M&A

Oracle shares jump after the software company’s earnings beat expectations.

Cintas agrees to acquire UniFirst for $310 a share, representing an enterprise value of $5.5 billion.

Stonegate Investment Group is the largest firm to join NewEdge’s employee channel, which was launched in 2023.

The Minneapolis aggregator has acquired wealth advisory businesses in Kansas and Oregon.

The addition of Heritage Financial is Savant’s largest deal to date and adds three offices in the Bay State.

Ziff Davis agrees to sell its connectivity business to Accenture for $1.2 billion in cash.

An investor consortium will pay $15 a share for the utilities company.

It was another dose of good news for Paramount Skydance, which on Friday announced a deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery after a bidding war with Netflix.

Paramount is taking on a lot of debt to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, faces a difficult approval process, and will have a tough time absorbing the media giant.

Warner Discovery was always a must-have for Paramount, so this is a great outcome for shareholders.

Netflix said it was a disciplined buyer and at the required price to win the bidding contest, buying Warner Bros. was no longer attractive.

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Warner Bros. Discovery’s board deemed the latest offer from Paramount Skydance to be superior.

Netflix’s bidding war with Paramount could come down to what investors think Warner’s cable assets are worth.

A consortium led by Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management is the other contender to buy asset manager Janus Henderson.

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The media company raised its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery by a dollar a share, challenging Netflix to raise its own offer.

Analysts agree an outright sale is unlikely, but they are split on whether the payments company is stagnating or undervalued.

The most likely outcome is that Netflix will walk away from the bidding war. That’s good news for its shareholders.

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Paramount has made a revised offer for Warner Bros. Discovery. For now, Warner is still backing its deal with Netflix.

The firm, called the Financial Advisors, has two offices in the Bay State and brings a staff of 11 to fast-growing Beacon Pointe.

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Warner said last week that it would give the CBS owner until Monday to make its best and final offer.

Both Netflix and Paramount Skydance are prepared to overpay for Warner Bros. Discovery and take on significant debt.