M&A
Merit Financial Acquires $860 Million Ex-Commonwealth Team
The acquisition is Merit’s ninth this year and its 41st since it sold a minority stake in December 2020 to private-equity investors.
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Dayforce Reaches Agreement With Thoma Bravo to Go Private
Thoma Bravo will pay $70 a share in an all-cash deal that values Dayforce at $12.3 billion.
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Dayforce Confirms Buyout Talks. The Stock Is Rising.
Dayforce and private-equity firm Thoma Bravo are discussing an acquisition for $70 a share.
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Intel, Home Depot, Palo Alto, Viking Therapeutics, Palantir, Medtronic, and More Stock Market Movers
Intel rises following an announcement that SoftBank would invest $2 billion in the chip maker, and Home Depot trades higher after maintaining fiscal-year sales guidance.
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Cresset’s Merger With Monticello Will Create a Firm Overseeing Nearly $200 Billion in Assets
Monticello provides investment consulting to foundations, endowments, and family offices, which should help Cresset crack the institutional market.
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Fidelity: RIA Mergers and Acquisitions on Pace for Record 2025
Acquisitions in the registered investment advisory segment remain strong, despite an uncertain macroeconomic environment, a new report finds.
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Nexstar to Buy Tegna in $6.2 Billion Deal. It May Have Beat Out Sinclair.
Nexstar, the largest TV station operator in the country, will pay $22 a share for its smaller rival.
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The ‘SPAC King’ Is Back as Fed Bets Raise Risk Appetite. There's a Warning for Markets.
“No crying in the casino,” Chamath Palihapitya’s Social Capital warned in a filing for a new blank-check company.
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Dayforce Stock Surges 23%. Why Wall Street's Excited.
A big announcement could be coming.
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Soho House Stock Jumps. It’s Going Private—and Ashton Kutcher Will Join the Board.
Hotel owner-operator MCR will pay $9 a share in the deal, which values Soho House at around $2.7 billion.
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Corient Acquires $1.5 Billion Texas Wealth Management Firm
The acquisition is the third of the year for the U.S. wealth management arm of Canada’s CI Financial.
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Stock Market Fear Gauge Sinks. Why Fed Rate Moves Can Reverse That.
Trump’s emerging markets behavior, Amazon takes aim at Walmart, Bullish IPO exceeds expectations, and more news to start your day.
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Paramount Skydance Stock Soars. A Few Possible Reasons for Its Big Move.
Paramount and Skydance completed their blockbuster merger last Thursday.
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Sapiens International Stock Soars 44%. It’s Going Private in a $2.5 Billion Deal.
Private-equity investor Advent will pay $43.50 a share for Sapiens in an all-cash transaction.
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Hanes and Playtex Owner Agrees to $4.4 Billion Takeover. Why the Stock Is Down.
The companies hope the acquisition will create a global apparel leader with access to Hanesbrands’ innerwear brands such as Hanes, Playtex and Wonderbra.
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Perplexity Offers $34.5 Billion for Google Chrome
The company told The Wall Street Journal that several investors including large venture-capital funds have agreed to back the purchase.
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Cardinal Health Is the S&P 500’s Worst Stock Today. Here’s Why.
The company will acquire Solaris Health, a urology management services organization, for around $1.9 billion in cash.
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Sinclair Stock Soars 16%. What's Giving the TV Station Operator a Boost.
The company is weighing making deals and a spin- or split-off of its Ventures business, which includes Tennis Channel.
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This Underwear Stock Just Soared 30%. It Got a $5 Billion Bid, Says Report.
The companies are nearing a deal which would value Hanesbrands at about $5 billion, including debt, according to a media report.
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Paramount Stock Falls on UFC Deal. There Could Be More Deals Coming.
The exclusive media rights agreement begins in 2026 and is worth an average of $1.1 billion a year.
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Tegna Stock Soars 30% on Reports of Nexstar Buy Talks. Why It Makes Sense.
Both companies declined to comment on a potential deal, but speculation was still driving shares higher.
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Rumble Offers $1.2 Billion to Buy Northern Data. What a Deal Means for Tether.
Tether, Northern Data’s largest shareholder, supports an acquisition by video-sharing platform Rumble.
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Avantor Stock Is Rising. An Activist Wants Changes, Maybe a Sale.
Shares of the life-sciences company have plummeted due in part to reduced demand amid Trump administration cuts.
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The Paramount Merger Was a Bad Deal for Old Shareholders. Buying the Stock Is a Good Bet for New Ones.
The stock looks like a cheap play on Paramount’s revival under new CEO David Ellison.
Long Read
Boeing’s Spirit AeroSystems Deal Gets U.K. Approval. It’s Part of the Turnaround.
A U.K. authority “cleared the anticipated acquisition” by Boeing of Spirit AeroSystems.
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