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Cox Enterprises to buy Axios Media for $525M

August 9, 2022

Cox Enterprises has agreed to acquire Axios Media, an Arlington, Va.-based digital media and news company. The deal is said to value the company at $525 million. Axios Media, formed in 2017,...

Amazon to acquire Roomba maker for $1.7B

August 8, 2022

Amazon has agreed to acquire iRobot, maker of the Roomba vacuum, for $61 per share. The all-cash deal values the Massachusetts-based company at roughly $1.7 billion, including debt.

Mediclinic accepts £3.7B takeover offer

August 5, 2022

UK-listed private hospital group Mediclinic has agreed to a £3.7 billion takeover bid from a group led by its biggest shareholder, Remgro, and Mediterranean Shipping Company. The cash offer of 504...

Go-Ahead agrees to sweetened takeover offer

August 5, 2022

UK-listed transport group Go-Ahead has agreed to an increased buyout offer from Australia's Kinetic Group and Spanish infrastructure multinational Globalvia Inversiones. The new offer values the...

Charting the cooldown in global M&A deals

July 29, 2022

Here are three charts that track the decline in M&A activity in Q2.

Paging Dr. Amazon: How the tech giant's One Medical deal will shake up patient care

July 29, 2022

Will Amazon's entry into healthcare pose a threat to healthtech startups?

Global M&A Report

July 27, 2022

The Q2 2022 Global M&A Report provides an overview of key factors shaping global mergers and acquisitions, breaking down the industry by region and vertical.

Serica Energy rejects Kistos' £1.2B offer

July 26, 2022

Serica Energy has turned down a revised takeover offer from energy investor Kistos. Serica said the cash-and-stock offer, which prices the upstream oil and gas company at 425 pence per share, or...

M&S to buy logistics services provider Gist in £145M deal

July 25, 2022

Marks & Spencer Group will acquire logistics services provider Gist. The company is purchasing Gist from Storeshield, a subsidiary of The BOC Group.

Energy producers put cash to work in M&A, often to private equity's benefit

July 13, 2022

Mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry have maintained momentum through tumultuous markets in 2022, amid industry consolidation and an abundance of cash from sky-high energy prices.

Elon Musk terminates deal to buy Twitter

July 11, 2022

Elon Musk says he is spiking his $44 billion offer to buy Twitter on the grounds that the company failed to hand over sufficient information about fake or spam accounts on the platform, according...

AstraZeneca to acquire US biotech firm for up to $1.27B

July 6, 2022

AstraZeneca has agreed to buy TeneoTwo, a US biotechnology company specializing in blood cancer therapies, in a deal worth as much as $1.27 billion. AstraZeneca will pay $100 million upfront for...

Retail group Femsa to buy Switzerland's Valora

July 6, 2022

Mexican retail and beverage giant Fomento Económico Mexicano, or Femsa, has made an offer to buy Swiss retail group Valora for as much as $1.2 billion. Femsa is offering to pay 260 Swiss francs...

‘Put up the for-sale sign,’ more VCs tell founders as market sours

June 29, 2022

After years of telling their portfolio companies to grow at all costs, investors are dishing out an entirely different type of advice.

Crypto bosses spy opportunity in the wreckage

June 24, 2022

Billionaire crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried has emerged as the man of the moment, using his companies to bailout other players with hundreds of millions in credit.

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