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A California Health System Wants Minnesota's Hospitals, and a 2023 State Law Will Decide

Sutter Health's bid for Allina Health is the biggest test yet of a 2023 Minnesota law requiring state review of health care mergers.

FCC Rule Change Would Allow More Broadcast Mergers, but It's Not Clear the FCC Has That Power.

FCC Rule Change Would Allow More Broadcast Mergers, but It's Not Clear the FCC Has That Power.

It's not clear if the agency even has the legal authority to make the change. But if it goes through, there's little to worry about.

FCC under fire over Paramount gifts

FCC under fire over Paramount gifts

Commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC reviewed the company's megamergers

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Morgan Stanley beats profit estimates on dealmaking boost, strong trading

Morgan Stanley has showcased an impressive performance for the second quarter, surpassing Wall Street's earnings expectations. The surge in mergers and acquisitions has notably enhanced the investment bank's advisory revenues, while record trading profits emerged amid ongoing market fluctuations. Additionally, advancements in wealth management have played a pivotal role in…

The Economic Times

India's automotive sector records 20 deals worth $717 mn in Q2 2026: Grant Thornton Bharat

India's automotive sector recorded its lowest quarterly deal volumes in three years. Deal values remained strong despite falling transaction volumes in the second quarter. Investment focused on businesses driving the future of mobility and electrification. Mergers and acquisitions prioritized technology-led capability building over scale. Capital continued flowing towards scalable mobility…

The Economic Times

Nippon Paint offers $8.6 billion for AkzoNobel unit, Bloomberg News reports

Nippon Paint has reportedly made new offers for AkzoNobel's decorative paints unit. The latest proposal values the business at approximately seven point five billion euros. AkzoNobel's management has not engaged with Nippon Paint regarding this offer. Instead, AkzoNobel is proceeding with a planned merger with Axalta. Paint companies are seeking…

The Economic Times

Oregon Wants To Pause Paramount's Warner Bros. Deal. But The State Says It Still Doesn't Have Key Merger Records.

The legal challenge adds another hurdle for one of the biggest media mergers in years as regulators and state officials continue examining its competitive impact.

International Business Times

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'What we found was striking': Physicists detect new kind of gravitational wave signal from a black hole's event horizon

'What we found was striking': Physicists detect new kind of gravitational wave signal from a black hole's event horizon

Physicists isolated the "last sound" of an enormous black hole collision, providing an unprecedented glimpse of the region next to the event horizon.

For the first time, researchers reached a region near a Black Hole once beyond study

For the first time, researchers reached a region near a Black Hole once beyond study

A powerful black hole collision has opened a new chapter in space science. Scientists used the loudest gravitational wave signal ever detected to study the hidden region near an event horizon. This breakthrough helps researchers understand extreme gravity, black hole mergers, spacetime, and Einstein’s theory of relativity. The discovery gives…

The Economic Times

Elizabeth Warren says ‘tsunami of anger’ could prompt reversal of Trump-era mega mergers

Elizabeth Warren says ‘tsunami of anger’ could prompt reversal of Trump-era mega mergers

Exclusive: US senator suggests architects behind ‘frenzy’ of blockbuster corporate deals have ‘badly miscalculated’

The Guardian - US

Goldman Sachs shatters dealmaking records with $1 trillion in first-half M&A volume

Goldman Sachs shatters dealmaking records with $1 trillion in first-half M&A volume

Goldman Sachs achieved a record pace in 2026, managing over one trillion dollars in announced mergers and acquisitions. This success follows their role in SpaceX's initial public offering and advising on Dominion Energy's sale. Global M&A volumes have surpassed two point six trillion dollars this year. CEOs are strategically pursuing…

The Economic Times

How Wall Street is shifting electric utilities toward consolidation and profit

How Wall Street is shifting electric utilities toward consolidation and profit

A corporate merger that would form the largest electric utility in the United States is underway. It’s just one of many recent utility mergers and acquisitions as electric utilities enter a period of rapid growth.

The Conversation

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 'galaxy-killing' wind that may explain why some early galaxies lived fast and died young

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 'galaxy-killing' wind that may explain why some early galaxies lived fast and died young

A “galaxy-killing” wind driven by cosmic mergers may explain why many massive galaxies in the early universe stopped forming stars far earlier than expected, according to new JWST and ALMA observations.

The Milky Way was rewired by a cataclysmic collision billions of years ago. Now it is on course for another

The Milky Way was rewired by a cataclysmic collision billions of years ago. Now it is on course for another

Vasily Belokurov is one of three winners of the 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics. The award is for uncovering fossil evidence of past galactic mergers that prove how the Milky Way evolved.

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How Companies Manage Documentation When Forming a Joint Venture

While a joint venture (JV) is as important a growth strategy as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), these two approaches work differently.

Astronomers discover a 'lost world' of black hole mergers: 'It's the astronomical equivalent of uncovering an ancient civilization'

This could change our understanding of how the cosmic titans collide.

Target the Red-Hot Spin-Off and Merger Space With These ETFs

Spin-offs and mergers can lead to major movement for share prices, but accessing these scenarios can be challenging for investors; these ETFs can help.

What Does a Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer Do Before a Deal Closes?

When a buyer and seller are close to an M&A deal, the easy part is often agreeing that the deal makes sense.

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Business Brief (April 21): China Expresses Concern Over U.S. Interception of Iranian Ship

ByteDance’s net profit drops over 70% due to AI investments; Shanghai encourages internet platforms to pursue mergers and acquisitions

The Independent UK

Birth rate warning issued as applications for primary school places decline

The falling birth rate, which has particularly affected the capital, has already seen several councils plan primary school closures or mergers

International Business Times

U.S. Firms Continue To Slash Jobs Amid Record AI Spending And Mega-Deals

Companies such as Oracle and Meta are laying off thousands of employees while simultaneously investing heavily in AI projects and participating in record-breaking mergers and acquisitions.

Black hole and neutron star mergers push the laws of physics with their odd orbits

Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of physics.

The Conversation

Astrophysicists trace the origin of valuable metals in space, from colliding stars to merging galaxies

Billions of light years away in a remote part of the universe, two neutron stars – the ultradense remnants of dead stars – collided. The catastropic cosmic event sent light and particles, including a sudden flash of gamma rays, streaming through the universe. These gamma rays traveled for 8.5 billion…

The universe is humming with ripples in spacetime: Scientists just doubled our catalog of black hole and neutron star collisions

The catalog of gravitational waves "heard" by LIGO, KAGRA and Virgo has doubled with detections of spacetime ripples.

'Collective hum' of black holes could mend our broken understanding of the universe, physicists say

Ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves may be the key to solving the Hubble tension — one of the biggest nagging problems in physics.

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