Finance Updates – Page 37 – Finance Updates

Why Warner Bros. Discovery Said No to Paramount’s $108B Bid in Favor of Netflix Deal

Americas M&A Motion Picture and Video Industries

Warner Bros. Discovery’s board unanimously re...

The offer implies about $108.4 billion enterp...

WBD said the financing and guarantees are too...

Shareholders can tender into Paramount’s offe...

Staar Shareholders Reject Alcon’s $1.6B Bid Over Governance, Valuation & China Concerns

Americas M&A Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing

Staar Surgical terminated Alcon’s $1.6B takeo...

Broadwood Partners, which owns about 30% of S...

Alcon’s sweetened $30.75-per-share offer and ...

With the deal off, Staar shares fell over 12%...

Warner Bros Discovery’s Takeover Clash: Netflix, Paramount & Antitrust Stakes Revealed

Americas M&A Motion Picture and Video Industries

Warner Bros. Discovery rejected Paramount/Sky...

Paramount added a $40.4B Larry Ellison equity...

WBD continues to favor Netflix’s roughly $82....

Shareholders can tender into Paramount’s offe...

CPP Investments & GIP Finalize $6.2B ALLETE Deal, Boosting ESG Infrastructure Push

Americas M&A Utilities

CPP Investments and Global Infrastructure Par...

The deal cleared key regulators including FER...

Buyer commitments include roughly $200 millio...

ALLETE will keep its Duluth headquarters and ...

Pinnacle-Synovus Merger Creates $117B Southeast Regional Bank, Eyeing 21% EPS Growth by 2027

Americas M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

Pinnacle Financial Partners and Synovus close...

The fixed 0.5237 exchange ratio leaves Pinnac...

Pinnacle projects ~21% operating EPS accretio...

Kevin Blair is CEO and Terry Turner is chairm...

Vistra Acquires Cogentrix, Gaining 5.5 GW of Efficient Gas Generation for $4.7B

Americas M&A Utilities

Vistra will buy Cogentrix’s 10 gas plants (~5...

The fleet is mostly efficient combined-cycle ...

The acquisition expands Vistra across PJM, IS...

Vistra plans to keep leverage <3x while maint...

Fifth Third and Comerica Shareholders Back $10.9B Merger After Regulatory & Vote Approvals

Americas M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

Fifth Third and Comerica shareholders overwhe...

Comerica holders will receive 1.8663 Fifth Th...

The deal has OCC approval and is targeted to ...

Activist HoldCo Asset Management opposed the ...

Kroger to Close 60 Underperforming Stores Post-Merger, Shifts Focus to Reinvestment

Americas Firms Grocery Stores

Kroger will close about 60 underperforming st...

The plan follows the collapse of its $24.6 bi...

Kroger will record a $100 million impairment ...

It will also open about 30 new stores, accele...

Shareholders Approve $10.9B Fifth Third–Comerica Merger, Creating $290B Regional Bank

Americas M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

Comerica and Fifth Third shareholders overwhe...

The deal would create the ninth-largest U.S. ...

Comerica holders get 1.8663 Fifth Third share...

OCC and Texas regulators have approved, but F...

How Commodities Can Boost Portfolios: Inflation Hedge & Diversification Strategy

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Commodities are raw materials (energy, metals...

They can diversify stock-and-bond portfolios ...

Studies suggest a roughly 5–10% allocation ca...

Commodity behavior varies by type (e.g., gold...