Know What's Happening in M&A
Know What's Happening in M&A
The FDIC has rescinded its 2009 rule that barred private‑equity firms and other non‑bank entities from bidding on failed banks. The change, prompted by the rapid failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic in 2023, is intended to lower resolution costs and protect the Deposit Insurance Fund. Chair Travis Hill emphasized that expanding the bidder pool will not increase risk and may speed acquisitions, especially if an emergency shelf‑charter process is created. The move opens a new source of capital for distressed banks and could reshape post‑crisis resolution strategies.
Philadelphia‑based Turio Residential Co. announced its first Washington, D.C. acquisition, buying the 67‑unit former extended‑stay hotel at 1324 North Capitol St. NW for $16 million in cash. The asset, previously slated for foreclosure, will be rebranded as NoMa 1324 and converted to...
Unilever confirmed it is in advanced talks to sell its global food business to McCormick & Co., a move that would shift the maker of Hellmann’s mayonnaise toward its faster‑growing personal‑care division. Bloomberg values the food unit at roughly $33 billion,...
Mobilezone has signed an agreement with the AK Group to acquire the Swiss e‑commerce platform Apfelkiste.ch and retail branding specialist Marein for CHF 180 million. The deal will integrate Apfelkiste’s online catalog with Mobilezone’s extensive brick‑and‑mortar network across Switzerland. By adding Marein’s...
Premier Foods is reportedly weighing a £200 million offer for Crosta Mollica, the UK‑based maker of premium frozen pizzas, pasta and Italian flatbreads. The move follows a series of acquisitions under CEO Alex Whitehouse, including Merchant Gourmet, Fuel10K and The Spice...
TEGNA Inc. completed its merger with Nexstar Media Group’s subsidiary on March 20, 2026, converting each TGNA share into a $22 cash payment. The OCC adjusted all TGNA equity options to cash settlement, setting the contract deliverable at $2,200 per 100‑share contract....
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly backed the Ellison family’s bid to acquire CNN as part of Paramount‑Skydance’s $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, while the DOJ antitrust division reviews the deal. Meanwhile, xAI faces a class‑action lawsuit alleging...
Savvy Games Group, the gaming arm of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, is set to acquire Moonton, the creator of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, for an estimated $6 billion. The deal, reported by Bloomberg, follows Savvy’s $4.9 bn purchase of Scopely and...
Sport Klub channels will cease broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 April 2025, replaced by an expanded suite of Arena Sport services. The change follows Telekom Srbija’s February 2025 acquisition of Sport Klub’s rights, licences and assets from United Group across the Western Balkans....
The @ebay acquisition of @depop from @etsy makes so much sense, especially because EBay has been trying to build its customer base and reach younger demographics. #ebay #depop #etsy #fashion #business
D.C. Memo: @NXSTMediaGroup-@TEGNA Deal Sails Through @BrendanCarrFCC in a Speedy 121 Days; CEO Sook Makes a Few Minor Concessions But That’s It; Nexstar has two years to sell six TV stations but in the end, it might not...
ADNOC and OMV have revised the investment plan for their pending polyolefins joint venture, Borouge Group International AG (BGI), while still targeting a March 2026 close. The partners will curb the 2026 dividend payout, limiting OMV’s share to about €0.6‑0.7...
In 2010 CBS and Turner struck a $10.8 billion agreement to share NCAA men’s tournament rights, propelling TBS and TNT ad sales to $1.62 billion in year one and $2.26 billion by 2016. Despite record sports revenue, cable penetration fell 10 % over six...
After closing in April 2025, DSC Labs has been revived under new CEO Matt Conrad, who acquired the 60‑year‑old camera test chart specialist last summer. The company moved its headquarters from Toronto to Los Angeles, positioning itself at the heart...
Broadband providers are reshaping the market through a series of high‑value acquisitions and strategic partnerships. Verizon closed its $20 billion purchase of Frontier, adding 2.2 million fiber subscribers, while AT&T acquired over one million Lumen customers and secured Starry’s millimeter‑wave technology. The...
Biedronka, Poland’s largest supermarket chain owned by Jeronimo Martins, has signaled interest in buying a sizable portion of Carrefour’s Polish assets. Carrefour is refocusing on its core markets of France, Spain and Brazil, leaving its Polish division up for sale....
McCormick & Company is reportedly in advanced talks to purchase Unilever's global food business, a deal that could combine two of the world’s largest flavor and seasoning portfolios. The transaction, still confidential, is expected to be valued in the high‑hundreds...
Precision Aerospace & Defense Group and FACT II Acquisition Corp announced a $310 million business combination, turning the defense‑supplier roll‑up into a publicly traded entity via a SPAC. The deal, disclosed in December, positions Precision to build an EBITDA‑positive network of critical...
Pophouse Entertainment announced it has purchased Tina Turner’s name, image, likeness and a majority stake in her music catalog from BMG. The Swedish multimedia group, co‑founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, said it will use the assets to “consolidate her legacy,”...
Unilever is in advanced talks to combine its food division with US spice maker McCormick in an all‑stock transaction. The food unit, home to brands such as Knorr and Hellmann’s, is estimated to be worth tens of billions of pounds,...
The 2021 M&A market exploded, posting a 2.5‑times jump in deal volume. Analysts attribute the surge to a perfect storm: massive fiscal stimulus, historically low interest rates, depressed valuations, a frozen deal backlog, record‑high private‑equity dry powder, and strategic buyer...
Unilever and Kraft Heinz explored a merger that would have combined Kraft Heinz’s condiments arm with Unilever’s food division, placing iconic brands like Heinz ketchup and Hellmann’s mayonnaise under one roof. Sources said the proposed entity could be worth tens...
New York‑listed shuttle tanker owner KNOT Offshore Partners (KNOP) announced it has terminated negotiations with its parent, Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers, over an unsolicited take‑private proposal first floated in October 2025. A conflicts committee of independent directors, assisted by external...
Mayer Brown’s March 2026 memo urges acquirers to replace traditional non‑compete covenants with forfeiture‑for‑competition (FFC) clauses after Delaware courts increasingly invalidate non‑competes on reasonableness grounds. An FFC ties a supplemental cash benefit to the seller’s agreement not to compete, and because...
U Mobile Ownership Shift: A Strategic Masterstroke or a Debt-Fueled Gamble? Some asked: Local Triumph or Sovereign Risk? Corporate finance perspective, let me explain the A, B, & C: A. Positives B. Negatives C. Neutral ↓↓↓
Wall Street hates the Paramount-Warner deal. There's a shareholder derivative lawsuit here against the Ellisons, or maybe the deal doesn't even go through. https://t.co/ek5wSMzOXW https://t.co/fqN6mZnTz9
Technology M&A teams are increasingly mistaking fleeting market momentum for lasting marketing strength. The article argues that high‑velocity demand often originates from a breakthrough product arriving at the right moment—what it calls “gravity”—rather than from a robust marketing organization. When...
My latest exclusive interview with Brian Ward, CEO of Savvy Games Group, about investing in games and acquiring game companies. He still expects to be active in doing deals. https://t.co/5hWlkaV9QO
The offices of the state AGs and DirecTV said their lawsuits seeking to block the Nexstar-Tegna merger will continue to move forward, notwithstanding Nexstar’s announcement that the deal has closed. https://t.co/2Y4mvyhfS4 via @variety
Norway’s IKM Gruppen announced the acquisition of Rotterdam‑based Hendrik Veder Group, creating the new entity IKM Hendrik Veder. The deal adds a 225‑year‑old rope and wire specialist with 79 employees to IKM’s 4,000‑strong, 15‑country operation. The combined company will broaden...
Two ratings on Nexstar are junk, so this deal will require mass layoffs of local journalists.
The fix was in at the @FCC & @JusticeATR to approve the massive Nexstar-TEGNA deal. People need to know how abnormal and illegal the process was. I talk about it here: https://t.co/rmcV0J9w0N
Genco Shipping & Trading rejected Diana Shipping’s improved takeover offer of $23.50 per share, valuing the dry‑bulker at roughly $860 million. The board said the proposal undervalues Genco, lacks a sufficient premium, and carries execution risks. Diana, backed by Star Bulk,...
The creation of state media continues at the local level under Carr's FCC. This is even more dangerous than Ellison Inc., for people still watch local TV. FCC approves merger of local television owners Nexstar and Tegna as two lawsuits seek...
A new privatization arbitrage opportunity with a reasonable chance that the offer will be bumped. With vote from disinterested shareholders required, the current offer is likely just the opening bid. https://t.co/Z5SqvNRZjD
The American Farm Bureau Federation has publicly opposed the pending merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. Farm Bureau economist Danny Munch warns that the consolidation could repeat service reliability problems seen after the 1996 UP‑Southern Pacific merger, which stalled...
$NVS paying $2bn for Synnovation's SNV4818, after $LLY paid $1.5bn for Scorpion's STX-478. Mechanistically, seems like good news for $RLAY, bad for $OKUR & $COGT
U.S. approves $6.2B Nexstar-Tegna deal that may reshape local TV news - The Washington Post https://t.co/DfLQnNI3On
Bankers have opened the bidding window for Wasserman, the Los Angeles‑based sports and entertainment powerhouse now operating under the name The Team. Moelis & Co. is steering the process, while a roster of potential acquirers – including private‑equity firms Permira,...
State AGs sue to block the merger in the am, deal closes in the pm. Wild ride for $TGNA shareholders - congrats to those who held for $22.00. https://t.co/hroSGkpRRo
Amazon $AMZN has acquired autonomous robotics startup Rivr Rivr was valued at $110 million in an August 2024 funding round which included investment from Jeff Bezos and Amazon - The Information
In early March 2026 Netflix announced a landmark acquisition of InterPositive, an AI‑driven filmmaking startup founded by Ben Affleck, for up to $600 million, largely cash with earn‑out provisions. The deal gives Netflix immediate access to tools that can correct lighting,...
I wish I could agree with The Ankler position on the PSKY acquisition of WBD “one good push and the thing unravels.” But money changes everything. Pretty much always. Governments flex a lot… rarely pull a trigger. Do we really think...
SCOOP: Unilever is in talks to separate its food business and combine it with spice maker McCormick. $UL $MKC https://t.co/dkrabAnWwZ
The Observer, now owned by loss‑making start‑up Tortoise Media, has opened a fresh voluntary redundancy round, extending buyout offers to staff hired after the 2025 acquisition. The package mirrors the terms of the previous round, but Tortoise has not disclosed...
Both the DOJ and the FCC have approved the merger of Tegna and Nexstar, a deal that would create the largest owner of local stations in the US. https://t.co/BcB7uDquKX
Democrats are actually targeting the censorship machine, aka our corporate media. Eight state enforcers just filed a case to block the merger of the broadcaster giants who had Jimmy Kimmel thrown off the air. https://t.co/TfV2oxQ4lk
Native Instruments announced it is moving from preliminary to formal insolvency proceedings, confirming the Berlin‑based music‑tech firm’s financial distress. CEO Nick Williams said the company is in active talks with multiple potential buyers, indicating strong interest from parties rooted in...
"Jeff Bezos is in early talks to raise $100 billion for a new fund that would buy up manufacturing companies and seek to use AI technology to accelerate their path to automation." https://t.co/UmA1I3g0xp
EchoStar's restructured agreement with Dish DBS unit creditors could clear the way for another attempt to combine DirecTV with Dish's video business. @Light_Reading https://t.co/mfCCgX4u8a
