M&A

Healthcare

Merck Preps for End of Keytruda Exclusivity with $6.7B Deal for Leukemia Treatment

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The key patent protections on Keytruda, Merck’s immunotherapy treatment that outsold all other prescription drugs last year, ends in 2028.

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Media & Entertainment

Can Paramount and Warner Bros. Defy History of Lackluster Hollywood Mergers?

If, at first, Discovery, AT&T, AOL, Time and others fail? Well, David Ellison is going to go ahead and give Warner Brothers a try anyway.

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Media & Entertainment

What’s the Point of Buying Warner Bros., Anyway?

Netflix, with its 325 million subscribers, swears its potential (if not likely) acquisition of Warner Bros amounts to vertical integration.

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M&A

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Lead Wall Street’s M&A League Tables

JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs proved they’re still the go-to middlemen for Wall Street deals amid a near-record $4.8 trillion global M&A bonanza

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M&A

‘Vortex of Volatility’ Kept 2025 Dealmaking From Breaking Records

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Standout deals included Union Pacific’s $88 billion purchase of Norfolk Southern and the $56.6 billion deal to take Electronic Arts private.

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Banking

Goldman May Feast on Biggest Piece of M&A Pie in Nearly a Quarter Century

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Goldman Sachs’ share price, up 35% so far year-to-date, set a record high closing price of $838.97 last week.

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Banking

Evercore’s Purchase of Robey Warshaw May Birth Trans-Atlantic M&A Titan

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The deal will help bolster Evercore’s presence in Europe, where it placed 13th by deal volume in PwC’s advisory rankings last year.

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M&A

Palo Alto Networks Broadens Cybersecurity Consolidation With $25B Deal

With CyberArk, Palo Alto enters into the “identity security” market, now at an “inflection point” due to the rise of agentic AI.

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M&A

Watch Your Freight: Railroad Giants Talk $200 Billion Merger

A merger between Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific would create a coast-to-coast rail operator, something that doesn’t exist in the US.

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Consumer

Ferrero Puts Snap, Crackle and Pop into Its Earnings With WK Kellogg Acquisition

Ferrero previously bought Nestlé’s US candy biz for $2.8 billion, as well as chocolate-maker Fannie May and RedHots owner Ferrara.

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