Finance Updates – Page 9 – Finance Updates

UK Economy Rebounds Modestly in November: GDP Growth, Forecasts & Fragile Upswing

UK GDP rose 0.3% in November 2025 after a 0.1...

Services and production drove the monthly upt...

Forecasts remain subdued, with the IMF expect...

Weak productivity, labour-supply constraints,...

How New Regulations Are Reshaping Regional Bank M&A Deals

Americas M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

Huntington Bancshares and Cadence Bank receiv...

Cadence shareholders will receive 2.475 Hunti...

The combined bank will have about $276B in as...

Moodys kept Huntingtons rating but revised it...

Anglo American-Teck Merger Status: Key Numbers, Regulation & Copper Market Risks

Europe M&A Metal Ore Mining

The European Commission put the Anglo America...

The all-share, zero-premium deal would create...

Management targets US$800M annual cost synerg...

Key risks are remaining non-EU regulatory rev...

Allegiant’s $1.5B Deal to Acquire Sun Country: Synergies, Overlaps & DOJ Risk

Americas M&A Scheduled Air Transportation

Allegiant plans to buy Sun Country in a ~$1.5...

DOJ risk is viewed as lower than prior blocke...

The companies project ~$140M of annual synerg...

Antitrust scrutiny may still focus on airport...

AAM and Dowlais Merger Clears China Antitrust; Deal Effective Feb 3, 2026

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

AAM and Dowlais received China antitrust clea...

Dowlais shareholders will get 0.0881 new AAM ...

The combined company is projected to generate...

Key remaining risks are court and procedural ...

Verizon’s Frontier Fiber Deal: Strategic Growth with High Upside, Short-Term Risks

Americas M&A Wired Telecommunications Carriers

Verizon’s $20B all-cash acquisition of Fronti...

The deal adds Frontier’s ~2.2M fiber subscrib...

Verizon expects revenue and adjusted EBITDA a...

Strategic upside is stronger fiber+mobility b...

2024 U.S. M&A Rankings: Deal Value vs. Deal Volume—Who Leads & Why It Matters

Americas M&A Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

In 2024 U.S. M&A advisory by deal value was l...

JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, and Citi...

Across North America, Goldman Sachs again led...

The rankings underscore a split between mega-...

L3Harris Wins $1B Pentagon Backing as Missile Spin-Off Preps IPO in 2026

Americas M&A Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

The Pentagon will invest $1B in L3Harris’ sol...

L3Harris will keep majority control, while th...

The funding is meant to expand and modernize ...

Key concerns include procurement conflict-of-...

Netflix Shifts to All-Cash $82.7B Offer to Outbid Paramount’s $108.4B Takeover Threat

Americas M&A Motion Picture and Video Industries

Netflix plans to switch its $82.7bn bid for W...

Paramount Skydance is countering with a hosti...

WBD’s board continues to back Netflix’s bid, ...

Both bids face heavy political and regulatory...

Trump’s Bond Buys Amid Netflix-WBD Merger Spark Conflict-of-Interest Concerns

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Disclosures show Donald Trump bought about $1...

The Dec. 5, 2025 deal would have Netflix acqu...

Trump has publicly raised antitrust and media...

The White House says independent third-party ...