s shares up 28%. The sale comes at a time...
Infinity Natural Resources to acquire Ohio shale assets for $1.2 billion
Infinity Natural Resources said on Monday it will acquire upstream and midstream assets in Ohio from Antero Resources and Antero Midstream for a combined $1.2 billion.
Barclays explores bid for British wealth manager Evelyn, sources say
Barclays has been exploring a potential acquisition of Evelyn Partners, one of Britain’s largest wealth managers, and is expected to place a bid next week, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters...
Biocon fully integrates Biocon Biologics in $5.5 billion deal
Indian biopharmaceutical company Biocon said on Saturday it would fully integrate its biosimilar unit Biocon Biologics as a wholly owned subsidiary, consolidating Biocon’s biosimilars and generics businesses under one...
