Billionaire Tilman Fertitta has been in exclusive talks to buy Caesars Entertainment for roughly $7 billion after he topped a competing offer from Carl Icahn’s firm, the Wall Street Journal reported on...
London-listed Capricorn Energy gets takeover proposals from unit of Saudi’s Cafani Group
Oil producer Capricorn Energy said on Wednesday it has received multiple non-binding takeover proposals from Alamadiyaf al-Masiyyah, a Cafani Group-affiliated investment vehicle, for a possible all-cash deal...
Anduril to acquire space surveillance firm ExoAnalytic eyeing more Golden Dome capabilities
Anduril Industries on Wednesday said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ExoAnalytic Solutions, a national security company specializing in space sensing and awareness and missile defense. The purchase...
Canal+ buys majority stake in Italian film producer Lucky Red
French global media group Canal+ said on Tuesday it had acquired a majority stake in Lucky Red, one of Italy’s leading independent film distribution and production company, giving the group its first...
ProSieben keeps ParshipMeet, Flaconi as it explores sale of other digital units, sources say
ProSiebenSat.1, the German broadcaster controlled by Italy’s Berlusconi family, will keep online units ParshipMeet and Flaconi for now, while looking to sell the rest of its digital portfolio, three sources with...
Canada’s Fairfax sells $1.9 billion stake in maritime business operator Poseidon
Canadian investment firm Fairfax Financial said on Tuesday it had agreed to a $1.91 billion sale of part of its stake in Poseidon Corp, the parent company of marine and energy asset owner Atlas Corp and shipping...
Italy’s MPS, Mediobanca to approve financial terms of full merger
The boards of Italy’s Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) and Mediobanca are due to approve on Tuesday the terms on which MPS will buy the 14% of the partner it doesn’t already own and merge with it...
California’s Controlled Thermal Resources to go public in $4.7 billion SPAC deal
California lithium and power developer Controlled Thermal Resources will go public on the Nasdaq through a $4.7 billion merger with blank-check firm Plum Acquisition Corp IV, the companies said on Monday. The listing...
Shell to offload Jiffy Lube to Monomoy Capital for $1.3 billion
Shell said on Monday it will sell its Jiffy Lube lubricant shop chain to an affiliate of private equity firm Monomoy Capital Partners for $1.3 billion, as the oil major continues to shed non-core assets under CEO Wael...
Agilent to acquire Biocare Medical in $950 million all-cash deal
Life sciences firm Agilent Technologies said on Monday that it will acquire privately held clinical pathology firm Biocare Medical in an all-cash deal valued at $950 million. Agilent said Biocare’s tissue...
EQT buys 42% of Kelda Holdings amid UK water sector scrutiny
EQT on Monday said it had agreed to buy a 42% stake in Yorkshire Water’s parent firm Kelda Holdings, one of the sector’s largest recent investments at a time when Britain’s privatised water companies are...
Trump sons-backed Aureus to merge with drone maker Powerus
Aureus Greenway, a golf club company backed by the sons of U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Monday it would merge with Powerus in a deal designed to take the drone technology company public. The transaction is the...
