Hugging Face explores $13 billion sale as AI tooling valuations climb
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Hugging Face explores $13 billion sale as AI tooling valuations climb

The AI developer platform is reportedly working with a bank to gauge buyer interest at $13 billion or more, nearly tripl...

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Why M&A Culture Is Set by the CEO's Earliest Trade-Offs
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Why M&A Culture Is Set by the CEO's Earliest Trade-Offs

Mergers force rapid decisions on brands, portfolios and people. Leaders often treat culture as a later fix, but those ea...

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ITL Group to Buy Rudholm Group and Bamatex in Apparel Supply-Chain Deal
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ITL Group to Buy Rudholm Group and Bamatex in Apparel Supply-Chain Deal

The deal would combine ITL's RFID, packaging and digital supply-chain network with Rudholm's 12-country footprint and Ba...

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Real and RE/MAX Shareholders Approve Merger, Forming Real RE/MAX Group
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Real and RE/MAX Shareholders Approve Merger, Forming Real RE/MAX Group

Real and RE/MAX shareholders approved the acquisition, and closing is expected in about two weeks pending a British Colu...

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JAPEX Expands US Shale Footprint with $320 Million Fundare Acquisition
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JAPEX Expands US Shale Footprint with $320 Million Fundare Acquisition

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. acquires Colorado-Wyoming tight oil producer Fundare, adding 9,500 boe/d and betting on ...

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Alexandria Container Handling’s H1 Profit Jumps 18% to EGP 3.8B as Expansion Advances
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Alexandria Container Handling’s H1 Profit Jumps 18% to EGP 3.8B as Expansion Advances

Egypt’s Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company reported a sharp rise in first-half earnings, backed by margin g...

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IC Podcast: $400bn Pharma Rumour, AI Jobs Fears, and Smith & Nephew’s Stalled Turnaround
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IC Podcast: $400bn Pharma Rumour, AI Jobs Fears, and Smith & Nephew’s Stalled Turnaround

Investors’ Chronicle weighs a rumoured AstraZeneca–Bristol Myers megamerger, probes whether AI will really destroy jobs,...

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Vodafone Sells Dutch Ziggo Stake for €1bn as Turnaround and AI Push Accelerate
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Vodafone Sells Dutch Ziggo Stake for €1bn as Turnaround and AI Push Accelerate

The FTSE 100 telecoms giant agreed to sell its 50% stake in VodafoneZiggo to Liberty Global for €1bn, the latest in a se...

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Apollo Wins EasyJet Bidding War with £5.7bn Takeover, Founder Backs Deal
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Apollo Wins EasyJet Bidding War with £5.7bn Takeover, Founder Backs Deal

Apollo Global Management has agreed to buy budget airline EasyJet for £5.7bn, taking it private after rival Castlelake d...

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NRF’s Hot 25 List: The Fastest-Growing US Retailers Revealed for 2026
Retail

NRF’s Hot 25 List: The Fastest-Growing US Retailers Revealed for 2026

The National Retail Federation and Kantar release their annual ranking of the fastest-growing US retailers by domestic s...

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AstraZeneca–BMS Merger Report Sends Shares Tumbling Into Antitrust Spotlight
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AstraZeneca–BMS Merger Report Sends Shares Tumbling Into Antitrust Spotlight

Investors sold AstraZeneca after a report it held preliminary merger talks with Bristol Myers Squibb, while analysts que...

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Gildan sales jump 72% on HanesBrands, sells Australia unit and lifts margin outlook
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Gildan sales jump 72% on HanesBrands, sells Australia unit and lifts margin outlook

Gildan Activewear's second-quarter sales rose 72.3% to $1.58bn on the HanesBrands integration, as it agreed to sell Hane...

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School Specialty to Acquire Nasco Education U.S. in K-12 Supplies Consolidation
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School Specialty to Acquire Nasco Education U.S. in K-12 Supplies Consolidation

School Specialty, which supplies five in every six U.S. school districts, is acquiring Nasco Education U.S., uniting two...

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AI’s First Winners Seek Their Next Big Moves with Acquisitions and Unlikely Bets
Technology

AI’s First Winners Seek Their Next Big Moves with Acquisitions and Unlikely Bets

From Midjourney buying a astrology app to Cognition adding personality to its coding agent, AI startups flush with cash ...

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Tesla Considers Exiting China Amid SpaceX Merger Talks, WSJ Reports
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Tesla Considers Exiting China Amid SpaceX Merger Talks, WSJ Reports

Tesla is exploring a sale or spin-off of its China business, its second-largest market, to avoid conflicts with defense ...

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Tesla Explores Selling China Unit to Clear Path for SpaceX Tie-Up
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Tesla Explores Selling China Unit to Clear Path for SpaceX Tie-Up

The electric-car maker faces geopolitical headwinds in its second-largest market; a potential transaction could reshape ...

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Elon Musk Sells X to xAI for $45B—The Data Play Behind the Deal
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Elon Musk Sells X to xAI for $45B—The Data Play Behind the Deal

The self-deal merges X’s vast user data with xAI’s artificial intelligence ambitions, reshaping the competitive landscap...

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Expand Energy Bets $1.25 Billion on Gas Marketing with Twin Eagle Buy
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Expand Energy Bets $1.25 Billion on Gas Marketing with Twin Eagle Buy

Expand Energy will acquire gas marketer Twin Eagle for $1.25 billion, lifting its marketing free cash flow target by 50%...

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Greg Abel's First Deal: Berkshire Acquires Taylor Morrison for $8.5bn
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Greg Abel's First Deal: Berkshire Acquires Taylor Morrison for $8.5bn

Greg Abel’s first acquisition as Berkshire Hathaway CEO is a $8.5 billion cash deal for homebuilder Taylor Morrison, sig...

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TPG Exits Consortium for KKR's Re Sustainability, Leaving Three Bidders in Race
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TPG Exits Consortium for KKR's Re Sustainability, Leaving Three Bidders in Race

TPG has dropped out of a three-way consortium pursuing KKR’s Re Sustainability, reshaping the Indian waste management di...

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