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Call Me Bezos, Jeff Bezos: Amazon Buys MGM Studios For $8.45B
After over a week of speculation, Amazon has announced it will acquire Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM Studios) for $8.45 billion to boost its...
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May 25, 20211 min read
Volkswagen Gets $9.2B Offer To Buy Iconic Supercar Brand Lamborghini
Volkswagen AG received an offer on Monday from a group formed by Quantum Group AG and Centricus Asset Management to buy the iconic...
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May 24, 20211 min read
Martin Marietta Buys Lehigh Hanson’s Western U.S. Assets For $2.3B
Martin Marietta has announced it will buy the assets of Lehigh Hanson located in the western United States for $2.3 billion. Martin...
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May 22, 20211 min read
Snap Doubles Down On Augmented Reality With $500M WaveOptics Acquisition
Snap Inc, the parent company of Snapchat, has made it clear in recent days that its leadership sees augmented reality as a critical...
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May 21, 20211 min read
Virgin Media And O2 Cleared For $44B Merger By UK Regulators
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority finally approved the merger between mobile phone operators Virgin Media and O2 after it being...
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May 20, 20211 min read
Ken’s Beverage Bought Out By Pentair In $80M Acquisition
Ken’s Beverage, a supplier of commercial beverage equipment and services, as announced it will be acquired by Pentair. Pentair, which...
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May 19, 20211 min read
Amazon Is In Talks To Buy MGM Studios For $9B As The Fight For Content Heats Up
The streaming wars are now becoming the content wars as mergers and exclusive deals between studios and streamers allow platforms to...
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May 18, 20211 min read
AT&T: Once Again The King Of Buying High And Selling Low With WarnerMedia Deal
AT&T has once again proven itself to be the king of buying high and selling low. Few companies can rival the American telecom’s record of...
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May 15, 20211 min read
General Mills Adds To Pet Food Division With $1.2B Purchase From Tyson Foods
In 2018, General Mills made an $8 billion bet on pet food by purchasing the pet food company Blue Buffalo. The move was a departure from...
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May 14, 20211 min read
Intertek Increases Global Presence With SAI Global Assurance Acquisition
The UK based quality assurance provider Intertek is expanding its global footprint by acquiring the Australian company SAI Global...
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May 13, 20211 min read
PE Firm CD&R Agrees To Buy UDG Healthcare In A $3.7B Deal
The private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has agreed to pay $3.7 billion for UDG Healthcare, a provider of clinical,...
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May 12, 20211 min read
L Brands To Spin-Off Flagship Brands Victoria’s Secret And Bath & Body Works
On Tuesday, the American fashion retailer L Brands (NYSE: LB) announced the intention to spin-off its flagship brands Victoria’s Secret...
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May 11, 20211 min read
Colorado Drilling Companies To Combine In A $2.6B Merger Of Equals
Bonanza Creek Energy and Extraction Oil and Gas have announced today their intention to merge. The two Colorado-based drilling companies...
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May 8, 20211 min read
Eddie Bauer To Be Acquired By Simon Property Group And Authentic Brands Group
Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) and Authentic Brands Group have recently announced a deal to acquire Eddie Bauer from a unit of Golden...
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May 7, 20211 min read
Bill.com Announces Acquisition Of Fintech Unicorn Divvy For $2.5B
Bill.com, which provides software to automate complex back-office financial operations, has announced it will acquire the U.S. based...
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May 6, 20211 min read
Crypto Merchant Bank Galaxy Digital Acquires BitGo For $1.2B
Galaxy Digital, a financial services firm focused on cryptocurrency, announced today that it has entered an agreement to purchase BitGo....
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May 5, 20211 min read
American Express Global Business Travel Buys Egencia From Expedia
American Express Global Business Travel (GBT), a company American Express spun off in 2014 but retains a 50% interest in, has announced...
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May 4, 20211 min read
Okta Closes $6.5B Acquisition Of Identity Platform Auth0
Okta announced today that it has acquired Auth0, a platform used to develop secure identities for internet applications. The deal is...
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May 1, 20211 min read
Nestlé Buys The Bountiful Company For $5.75B From PE Giant KKR
Swiss food and beverage company Nestlé has announced it will acquire The Bountiful Company for $5.75 billion from the private equity...
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Apr 30, 20211 min read
Realty Income To Acquire VEREIT In An $11B Transaction
Realty Income (NYSE: O) has announced it will acquire VEREIT (NYSE: VER) in an all stock transaction worth approximately $11 billion....
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