Inside FrieslandCampina’s Strategic Reset
FrieslandCampina reported €13.4 bn revenue and a 3.8% drop in operating profit for FY2025, while milk volume rose 2.4% – the first increase in eight years. The co‑op faced a perfect‑storm of commodity price pressure and a global milk oversupply that hurt cash flow and its Professional division. To reset its strategy, it completed the Milcobel acquisition, bought Wisconsin Whey Protein, and agreed to divest its Romanian business. Cost‑control targets were exceeded, positioning the dairy giant for a growth‑focused 2026.
Analysts Weigh In As Reservoir Media Takeover Battle Heats Up — B. Riley Downgrades, Roth Capital Says Current Offers ‘Materially’...
Reservoir Media (NASDAQ:RSVR) is at the center of a heated takeover battle, with activist investor Irenic Capital proposing a $10‑$11 per‑share offer and a joint proposal from Wesbild and Richmond Hill valuing the stock at $10.50 while controlling roughly 64%...
Whitestone Hires Bank Of America To Handle Possible Acquisition
Whitestone REIT hired Bank of America to manage a potential sale after attracting interest from private‑equity firms Blackstone and TPG. The REIT, which owns 56 shopping‑center properties across the South, has faced ongoing pressure from activists to go private and...
Von Dutch Plots U.S. Comeback Under WSG Brands
Von Dutch, the early‑2000s celebrity‑driven label, has been relaunched in the United States after its 2024 acquisition by brand‑development firm WSG Brands. WSG has rebuilt the brand’s infrastructure, expanded wholesale and direct‑to‑consumer channels, and secured high‑visibility collaborations with Gen Z influencers....
Axel Springer to Buy UK’s Telegraph in £575m Deal, Financial Times Reports
Axel Springer has agreed to acquire the UK‑based Telegraph Media Group for £575 million, a deal reported by the Financial Times. The purchase follows a failed £500 million bid by Daily Mail owner DMGT that faced regulatory scrutiny. By adding the Telegraph’s...
A Worthy Sale Of A Warren County, N.J. Radio Station
A Warren County, New Jersey AM radio station is set to become wholly owned by Lawrence J. Tighe Jr. after an asset sale agreement was filed with the FCC. The transaction ends the long‑standing partnership with Norman Worth. Concurrently, the...
Nike Could Be One Step Closer to Converse Sale as Swoosh Reveals $300 Million in Restructuring Costs
Nike disclosed roughly $300 million in pre‑tax restructuring charges for the nine months ending Feb. 28, driven largely by severance costs and the consolidation of U.S. distribution centers that eliminated nearly 800 jobs. The filing references "exit or disposal activities," fueling analyst...
Liberty Home Care & Hospice to Acquire ECU Health’s Home-Based Care Business
Liberty Home Care & Hospice announced it will acquire ECU Health’s home‑based care division, encompassing four home health offices, three hospice locations and a hospice house in eastern North Carolina. Financial terms remain undisclosed, and the transaction awaits approval from...
STAT+: Servier to Acquire Day One, Maker of Pediatric Cancer Drug, for $2.5B
Servier announced a $2.5 billion cash deal to acquire Day One Biopharmaceuticals, paying $21.50 per share—a 68% premium to the biotech’s closing price. The acquisition centers on Day One’s Ojemda, the first FDA‑approved therapy for pediatric low‑grade glioma, the most common...
Comvita Refutes Speculation of Share Interest From Fraser and Neave
Comvita publicly denied a media report that Singapore‑based Fraser and Neave had taken a stake in the manuka honey producer. The company reiterated that it has not received any investment from F&N and will not comment on market speculation. Simultaneously,...
With €1B War Chest, Belgian Care Homes Giant Lines Up Expansion Across Ireland
Belgian REIT Aedifica has secured roughly €1 billion for Irish expansion after shareholders approved its merger with Cofinimmo, doubling the combined portfolio to about €12 billion. The merger frees capital by recycling non‑core assets and meeting competition‑law divestments, allowing rapid deployment over...
Advent Discloses Rejected $1.52bn Bid for UK Aerospace Supplier Senior
Advent Capital disclosed that its $1.52 billion offer for Senior, a UK aerospace components supplier, was turned down by the target's board. The rejection comes amid a competitive auction that includes Arcline Investment Management. Senior’s decision highlights valuation gaps between private‑equity...
PE Eyes Growth Opportunities in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients: 5 Deals
Private equity firms are actively pursuing growth in the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) sector, with five recent transactions highlighted by Astorg, EQT, New Mountain Capital and TA Associates. The deals involve both acquisitions and divestitures of API manufacturing assets, reflecting...
Aferian Shares Suspended as Company Prepares for Sale
Aferian has suspended its AIM‑listed shares as it moves toward a pre‑pack administration and the sale of its operating subsidiaries, 24i and Amino, to a single buyer. The transaction, backed by senior lenders, is expected to close within days and...
BlackRock’s GIP to Acquire TCR
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), BlackRock’s infrastructure arm, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TCR, the world’s largest independent lessor of airport ground support equipment, from 3i Infrastructure. The deal includes a co‑investment by TCR’s management team, underscoring confidence in...
Ceconomy CEO Resigns After Just Nine Months, CFO to Promote?
Ceconomy’s chief executive, Kai‑Ulrich Deissner, announced his resignation after just nine months in the role, having served as CFO since February 2023 and stepping in as interim CEO in May 2025 before his permanent appointment in September. The departure, attributed...
Mutares Agrees to Sell inTime to Tawin Holdings Group
Mutares, the German private‑equity firm, has agreed to sell its European time‑critical logistics subsidiary, inTime, to Tawin Holdings Group. inTime provides ultra‑fast, same‑day and next‑hour delivery services across key European hubs. The divestiture aligns with Mutares’ strategy to streamline its...
Amid Ownership Transition, Sirona’s Revenue Drops to Rs 77 Cr in FY25
Sirona, the Gurugram‑based feminine hygiene brand, saw its FY25 revenue drop 23% to Rs 77 crore after a turbulent ownership transition. The company was bought back by its founders earlier this year for roughly Rs 150‑180 crore, far below the Rs 450 crore Good Glamm paid...
Inside Life360’s Plan To Build An Ad Platform On Top Of Nativo
Life360 has accelerated its entry into advertising by acquiring Fantix’s AI‑driven ad unit and the native‑ad platform Nativo for $120 million. Nativo generated $63 million in revenue in 2023, and its white‑label ad server now powers Life360’s family‑focused ad stack. The combined...
Mammoth Energy Services Inc (TUSK) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Mammoth Energy Services reported $16.4 million revenue in Q2 2025 but posted a $35.7 million GAAP net loss, driven largely by a $31.7 million non‑cash impairment on its Northern White Sand mine. The quarter featured three major portfolio moves: a $108.7 million sale of infrastructure...
Asia Deals Aim for First-in-Class Biology, with at Least Four Deals for New Targets
Asian biotech firms outside China announced 72 deals in 2024‑25, emphasizing first‑in‑class assets over me‑better or me‑too programs. At least four transactions involve novel targets such as CNTN4, GPR52, MTARC1 and OK‑1, spanning new modalities and indications. Global pharmaceutical companies...
CEO, Majority Investor Acquire Broadcast Electronics
Broadcast Electronics, a longtime provider of transmitter systems and media management software, has been acquired by its CEO Rich Redmond and majority investor The Alzana Group. The undisclosed‑price transaction will re‑organize the business under the legal name BE Systems Inc.,...
Joe Tsai Exits, Carlos Vela Joins LAFC in $1.25B Stake Sale
Carlos Vela has joined Los Angeles FC as a limited partner, purchasing a 6% equity stake in a transaction that valued the club at $1.25 billion, one of MLS’s highest ever stake sales. The deal also saw longtime investors Joe Tsai and...
An ‘Ice Cream Castle’ Captures Two Ohio FMs
Kimberly and Kenneth Smith have created Ice Cream Castle LLC in West Union, Ohio, and are set to purchase two FM stations: a Class A outlet serving Georgetown and its Class C3 sister station in Ripley. The acquisition marks the...
Glencore Backs Kazakh Entrepreneur’s ERG Stake Bid
Glencore has offered an $800 million pre‑payment to finance Kazakh entrepreneur Shakhmurat Mutalip’s $1.4 billion bid for a 40% stake in Eurasian Resources Group (ERG). The funding would be secured against future ferrochrome deliveries, helping Mutalip outpace a rival offer from ERG...
QCi Finalizes $5 Million Acquisition of NuCrypt to Expand Quantum Communications Portfolio
Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi) completed a $5 million cash‑and‑stock acquisition of NuCrypt, a quantum communications specialist. The deal makes quantum communications a core vertical of QCi’s hardware roadmap, merging NuCrypt’s photonic signal‑processing patents with QCi’s thin‑film lithium niobate (TFLN) platform. The...
Nexstar Moves Forward With TEGNA Tender Offer Following FCC Visit
Nexstar Media Group announced a cash tender offer to repurchase its 5% senior notes due 2029, a move directly tied to the pending acquisition of TEGNA. The offer, managed by BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan, and Goldman Sachs, will remain open...
BXP Sells Parts Of Rockville Office Campus To Toll Brothers
Boston Properties (BXP) sold three of seven buildings on its 31‑acre Rockville office campus to homebuilder Toll Brothers for $24.7 million, a fraction of the $116.5 million it paid in 2021. The original plan for a 1.3 million‑square‑foot life‑sciences‑focused mixed‑use district has been...
EQT Buys East Coast Warehouse Portfolio From Mapletree For $575M
Private equity firm EQT Real Estate has agreed to purchase a 4.4‑million‑square‑foot portfolio of 25 East Coast warehouses from Singapore‑based Mapletree Investments for $575 million. The assets span Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida and include a mix of single‑tenant, multi‑tenant,...
Dundon Sells 12.5% of Hurricanes at $2.66 Billion Valuation
Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon agreed to sell a 12.5% minority stake, valuing the NHL franchise at $2.66 billion. The transaction introduces three undisclosed partners and may provide liquidity for Dundon's pending $4.25 billion acquisition of the Portland Trail Blazers. The Hurricanes'...
Netflix Buys Ben Affleck’s AI Startup
Netflix has acquired InterPositive, the AI filmmaking startup founded by Ben Affleck, integrating its team and appointing Affleck as an advisor. The stealth‑mode company built a proprietary video model that trains on raw footage to assist post‑production tasks such as...
Ryan Acquires Hucke and Associates
Ryan, a leading tax and software provider, announced the acquisition of Hucke and Associates, a boutique New York City property‑tax firm. The deal adds Hucke’s expertise in hospitality, office, retail, industrial and multifamily tax appeals to Ryan’s commercial real‑estate services. Hucke’s...
Alnylam Unites With Tenaya in Potential $1B+ Pact To Find New Genetic Heart Disease Targets
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has signed a deal with Tenaya Therapeutics, providing $10 million upfront and the potential for up to $1.13 billion in milestones to discover up to 15 new genetic targets for heart disease. Tenaya will apply its modality‑agnostic platform to validate...
Waynova Group Unveils Unified Technology Platform
Waynova Group has combined four specialized rail‑technology firms—ZEDAS, Railroad Software, Raspberry Software and Automated Rail—into a single international platform. The unified solution delivers software and hardware for asset management, maintenance, inspection, yard operations, revenue protection and field devices across North...
Bridgepoint Mulls Options for Defence Investing Strategy
Bridgepoint is evaluating how to position its capital in Europe’s burgeoning defense sector. A recent Carlyle Group white paper projects that the continent could allocate up to €14 trillion to defense and related infrastructure over the next ten years. The magnitude...
Gaming Marketing Consultancy Open World Acquires Influencer Platform Drope.me to Scale Creator Campaigns
Open World, the marketing consultancy division of Loaded Holdings, has acquired influencer platform Drope.me to add automation and performance‑tracking tools to its gaming creator campaigns. The acquisition enables Open World to scale activations from dozens to thousands of creators simultaneously....
Wabash Launches Cargo Assurance Solution to Help Prevent Theft Before It Occurs
Wabash unveiled a cargo‑assurance platform at Manifest 2026 that turns the trailer into a secure, connected system, leveraging its 2025 TrailerHawk.AI acquisition. The solution combines a physical lock, a mobile app digital seal, and multi‑factor driver, tractor, carrier and insurance...
BNP Paribas AM Shuts Down €750m Sustainability Fund – Exclusive
BNP Paribas Asset Management is winding down its €750 million sustainability fund following the acquisition of AXA IM Alts. The purchase created overlapping equity strategies between the two managers, prompting a strategic consolidation. BNP Paribas cited redundancy elimination as the primary...
ŌURA Acquires Doublepoint to Expand AI-Driven Interaction Capabilities
Oura announced the acquisition of Doublepoint, a Helsinki‑based AI gesture‑recognition startup, to embed natural, biometric interactions into its wearable platform. The deal brings Doublepoint’s four founders and AI architects into Oura’s R&D, reinforcing a roadmap that blends voice and gesture...
MakeMyTrip to Acquire Majority Stake in Flamingo Transworld
MakeMyTrip has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in regional tour operator Flamingo Transworld, though the purchase price remains undisclosed. Flamingo, with a 30‑year history, runs group travel packages across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh through 51...
Semtech Expands Data-Center Portfolio by Acquiring HieFo for $34m
Semtech Corp announced it has acquired HieFo Corp for approximately $34 million in cash. HieFo supplies indium phosphide (InP) optoelectronic devices, including lasers and gain chips, used in data‑center interconnects. The deal, cleared by CFIUS, expands Semtech’s domestic semiconductor portfolio and...
B2B Used Car Auction Merger Cleared by CMA
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared Constellation Developments’ acquisition of ABVR Holdings (Aston Barclay) through its British Car Auctions (BCA) business after a phase‑2 inquiry. BCA is the UK’s largest B2B used‑vehicle auction provider, while Aston Barclay ranks...
Canstar Signs LoI to Acquire Three Exploration Licences in Sweden
Canstar Resources signed a non‑binding letter of intent with LithOps to acquire full ownership of three exploration licences in Sweden’s Skellefte district, covering about 310 km². The deal provides LithOps with 15 million common shares, $150,000 cash and a 2.5% net smelter...
ITV Remains in Sky Deal Talks, Posts Slight Full-Year Studios Profit Drop, Ad Revenue Falls 5 Percent
ITV confirmed it is still negotiating a potential sale of its Media & Entertainment unit to Sky for about £1.6 billion, while reporting a modest decline in ITV Studios profit and a 5% drop in advertising revenue for 2025. Total external...
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust to Ally with US Firm Raymond James
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group announced a strategic alliance with U.S. brokerage Raymond James, aiming to combine expertise in finance, M&A, real‑estate and asset management. The partnership gives SM Trust access to Raymond James' $1.8 trillion in client assets and its network...
Power Minerals Moves to Add High-Grade Rare Earths Project to Brazilian Portfolio
Power Minerals (ASX:PNN) has signed an agreement to acquire the Morro do Ferro rare‑earth project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, a high‑grade deposit that has returned multiple drill hits exceeding 5% total rare‑earth oxides (TREO). The acquisition is being funded by...
Sony Divests Whisper Stake
Sony Pictures Television is selling its 30% share in The Whisper Group after five years of partnership. The divestiture returns Whisper to private ownership, with external financing to fund its strategy and an employee equity plan. During Sony’s tenure, Whisper’s...
Netflix CFO: Non-WBD Acquisition Was Always About Price, Not Politics
Netflix CFO Spencer Neumann told investors that the company walked away from the Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) acquisition solely because the price was unacceptable, not due to political pressure or antitrust concerns. Netflix had an $82.7 billion offer on the table...
Lomond Expands Into Liverpool with Homesure Acquisition
Lomond Group has acquired Liverpool‑based lettings and estate agency Homesure, adding a three‑office operation with a 30‑person team to its portfolio. Homesure currently manages more than 1,700 residential properties across Liverpool and surrounding areas. The deal keeps the Homesure brand...
Smith & Wesson Brands Inc (SWBI) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI) posted record Q3 2026 revenue of $233 million, up 20% year‑over‑year, largely fueled by a $650 million Mars Parts acquisition and two smaller deals totaling $26.5 million. Adjusted consolidated EBITDA reached a new quarterly high of $45 million, though...