Air Liquide S.A (AI.PA, AIQUY), a French industrial and medical gases company, Monday announced the divestiture of its biogas production activities to Mobius Renewables, LLC, a renewable energy infrastructure company. The biogas production activities are spread across four countries namely, the United...
Nilörngruppen AB (NLLGF, NIL-B.ST), on Monday published its board statement recommending shareholders accept a public cash takeover offer from Trimco Group Ltd. in UK at approximately SEK 878 million. The offer price stands at SEK 77 per share, to be paid fully in cash. The acceptance period is...
GameStop Corp. (GME) announced late Sunday that it has submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire eBay Inc. (EBAY) at $125.00 per share in cash and stock. The deal shows aggregate equity value of around $55.5 billion. In Overnight trading, eBay shares were gaining around 12.3 percent, trading at...
(Amended: Corrects company names in the intro which were incorrectly reported earlier) UCB SA (UCBJY), a Belgian biopharmaceutical company, on Sunday announced its agreement to buy Candid Therapeutics, a privately held clinical-stage biotechnology company, for up to $2.2 billion, aiming to strengthen...
Friday, Gates Industrial Corporation plc (GTES) announced a definitive agreement to acquire the belts business from The Timken Company (TKR), including select manufacturing assets. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. With this deal, Gates expects to expand customer access and opportunities...
Esperion Therapeutics (ESPR), a biopharmaceutical company, on Friday announced that it has agreed to be acquired by funds managed by healthcare investment firm ARCHIMED in a deal valued at up to $1.1 billion. Under the definitive agreement, Esperion shareholders will receive $3.16 per share in cash...
Friday, Nebius Group N.V. (NBIS) announced an agreement to acquire Eigen AI, an inference and model optimization company, for a consideration of approximately $643 million in a cash and stock deal. The transaction is expected to strengthen Nebius Token Factory as a frontier managed inference platform...
Ecovyst Inc. (ECVT), a provider of virgin sulfuric acid and regenerated sulfuric acid products and services, on Friday said it has agreed to acquire the Calabrian sulfur dioxide and related sulfur derivatives business from INEOS Enterprises for $190 million. Following the deal, Ecovyst expects to...
EQ Resources Limited (EQR.AX), a tungsten mining company, said Friday that it will not proceed with its proposed acquisition of Tungsten Metals Group Limited, citing a strategic review that determined the deal is not in shareholders' best interests. The global tungsten producer, with operations in...
Union Pacific (UNP) and Norfolk Southern (NSC) submitted an amended merger application to the Surface Transportation Board seeking approval to create America's first transcontinental railroad. The deeper analysis confirmed the merger will make rail significantly more competitive with long-haul trucking,...
Thursday, Inseego Corp. (INSG) announced an agreement to acquire Nokia's (NOK) Fixed Wireless Access CPE business, expecting to strengthen the company's position as a global wireless broadband leader with a broader portfolio. As per the terms of the deal, Nokia will receive approximately a 7% equity...
Belden Inc. (BDC), a supplier of specialty networking solutions, Thursday announced that it has agreed to acquire RUCKUS Networks, a provider of intelligent network solutions from Vistance Networks for about $1.85 billion. RUCKUS is a provider of enterprise networking solutions serving more than...
ACRES Commercial Realty Corp (ACR), a real estate investment trust, announced Thursday that it has agreed to acquire ACRES Capital Corp. (ACC) a private commercial real estate lender, in an all-stock transaction and internalize management, transitioning from an externally managed to an internally managed...
Lazard, Inc. (LAZ) a financial advisory and asset management firm, today announced that it has agreed to acquire Campbell Lutyens, a global private markets advisor, to create a new unit called Lazard CL that will serve as its third global business. Consideration of the deal consists of initial $575...
Teva Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. affiliate of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA), on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire Emalex Biosciences for up to $900 million. The acquisition adds Emalex's lead asset, ecopipam, to Teva's portfolio, which is proposed for the treatment of pediatric Tourette...
May 01, 2026 15:54 ET Central banks dominated the economics news flow this week with almost all major ones announcing their latest policy decisions and many boosted expectations for a rate hike in June. In other news, several countries released the preliminary data for first quarter economic growth. In the U.S., comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell were also in focus as his term ends this month.