M&A
Saudi Arabia’s $913 Billion PIF Pivots From Mega-Deals to Efficiency as Construction Spending Falls 60%
Crown Prince's sovereign wealth fund slashes capital deployment, signaling end of growth-at-all-costs era and potential redeployment away from speculative bets toward sustainable returns.
ABB Signals Aggressive M&A Push With Multi-Billion Dollar War Chest
Swiss automation giant commits to pursuing multiple major acquisitions post-robotics sale, marking renewed confidence in AI-manufacturing convergence.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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%.