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Yum! Brands Acquires AI-Based Consumer Analytics Platform To Strengthen Brands
Yum! Brands, the operator of over 50,000 restaurants around the globe under its brands KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, has announced the...
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Mar 3, 20211 min read
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L3Harris To Sell Its Military Training And Combat Propulsion Business For $1.45B
L3Harris, a company that provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains, has signed...
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Mar 2, 20211 min read
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Roivant Seeks Edge In Drug Development With $450M Silicon Therapeutics Purchase
Roivant Sciences has announced the acquisition of Silicon Therapeutics for $450 million in Roivant stock. With the purchase, Roivant is...
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Feb 27, 20211 min read
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AT&T Tries To Close An Ugly Chapter With $16B Spin-Off Of DirecTV With TPG
AT&T has announced it reached a deal with TPG Capital to spin off its pay-tv businesses, DirecTV, AT&T TV Now and U-Verse, for $16.25...
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Feb 26, 20211 min read
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Atkore Acquires Fiberglass Manufacturer FRE Composites Group
Atkore, a leading provider of electrical, safety, and infrastructure solutions, announced its acquisition of the fiberglass conduit...
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Feb 25, 20211 min read
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Wells Fargo Turnaround Continues With Sale of Asset Management Arm For $2.1B
Wells Fargo, one of the largest banks in the United States, has announced the sale of Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) to a pair of...
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Feb 24, 20211 min read
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Advent Technologies Acquires UltraCell, An Industry Leader In Fuel Cell Technology
Advent technologies has announced its acquisition of UltraCell, which is the fuel cell division of Bren-Tronics. UltraCell is known to be...
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Feb 23, 20211 min read
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Redfin Steps Up Presence In The Rental Market With $608M RentPath Acquisition
Redfin, one of the largest online brokerage platforms in North America, has announced the acquisition of RentPath for $608 million in...
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Feb 20, 20211 min read
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Daily Mail Parent Sells Off EdTech Business In Two Transactions For $410M
Daily Mail And General Trust (DMGT), the company best known as the parent of Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper, has announced the sale of...
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Feb 19, 20211 min read
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Radio Broadcast Giant, iHeartMedia, Is Set To Acquire Triton Digital For $230M
The industry leader in audio entertainment and podcasting has announced the purchase of E.W. Scripps Co's Triton Digital for $230...
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Feb 18, 20211 min read
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Nestle Sells North American Bottled Water Brands For $4.3B To Private Equity Firms
The Swiss multinational food and drink conglomerate Nestle has announced it will divest its North American bottled water brands for $4.3...
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Feb 17, 20211 min read
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Siemens Healthineers Expected To Win EU Approval For $16.4B Varian Acquisition
In August of 2020, Siemens Healthineers announced it had struck a deal to acquire Varian for $16.4 billion. While U.S. regulators...
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Feb 16, 20211 min read
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FTC Steps Up Investigation Into Nvidia’s $40B Acquisition Of Arm
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has moved into the second phase of its investigation of Nvidia’s $40 billion acquisition of the British...
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Feb 13, 20211 min read
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Mr. Peanut Has A New Home At Hormel Foods Following Sale By Kraft Heinz
Consumer packaged goods company Kraft Heinz has announced the sale of its Planters brand to Hormel Foods for $3.35 billion. The sale...
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Feb 12, 20211 min read
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Brookfield Makes $10.6B Offer For Canadian Pipeline In A Bet On Fossil Fuels
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has announced it made a $10.6 billion offer for the Canadian company Inter Pipeline. The offer is...
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Feb 11, 20211 min read
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Siemens Explores Sale Of ITS Unit As Conglomerate Works To Shed Non-Core Operations
The German industrial conglomerate Siemens is reportedly exploring the sale of its Intelligent Traffic Systems unit for up to $725...
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Feb 9, 20211 min read
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Electronic Arts Will Acquire GluMobile In A $2.4B Bet On Mobile Gaming
Video game developer Electronic Arts (EA) has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire GluMobile at an equity value of $2.4...
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Feb 9, 20211 min read
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CoreLogic To Be Acquired By Stone Point Capital And Insight Partners For $6B
CoreLogic, a provider of data solutions, services, and technologies for real estate, has announced it will be acquired by the private...
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Feb 5, 20211 min read
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Jazz Pharma Makes Aggressive Push Into Cannabis; Buys GW Pharma For $7.2B
Ireland based Jazz Pharmaceuticals has announced it will acquire GW Pharma for $7.2 billion, or $6.7 billion net of cash. The acquisition...
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Feb 4, 20211 min read
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Uber’s Steps Up Its Delivery Game With A $1.1B Purchase Of Drizly
When the pandemic began, Uber’s core business of ride sharing was crushed, falling 51% year over year in the most recent quarter....
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Feb 3, 20211 min read
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