Activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management has built a sizable stake in Global Payments, less than three months after the financial technology company inked one of the year’s biggest acquisitions for...
Ireland’s Dalata Hotel Group agrees to 1.4 billion euro Scandinavian takeover
Scandinavian property companies Pandox AB and Eiendomsspar AS have agreed to buy Ireland’s largest hotel group Dalata for 1.4 billion euros ($1.64 billion), the companies said on Tuesday. Dalata, which operates 56...
Sino Biopharmaceutical to acquire LaNova Medicines for up to $951 million
Hong Kong-listed Sino Biopharmaceutical said on Tuesday it will buy the remaining 95.09% stake it does not hold in Shanghai-based LaNova Medicines for no more than $950.92 million. The acquisition of the cancer...
Societe Generale agrees to sell local unit to State of Cameroon
Societe Generale has agreed to sell its Cameroon subsidiary to the State of Cameroon, the France-based international banking group said on Tuesday. The sale of Societe Generale Cameroun, the value of which was not...
SLB’s ChampionX deal clears final hurdle with UK approval
Britain’s antitrust watchdog has cleared oilfield services firm SLB’s $8 billion acquisition of ChampionX after accepting commitments to address competition concerns, with the deal set to close on Wednesday...
OraSure Technologies received takeover bid from industry entrepreneur, sources say
Prominent healthcare entrepreneur Ron Zwanziger approached medical device maker OraSure Technologies with a takeover offer, three people familiar with the matter said, in what would mark more consolidation in the...
Cognition AI to buy Windsurf, doubling down on AI-driven coding
Artificial intelligence startup Cognition AI on Monday agreed to acquire Windsurf, an integrated development environment platform, strengthening its position in the rapidly evolving enterprise software market. The deal...
Waters to buy Becton unit in a $17.5 billion deal amid tariff pressures
Lab equipment maker Waters Corp on Monday said it will buy a bioscience and diagnostics unit spun off from medtech provider Becton Dickinson in a stock-and-cash transaction valued at $17.5 billion, expanding its scale...
Pension fund Previ sells stake in Brazil’s BRF ahead of Marfrig deal
Brazilian pension fund Previ said on Monday it sold its minority stake in Brazilian meat processor BRF for 1.9 billion reais ($340.31 million), ending a 31-year investment in the group, according to a statement on its...
Australia’s Abacus Storage King gets $1.43 billion sweetened offer, shares jump
Australian self-storage company Abacus Storage King said on Monday it had received a sweetened A$2.17 billion ($1.43 billion) takeover offer from a consortium of Ki Corp and Public Storage, sending its shares more than...
Australia’s Johns Lyng agrees to $725 million buyout, shares soar
Australian building services provider Johns Lyng Group said on Friday it agreed to be bought by investment firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) for an equity value of A$1.1 billion ($725 million), sending its shares to a...
Skydance in early talks to acquire The Free Press, NYT reports
Skydance Media CEO David Ellison has held preliminary talks to acquire The Free Press, an online news outlet, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The news comes as Skydance is...
