Today: October 29, 2026
Today: October 29, 2026

Mergers and Acquisitions

Business|Finance|Technology

Salesforce to buy defense tech firm Rune in military business push

Business software maker Salesforce said on Thursday it would buy defense technology company Rune Technologies to expand its Missionforce business, which serves the US military and

Business|Finance

What's next for law firm Weil Gotshal as it plans dissolution

Prominent US law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges is planning to wind down amid a partner exodus,

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DoorDash offers $17 billion for Instacart in what would be a big consolidation for grocery delivery

DoorDash is offering $17 billion to buy Instacart to supercharge its grocery delivery business in what would be a big consolidation in grocery delivery

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DoorDash delivers latest deal as industry consolidation gathers pace

Doordash said on Thursday it would buy US grocery delivery rival Instacart in a deal valued at about $17 billion.

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DoorDash is buying Instacart for $17 billion

DoorDash is buying Instacart for $17 billion

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DoorDash strikes $17 billion deal for US rival Instacart in mega grocery delivery bet

DoorDash said on Thursday it would buy Instacart in a deal valued at about $17 billion, stepping up its push into the fast-growing US grocery

Economy|Environment|Food|Science

Federal policy helped widen rural America’s fresh food gap, but a 90-year-old law could help close it

A food systems researcher shows how trucking deregulation and lax antitrust enforcement let big grocery chains grow as rural distribution thinned.

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Weil Gotshal law firm plans to dissolve, capping dizzying fall

Weil, Gotshal & Manges plans to wind down its operations, its leadership told partners on Wednesday, capping a dizzying

Science|Technology

US DOJ is inquiring about Nvidia's purchase of Hugging Face, sources say

By Max A.

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US agency approves Amazon Leo’s $11.5 billion acquisition of Globalstar

The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it approved Amazon Leo’s $11.5 billion deal to acquire Globalstar as the retail giant's satellite arm seeks

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Ben & Jerry's founders explore deal to separate brand from owner, WSJ reports (Oct 26)

Ben & Jerry's founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are exploring a

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SpaceX says potential Tesla merger would need Elon Musk's approval

SpaceX said on Thursday its potential merger with Tesla will require controlling investor Elon Musk's approval, even though the entrepreneur has recused himself from talks between

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Blackstone sees widening credit spreads as a chance to capture higher returns

Blackstone President and COO Jon Gray said on Thursday widening credit spreads on AI-related debt tied to certain assets could be a potential opportunity to lock

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Musk’s public endorsement of SpaceX-Tesla deal may throw a wrench in talks

Elon Musk's public endorsement this week of a potential $3.5 trillion merger between SpaceX and Tesla has rattled some insiders involved in the discussions,

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A SpaceX-Tesla megamerger could benefit both companies and Elon Musk's personal fortune

Stocks of Elon Musk's two biggest companies are rising Wednesday after he suggested a combination was in the works to form a trillion dollar colossus in possibly the biggest deal ever

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Wall St sees Tesla-SpaceX merger as inevitable, but split on price

A Tesla-SpaceX merger appears to be a matter of when, not if, to many on Wall Street. But they disagree on a key factor: how much Tesla shareholders should be paid.

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Musk mulls megacap

It was hard to keep track of global markets from hour to hour on Tuesday, with Brent crude hitting fresh five-month highs before plunging, which rippled through tech-

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A possible SpaceX-Tesla merger? Here's what people are saying

Elon Musk said on Tuesday that a merger of his two companies, SpaceX and Tesla, would be "a good idea" and that they had formed special committees to discuss a union.

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SpaceX, Tesla earnings to test Musk's AI spending ambitions as merger talk grows

SpaceX and Tesla will report third-quarter results on consecutive days this week, giving investors a rare side-by-side look at Elon Musk's two most valuable

Business|Finance

KKR charged with misleading EU regulators over Telecom Italia network deal

By Bart H.

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Japan's Daiichi Life unit tables offer to take over Australia's Challenger

A unit of Japan's Daiichi Life has made an indicative proposal to buy more than 79% of shares in Australian investment manager Challenger it does not already own, Challenger said on

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Union Pacific CFO Jennifer Hamann to retire in early 2027

Railroad operator Union Pacific said on Friday its Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Hamann will retire in early 2027, after 35 years with the company.

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Televisa, Fintech to take on America Movil with $2 billion purchase of AT&T's Mexican unit

Grupo Televisa and Fintech Holdings have agreed to buy AT&T's Mexican unit for $2 billion in cash, setting up a showdown with telecoms giant America

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Starbucks says not buying Chipotle, ends takeover speculation

Starbucks is not buying Chipotle Mexican Grill, the coffee chain said on Monday, quashing talk of a deal that could have been the largest-