Activist investor Jana Partners has built a new position in technology company Everpure and is expected to soon announce the holding in a regulatory filing, according to two sources and documents reviewed by Reuters...
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Digital Realty to pay Blackstone $3.5 billion for stake in Virginia data centers
Digital Realty will acquire a larger stake in three data centers in Northern Virginia from asset manager Blackstone in a $3.5 billion cash-and-stock deal, the companies said on Monday. Under the deal, which is...
Coles in talks with TPG to buy Greencross Pet Wellness; shares slide
Australian grocer Coles Group said on Wednesday it is in discussions with U.S.-based private equity firm TPG for a potential acquisition of Greencross Pet Wellness Company, sending its shares to a two-week low. TPG...
AFC Bournemouth owners complete takeover of Exeter Chiefs
AFC Bournemouth owner Bill Foley’s Cannae Holdings, part of his Black Knight group, has completed the acquisition of Premiership Rugby club Exeter Chiefs, the Prem Rugby club said. The deal makes the U.S.-based...
Shell to sell Gulf of America assets to Talos Energy, Ridgewood for $1.7 billion
Shell said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell its interest in the Na Kika platform and associated fields in the Gulf of America, along with the Coulomb tieback, to subsidiaries of Talos Energy and Ridgewood Energy for...
Canada’s Fairfax buys nearly $1 billion of Indian bonds in rare move, sources say
Fairfax bought Indian government debt worth nearly $1 billion last Friday, according to five sources, in a rare purchase through the local unit of the Canadian investment holding company. The purchases by Fairfax India...
Agility Robotics to go public in $2.5 billion SPAC deal, WSJ reports
Agility Robotics will go public via a merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI, valuing the startup at about $2.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing the company’s executives. Here are...
Deutsche Boerse seeks approval under EU subsidies rules for Allfunds deal
Deutsche Boerse has sought approval under EU subsidies rules for its record €5.35 billion ($6 billion) acquisition of Amsterdam-listed fund trading platform Allfunds, a European Commission filing shows. The...
Mark Zuckerberg tries to buy payments redemption
Mark Zuckerberg is relying on a well-worn M&A playbook that has created fortunes for him before to realise the full fintech potential of WhatsApp. The global messaging app owned by the company he controls, Meta...
Ari Emanuel’s Mari in talks to buy theater group ATG for $6 billion, FT reports
Mari Group, founded by TKO CEO Ari Emanuel, is in advanced talks to buy British West End theater operator ATG Entertainment for £4.5 billion ($5.94 billion), the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing four people...
GameStop CEO Cohen spurns $35 billion pay plan to focus on plan to buy eBay
Ryan Cohen, the billionaire CEO of GameStop, will not receive a potential performance award from the videogame retailer and plans to unveil more details about his bid to take over eBay soon, the company said on...
RWE spends $4.1 billion on power grid stake to become more resilient
RWE has raised its stake in power grid operator Amprion to a majority for €3.6 billion ($4.1 billion), Germany’s biggest power producer said on Monday, betting on regulated assets in a push to make its business...
