M&A

Macro Technology

Axel Springer Outbids Daily Mail With £575 Million Telegraph Deal

German media conglomerate torpedoes DMGT's acquisition in one of Britain's largest newspaper transactions in years, betting on a centre-right English-language empire.

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Energy Geopolitics

Gulf Capital Targets Europe’s Energy-Starved Aluminium Industry

Bahrain's Alba acquires Europe's largest smelter in strategic bid to leverage sub-$40/MWh Gulf power costs against European rates exceeding €85/MWh.

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Markets Technology

Musk Faces Trial Over Claims He Manipulated Twitter Stock During $44B Takeover

Former Twitter shareholders allege billionaire's bot concerns were pretense to drive down share price, setting up precedent-defining test of M&A conduct.

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Markets Technology

PayPal Denies Stripe Acquisition Talks as Stock Plunges 6% Following Retraction

The payments giant confirmed it is not in discussions to be acquired, contradicting reports that sent shares soaring earlier this week and exposing deeper vulnerability amid leadership transition.

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Markets

Victory Capital Launches $8.6 Billion Counterbid for Janus Henderson

San Antonio-based asset manager offers $57.04 per share in competing proposal, topping Trian's December deal by 16% and forcing bidding war for $484 billion AUM firm.

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Markets Technology

Paramount Misses Q4 Estimates Despite Record Streaming Growth, as Skydance Merger Looms

Media giant posts $7.98 billion in revenue but falls short of Wall Street targets, even as Paramount+ adds 5.6 million subscribers and narrows streaming losses by 42%.

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