M&A

Healthcare

Abbott Breaks into Lucrative Cancer Screening Market with $21 Billion Exact Sciences Purchase

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Earlier this month, Exact reported a record $851 million in third-quarter revenue, which included $666 million from its screening business.

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Banking

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

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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M&A

Novo Nordisk’s $10 Billion Bid Ups the Ante in Bidding War for Obesity Biotech Metsera

Metsera on Tuesday called Novo Nordisk’s new $10 billion offer “superior” to rival Pfizer’s bid of $8 billion.

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Banking

Goldman Sachs Leaves Rivals Vying for Silver, Bronze Medals in Dealmaking Matchup

The bank reported Tuesday that it made $2.6 billion in investment banking fees in the third quarter, a 42% year-over-year surge.

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Consumer

Keurig Dr Pepper Adds Peet’s Coffee to Soon-to-Fracture Beverage Empire

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After the Peet’s acquisition, Keurig Dr Pepper says it will split into two companies: one focused on coffee and the other on soft drinks.

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Banking

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

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

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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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Advisor Upside

RIAS are Worth More Than Ever

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Sellers are now able to get an even prettier penny when they offload their firms than just a year ago.

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