There is an industrial logic that justifies the risk in Webster Financial acquisition
All-cash transaction values deal at $7.5bn including debt
Danish brewer’s soft drinks sales double thanks to Britvic acquisition
Swiss group increases offer after several approaches to FTSE 100 company
The billionaire has merged his rocket maker with his lossmaking AI start-up
Beijing warns Central American country will pay ‘heavy price’ after top court ruled to kick out conglomerate from terminals
Spanish lender is latest European group to make a bid for American retail banking customers
Firm has aggressively expanded corporate practice and advised on nearly $400bn in deals last year
Merger of SpaceX and xAI epitomises the way Big Tech has turned corporate world on its head
Orion CMC strikes multibillion-dollar deal to invest in commodity group’s copper and cobalt projects
Billionaire folds rocket maker into a lossmaking AI start-up, betting scale and control can beat rivals to blockbuster IPO
AG Barr looks to capitalise on falling consumption of alcoholic beverages
Telefónica and Liberty Global are leading a takeover of Netomnia in a deal to close gap with BT’s Openreach
Rocket company boosts valuation to $1tn and pays $250bn to acquire AI start-up as Musk envisions data centres in space
With oil prices stagnant and development costs high, investors seem none too impressed by this all-stock deal
Deal comes as lower oil prices force smaller US producers to consider tie-ups
Activist investor has argued price undervalues carmaker’s largest subsidiary
‘Bullish believer’ proposes acquisition as part of plan to create European metals group
Exponent fails to find bidder willing to meet its expected valuation for UK top 20 firm Xeinadin
Investors backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan put half a billion dollars into World Liberty Financial
French ministers criticise IT group for lack of oversight of skip-tracing services
Also in today’s newsletter: the Premier League’s financial dominance, and the Australian Open gets even bigger
Mid-tier UK firms make numbers stack up in favour of the middle ground
Deal brings to an end the hedge fund’s nine-year investment in the Italian football club
Group has been on a recent acquisition spree
