Mergers coverage.

Sources: GameStop is preparing to make an offer for eBay after quietly building a stake; GameStop had a market cap of ~$11B as of May 1, while eBay had ~$45B (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal : Sources: GameStop is preparing to make an offer for eBay after quietly building a stake; GameStop had a market cap of ~$11B as of May 1, while…

Hollywood auctioned off to Middle Eastern royalty as industry struggles to survive

A political firestorm is erupting over plans tied to a massive $111 billion media merger that could open the door for Gulf state investors to gain unprecedented influence over majo…

Amadeus IT Group, S.A. (AMADY) M&A Call Transcript

Amadeus IT Group, S.A. (AMADY) M&A Call April 29, 2026 7:00 AM EDTCompany ParticipantsLuis Camino - President, CEO & Executive DirectorDecius...…

Challenges Surge For Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines (ALK) faces Hawaiian integration risks, higher fuel costs, and tougher competition; Citi’s downgrade adds pressure. See more here.…

GameStop is preparing offer for eBay: WSJ reports

Its CEO is pursuing plans to boost the struggling video-game retailer’s market value. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.…

More State Attorneys General, Including Some Republicans, Join Antitrust Lawsuit Against Nexstar-Tegna Merger; Ohio Reaches Settlement

Five new state attorneys general have joined an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block the $6.2 billion merger of local TV station owners Nexstar and Tegna.…

EBay soars on report that GameStop is preparing a takeover bid

GameStop, led by e-commerce entrepreneur Ryan Cohen, has been building a position in the online auctioneer and plans to make an offer for the business this month.…

GameStop preparing an offer to buy eBay in effort to boost market value: report

GameStop has been quietly building a stake in eBay's shares ahead of a potential offer.…

Your Taxes: Israel’s lower mid-market is tempting international M&A buyers

Bargaining factors: Several factors are contributing to what can best be described as a ripening of the market.…

David Zaslav isn’t just making himself rich selling Warner to Paramount — ask his employees

Employees, about 16,000 of them, are sitting on one of the best stock trades in the media business in recent years.…

Wall Street Breakfast Podcast: Sandisk Beats, Shares Slip

Sandisk Q3 rev shatters estimates as it surges 252%. Apple slips as iPhone rev nears $57B in Q2; ups dividend, adds $100B buyback. Blue Owl sold half of SpaceX's stake at a $1.25T …

Cursor's Warchest, xAI's Redemption

last month, cursor was closing a $50b oversubscribed round. the same week, the founders signed a deal selling the company to xai at $60b.…

MARA Holdings, Inc. (MARA) M&A Call Transcript

MARA Holdings, Inc. (MARA) M&A Call April 30, 2026 8:00 AM EDTCompany ParticipantsRobert Samuels - Vice President of Investor RelationsFrederick Thiel -...…

Belden: Investors Have Some Questions On The Ruckus Deal

Belden stock dropped on the $1.85 billion RUCKUS deal despite Q1 strength. Click here to read the latest analysis on BDC.…

Twenty-One Weighs Mergers With Strike, Elektron to Create Publicly Traded Bitcoin Giant

Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings agrees to acquire Ohio gas plant operator Long Ridge Energy & Power for $1.5B including debt, to power its AI data center expansion (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)

By Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk. View the full context on Techmeme.…

Amadeus IT Group, S.A. (AMADY) Idemia Public Security France - M&A Call - Slideshow

2026-04-30. The following slide deck was published by Amadeus IT Group, S.A.…

Twenty One Capital: A Bitcoin Treasury Company Under Scrutiny

Twenty One Capital reverse merger sparks scrutiny: opaque disclosures, 43,500 BTC holdings, exec stock grants & Tether/SoftBank backing. Read more on XXI stock.…

Inside the battle for Casey Wasserman’s agency: ‘It’s all anyone in Hollywood is talking about’

Insiders say that the deal for Wasserman’s firm, now known as “The Team,” could wrap up in the next two weeks.…

Trump-tied public crypto company buys startup from one-time ‘cannabis king’ who serves as current advisor in deal worth up to $43 million

The public company, AI Financial, struck a deal in August with a Trump family crypto outfit to stockpile $1.5 billion in Trump-linked cryptocurrency.…

Allegiant CEO Greg Anderson on Surviving the Value Airline Squeeze

As its merger with Sun Country gathers pace, Allegiant CEO Greg Anderson talks to Skift about the future of low-cost flying.…

Finland’s Kone to buy German rival TK Elevator in blockbuster $34.4 billion deal

The combination would create the world’s largest elevator maker and marks one of Europe's biggest takeovers in recent years.…

Shouldn't a fiduciary strategize for stock mergers or liquidations?

Pernod Ricard ends pursuit of Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman

French group’s retreat could bolster a rival bid from fellow Kentucky drinks maker Sazerac…

ARC Resources Ltd. (ARX:CA) M&A Call Transcript

ARC Resources Ltd. (ARX:CA) M&A Call April 28, 2026 9:30 AM EDTCompany ParticipantsWael Sawan - CEO & DirectorSinead Gorman - CFO &...…

FCC Funding Application Notes Paramount Will Be 49.5% Foreign-Owned Post-Merger

Paramount has noted it will be 49.5%-owned by non-U.S. investors after completing a planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.…

ARC Resources Ltd. (ARX:CA) Shell plc - M&A Call - Slideshow

2026-04-28. The following slide deck was published by ARC Resources Ltd.…

Citi UK CEO: 'Phenomenal' market resilience is keeping recession risk at bay — for now

Markets have performed in an orderly way, despite the economic turmoil wrought by Middle East war, said Citi UK CEO Tiina Lee.…

Sources: Meta is preparing to have to unwind its Manus acquisition after China banned the transaction; Manus investors have already received their returns (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal : Sources: Meta is preparing to have to unwind its Manus acquisition after China banned the transaction; Manus investors have already received their returns — T…

Xi tests China’s reach by blocking already-done Meta deal

The country's powerful state planner decreed Monday that the deal must be canceled — four months after it was sealed.…

China blocks Meta’s $2B Manus deal after months-long probe

China has ordered Meta to unwind its multibillion-dollar Manus acquisition, dealing a potential setback to Zuckerberg’s push into AI agents.…

A.I. Start-Ups From Canada and Germany Merge to Take On Silicon Valley

Cohere is acquiring Aleph Alpha in a deal aimed at customers uneasy about the dominance of American companies in artificial intelligence.…

As electric aspirations fade, Porsche sells its stake in Bugatti

Porsche's stake in Bugatti and Rimac Group have been sold to private equity.…

Cohere acquires, merges with Germany-based startup to create a ‘transatlantic AI powerhouse’

Cohere, the Canada-based AI company that makes AI tools for businesses in regulated industries, announced Friday it would merge with Aleph Alpha, a German company that also builds …