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Chamath Palihapitiya Returns To SPACs: Past 18 Deals, Investments Average Loss Of 14%

Investor Chamath Palihapitiya, once known as the "SPAC King," is back with a new SPAC, signaling a potential top or bottom for the SPAC market, with investors cautious after past returns from completed mergers.

Benzinga

Salesforce Bets Big On 'Agentic AI,' Acquires Regrello To End Manual Work, Enable AI-Powered Automations

Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Regrello, an artificial intelligence-native automation platform, as the enterprise software giant accelerates its push into agentic process automation amid a $2.6 trillion global mergers and acquisitions boom.

Benzinga

Warren Buffett Warns Not To Get ‘Blinded’ By ‘The Thrill of the Chase’ Because It’s Too Easy To Lose It All On ‘Consequences of the Catch’

Warren Buffett warns executives and investors that pursuing acquisitions too eagerly can cause them to overlook critical long-term consequences.

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Warren Buffett Warns Acquisitions Can Feel Like ‘Ecstasy’ But Says ‘Corporate Mating’ Can Result In ‘Corporate Pregnancy’

Warren Buffett’s vivid metaphor warns corporate leaders to consider long-term consequences before pursuing high-stakes mergers or acquisitions.

Barchart

Europe’s M&A market is alive and kicking - in spite of the odds

Geopolitical unrest and trade uncertainty are complicating mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Despite the volatility, battle-hardened executives are pushing ahead with dealmaking.

Euronews

Cash-Rich Gold Sector Poised For Shake-Up As Fed Pressure Builds

Surging bullion prices are strengthening the miners’ finances and driving questions about capital deployments. As the leading financial institutions don’t expect the gold to lose its luster anytime soon, the latest commentary suggests potential mergers and acquisitions volatility if cash remains sitting on balance sheets.

Benzinga

Union Pacific announces bid for Norfolk Southern to create transcontinental railroad

Union Pacific offers $20 billion cash and one share of its stock to buy Norfolk Southern Tuesday in a merger that could trigger the final wave of railroad mergers across the country

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JWST finds cosmic monster ruling tiny early galaxy: Was it forged by black holes from the Big Bang?

The discovery of a monster-sized black hole in a pristine galaxy unspoiled by stellar death suggests growth via mergers between primordial black holes formed during the Big Bang.

Space

7 Grocery Chains That Were Bought and Forgotten

It wasn’t that long ago when families had their go-to neighborhood supermarket—usually a familiar name passed down for generations. But behind the shopping carts and paper bags, the grocery industry has seen a wave of mergers, buyouts, and closures that quietly erased some of America’s most beloved brands. These defunct…

Grocery Coupon Guide

Five central London schools in mergers as falling pupil numbers devastate school finances

Five schools to become just two in Westminster as school closures continue to mount in capital

Evening Standard

In Q1 2025, enterprise SaaS M&A deal count hit 210, according to PitchBook

Q1 2025 saw 210 enterprise SaaS mergers and acquisitions get done, a number on par with the 211 deals inked in Q4 2024, says PitchBook data.

Fortune

European Commissioner Maria L Albuquerque advocates for investing in savings with risk

In an interview with Euronews, Maria Luís Albuquerque, the European Commissioner for Financial Services and the Union of Savings and Investments, argued that consumers should invest in medium- and long-term financial products and advocates for the advantages of mergers in European banking.

Euronews

Embracer CEO who oversaw the staggering $2B blunder that led to studio closures and layoffs is now set to become its executive chair, focusing on 'mergers and acquisitions and capital allocation'

Lars Wingefors is stepping down as Embracer CEO, but he's not going away.

PC Gamer

Astronomers discover 15 new giant radio galaxies — the largest single objects in the universe

A new batch of 15 Giant Radio Galaxies, the largest of which is 12.4 light-years wide, could help reveal how black holes and galactic mergers help the universe's largest single objects grow so large.

Space

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6 TV Networks That Died But Still Influence What You Watch

Television has always been a powerful cultural mirror—reflecting tastes, trends, and tech revolutions. But behind today’s polished streaming platforms and binge-worthy originals lie ghosts of channels that once ruled the airwaves. These networks may be dead in name, buried by corporate mergers or shifting viewer habits, but their DNA is…

Evening Standard

More mergers between universities could be on the cards, sector chief says

Nearly half of higher education institutions have been forced to close courses to reduce costs, a Universities UK survey suggests.

Space

Astronomers discover dark matter 'bridge' linking colliding galaxies: 'This is the missing piece we've been looking for.'

A massive clump of dark matter in the Perseus galaxy cluster is linked to its core by a bridge of dark matter, evidence of a history of mergers.

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of jobs at risk in shake-up of English councils, Unison warns

Union says it will be a ‘travesty if crucial public services are shut down’ in mergers of some county and district bodies

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Legal tech startup ProfitSolv seeks buyer amid sluggish merger climate

Bankers don’t expect “Trump Bump” will boost mergers this year

LiveScience

Unproven Einstein theory of 'gravitational memory' may be real after all, new study hints

Einstein's theory of general relativity suggests that the "memory" of ancient events, such as black hole mergers, may be etched into the fabric of space-time by gravitational waves. New research shows how this theory of gravitational memory could finally be proven.

Evening Standard

Competition regulator will not investigate Microsoft partnership with OpenAI

The Competition and Markets Authority said the link-up between the firms does not qualify for investigation under rules around mergers.

Kiplinger

Dealmaking Drives HEICO Stock's 100,000% Return

HEICO has been skillful with mergers and acquisitions over the years and this has resulted in a 100,000% share-price return.

Fortune

Trump’s FTC chair is looking to ‘combat inflation by making sure wages stay up’

The new head of the Federal Trade Commission, Andrew Ferguson, appears set to carry forward his predecessor Lina Khan’s torch and crack down on anti-worker policies and illegal mergers.

Kiplinger

M&A Is Why UnitedHealth Group Stock Is in of the 100,000% Return Club

UnitedHealth has given a master class in mergers and acquisitions over the years.

Reason

Meet the New FTC—Same as the Old FTC

Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson reaffirms the flawed 2023 merger guidelines.

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