#Corporate Acquisitions

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• 🇺🇸 From Frank’s to Cholula, McCormick’s decade of deals sets stage for bold Unilever move — 20/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Food Industry Strategy
• 🇺🇸 Meta gets into social networks for AI agents with acquisition of viral Moltbook platform — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Moltbook was built for OpenClaw agents, and OpenClaw's founder, Peter Steinberger, was hired by OpenAI.

  Related: #AI Development, #Social Media Innovation
• 🇺🇸 Deutsche Bank downgrades Select Medical stock on acquisition agreement — 04/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Stock Ratings, #Market Performance
• 🇺🇸 Toyota plans to hike offer price for group firm TICO, extend deadline again — 02/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Automotive Industry, #Business Strategy
• 🇺🇸 John Oliver Says Paramount Buying Warner Bros. Is ‘Not Great News: ‘How the F—Do I Get Out of Here?’ — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  John Oliver addressed Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery during Sunday night’s episode of “Last Night Tonight.” “We might be getting a new business daddy!,” Oliver quipped at the beginn...

  Related: #Media Consolidation, #Entertainment Industry
• 🇺🇸 Howmet Aerospace VP Shultz sells $260k in stock — 28/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Insider Trading, #Aerospace Industry, #Stock Performance
• 🇺🇸 Warner Bros. Discovery agrees to $110 billion Paramount merger — 27/02/2026 [USA]

  Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance's merger agreement is now official. On Friday, the two companies announced plans to merge into a massive media company that will fold WBD's studio, linear...

  Related: #Media Consolidation, #Streaming Wars
• 🇺🇸 CNN’s Jake Tapper Breaks News of Paramount Buying Network’s Parent Company WBD Live on Air: ‘It Affects Everybody I’m Looking at Right Now in the Studio’ — 27/02/2026 [USA]

  CNN’s Jake Tapper wound up having to break some news on Thursday’s “The Lead” that affects his own network. After a commercial break, the anchor came back on air and announced to viewers – and the cre...

  Related: #Media Consolidation, #News Reporting
• 🇺🇸 Netflix declines to raise offer for Warner Bros. Discovery — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Netflix said it would not submit a higher offer for Warner Bros. Discovery after the company's board described Paramount Skydance's latest offer as "superior."

  Related: #Media Industry, #Streaming Competition
• 🇺🇸 Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  It's a stunning twist.

  Related: #Streaming Industry, #Media Consolidation, #Financial Strategy
• 🇺🇸 Warner Bros Discovery Board Calls Paramount’s Proposal “Superior”, Gives Netflix Four Days To Up Its Bid — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Warner Bros. Discovery’s board of directors is opening the door to a bidding war between Paramount and Netflix. The board has officially labeled Paramount’s latest $31-per-share offer a “company super...

  Related: #Media Industry Consolidation, #Streaming Competition
• 🇺🇸 Netflix CEO Sarandos arrives at White House amid WBD deal pursuit — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  President Donald Trump last weekend demanded that Netflix fire former Obama administration official Susan Rice from its board, or else “pay the consequences.”

  Related: #Political Pressure, #Business Negotiations
• 🇺🇸 IQVIA to acquire drug discovery assets from Charles River Labs — 25/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Life Sciences, #Strategic Growth, #Drug Discovery
• 🇺🇸 Augmentum Fintech receives £185.7 million takeover offer — 25/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Financial Markets, #Investment Funds
• 🇺🇸 Warner Bros. Discovery Says It’s Reviewing Paramount’s Revised Takeover Offer — 24/02/2026 [USA]

  Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed today it had a received a revised offer from Paramount and is reviewing it in consultation with our financial and legal advisors. “We will update our shareholders foll...

  Related: #Media Industry Consolidation, #Corporate Governance
• 🇺🇸 Clean Harbors exec chair McKim sells $28.11 million in stock — 23/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Insider Trading, #Industrial Services
• 🇺🇸 Enhabit stock surges on $1.1 billion acquisition deal — 23/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Stock Market Performance, #Private Equity Deals
• 🇺🇸 Clearwater Analytics CEO Sahai Sandeep sells $5.48 million in shares — 20/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Executive Stock Transactions, #Market Analyst Ratings
• 🇺🇸 Elon Musk’s xAI Gets $3 Billion Investment From Saudi-Backed A.I. Firm — 18/02/2026 [USA]

  Humain, which was created by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last year, said it made the investment just before xAI was acquired by SpaceX, Mr. Musk’s rocket company.

  Related: #AI Investment, #Saudi Arabia Tech Strategy
• 🇺🇸 OpenClaw founder Steinberger joins OpenAI, open-source bot becomes foundation — 15/02/2026 [USA] Related: #AI Development, #Open Source Technology
• 🇺🇸 Warner Bros. may reopen sale talks with Paramount following new deal terms, Bloomberg reports — 15/02/2026 [USA]

  Warner Bros. board members are weighing whether Paramount's sweetened bid may result in a better deal or prompt Netflix to up its offer, Bloomberg reports.

  Related: #Media Mergers, #Entertainment Industry
• 🇺🇸 OpenAI to acquire Neptune — 03/12/2025 [USA]

  OpenAI is acquiring Neptune to deepen visibility into model behavior and strengthen the tools researchers use to track experiments and monitor training.

  Related: #AI Research, #Technology Development